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SANTO DOMINGO, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Dominican Republic and Haiti Wednesday launched a joint1 plan aimed at eliminating cholera2, which has claimed more than 7,000 lives in both countries since October 2010.
The efforts were backed by the World Health Organization (WHO), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), and the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), Dominican officials said.
The plan, "Call to action: the Hispaniola without cholera", aims to improve sanitary3 and living conditions of the Haiti people who face herculean reconstruction4 work following a devastating5 earthquake in the country on Jan. 12, 2010, that killed 220,000 people and displaced over 1 million.
Cases of cholera, an infection that causes severe diarrhea that can lead to dehydration6 and death, first appeared in Haiti in October, 2010.
It also killed 135 people in the Dominican Republic as of September 2011, according to Dominican health authorities.
Some 500 million U.S. dollars will be invested in projects related to sanitization and the construction of infrastructure8 that has to do with waterworks in both nations in the long term.
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1 joint | |
adj.联合的,共同的;n.关节,接合处;v.连接,贴合 | |
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2 cholera | |
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adj.卫生方面的,卫生的,清洁的,卫生的 | |
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n.重建,再现,复原 | |
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adj.毁灭性的,令人震惊的,强有力的 | |
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6 dehydration | |
n.脱水,干燥 | |
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n.流行病;盛行;adj.流行性的,流传极广的 | |
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8 infrastructure | |
n.下部构造,下部组织,基础结构,基础设施 | |
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