Also known as: Cholera outbreak Haiti 2010, Haiti cholera outbreak 2010, Haiti cholera epidemic, Cholera Haiti 2010
Last updated: April 26, 2026
Beginning in October 2010 along the Artibonite watershed, the cholera epidemic struck a Haiti that had been cholera-free for generations and rapidly spread nationwide. Epidemiological evidence linked the outbreak to contaminated waste from a Nepalese MINUSTAH base near Mirebalais, though the UN spent years claiming the outbreak resulted from a 'confluence of circumstances.' The epidemic turned the post-earthquake period into a second disaster and exposed the accountability failures of international humanitarian governance in Haiti.
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The cholera outbreak unfolded within the same aid and camp governance context as reconstruction
The disruption of water and sanitation infrastructure contributed to the October 2010 cholera outbreak
The epidemic revealed the weakness of public health infrastructure in the Haitian state
2010 Cholera Outbreak Haiti
The outbreak exposed failures of the NGO-centered governance system to deliver basic public health infrastructure
The epidemic's severity reflected structural violence built into Haiti's aid and governance architecture
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