U.N. News Centre: U.N. launches new fund to support system-wide coordinated response to cholera in Haiti
“The United Nations has launched a new trust fund to support a coordinated system-wide response from the U.N. and its partners to help Haiti overcome the cholera epidemic and support the establishment of strong water, sanitation, and health systems in the country. According to a news release, last Friday, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon established the U.N. Haiti Cholera Response Multi-Partner Trust Fund (MPTF) to generate and manage resources to rapidly supply the U.N. system responses in the Caribbean country…” (10/17).