Despite a reduction in the reported number of cholera cases in Haiti in 20141, an
outbreak of the disease remains a threat in the country, including an ongoing outbreak of
infections in the West Department (the most populous department) demonstrating that
continuous efforts are still required to reduce cholera transmission. Haiti was also hit in
2014 by an outbreak of Chikungunya fever, affecting some 64,695 persons, including
5,000 children under age 5.2 As of October 2014, almost 94 per cent of Haitians
displaced after the 2010 earthquake had left displacement sites