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Canada announces that it will deploy navy vessels to Haiti for intelligence-gathering amid a worsening security situation in the Caribbean country.
2023-02-16

The death toll of a magnitude 5.9 earthquake that struck Haiti rises to 17.
2018-10-10

Health officials are concerned about the spread of the Zika virus in Haiti, which suffered the worst epidemic of cholera in recent history following the deadly 2010 Haiti earthquake. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports there are 2,214 suspected cases as of April 23. But new research indicates the virus has been present since 2014. The actual infection rate remains unknown since the poor, densely populated nation lacks routine data systems that can track and document disease outbreaks.
2016-05-23

Voters in Haiti go to the polls for a general election, amid confusion and disorganization resulting from the cholera epidemic and the aftermath of the January earthquake
2010-11-28

The cholera epidemic which has killed more than 1,100 people in Haiti spreads to the largest prison in the country.
2010-11-19

The Irish government pledges €500,000 and an emergency shipment of humanitarian supplies to Haiti in the battle against its cholera epidemic.
2010-11-14

At least 120 people are tested for cholera in the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince.
2010-11-8

Residents in Haiti and Jamaica are evacuated ahead of Tropical Storm Tomas.
2010-11-4

Floodwaters in Les Cayes and surrounding areas responsible for the deaths of 8 Haitians recede.
2010-03-1

Officials in Haiti state that at least 230,000 people died in the 2010 Haiti earthquake, but that number may yet grow, approaching the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake as the deadliest natural disaster of the 21st century thus far.
2010-02-10