Cuba and Cholera: Good Hygiene and Good Government Can Save Lives
Cuba and Cholera: Good Hygiene and Good Government Can Save Lives
The Cuban government is trying to cover up a cholera outbreak while shifting blame and providing inadequate responses to the growing health threat.
Almost five months ago, the Cuban government announced the end of a cholera outbreak in eastern Cuba. At the time, Cuba’s Public Health Ministry blamed the three deaths and 417 cases on overflowing toilets, heavy rains and contaminated wells. According to the government, thanks to its prompt reaction and the quality of the country’s public health system, the crisis ended quickly.
Just recently, on January 15, the Cuban government announced that there were “only” 51 new cases—this time in Havana.
International and independent media on the island had already reported the...
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