Origin of cholera: Sample Clauses

Origin of cholera:. There was a lot of confusion in communities across all Gadyen Dlo program regions about the origins of cholera in Haiti. Although explanations or ideas about how cholera came to arrive in Haiti varied from community to community, most communities were aware that it was a sickness that was new to Haiti. There are four main ideas that exist about cholera’s origins: (1) “The Cholera Helicopters“, (2) Cholera is political, (3) Faraway Lands, (4) Witchcraft/the Supernatural. Some of these themes only appeared in focus group discussions in certain program regions and it is unclear whether these ideas hold relevance outside of the communities where they were expressed. These ideas did not reach saturation in the data, and so it is unclear whether further data collection would result in a greater variety of information or in confirmation of the specific beliefs expressed here. (1) “The Cholera Helicopters”

Origin of cholera:. Participants from the Jolivert program region and another from the North program region expressed outrage that more was not being done in their communities. The Basanblu focus group (urban, Jolivert region) talked about negligence on the part of those in power: