IsraAID clinic in Haiti declared by the UN as a Cholera Treatment Facility

For Immediate Release: 22nd of November, 2010

Following IsraAID's extensive medical program since January 2010 and the
recent establishment of its medical clinic in Leoganne, Haiti, the UN
declared the IsraAID-TBT clinic in Leoganne as a Cholera Treatment Facility
which would now receive patients affected by the epidemic.

As a result the Israeli, Canadian and local Haitian medical staff on the
ground has been preparing the clinic by adding dozens of beds and equipping
the clinic with additional medical supplies.

The clinic which is fully funded by the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto
has been operating a family clinic treating hundreds of earthquake affected
population in the region of Leoganne since early September.

In the past few weeks the physicians have been providing training to local
staff and communities in the region of Leoganne on the importance of
maintaining proper hygiene and how to properly deal with the epidemic. The
team is in constant contact with the local government, other international
and UN aid agencies to coordinate the proper response to deal with the
epidemic.

Health officials have reported 64 new deaths in Haiti's worsening cholera
epidemic, which has claimed 1250 lives and seen more than 20,000 people
treated in hospital. The ministry said 64 people have died in
Port-au-Prince, including 20 children under age five, but the hardest-hit
region remains Artibonite, where the first cases were detected in October.
Efforts to contain the cholera - which can lead to diarrhea and dehydration
that can kill within hours if untreated - have been hampered in recent days
due to rioting in the capital, wher hundreds of people have clashed with UN
troops they blame for importing the disease.

IsraAID and its member agencies Tevel Be'tzedek & NISPED has International
Jewish-Israeli staff providing assistance to the population since the first
days after the earthquake hit Haiti. The teams has on going programs in the
areas of community centers, medical programs, food production, women
empowerment and more in Port au Prince, Leoganne and Jacmel.

For more information please contact Shachar Zahavi, IsraAID
szahavi@hotmail.com or at 972.54.5.679979