In early September, 29 community health workers (CHWs) began using Nokia cell phones as the latest tool in the fight against cholera. The specially programmed phones help track information about cholera patients in isolated communities throughout Haiti’s Central Plateau – an important step in gathering the up-to-date infection data that could prevent more deaths. 

In the isolated mountain communities of Boucan Carre, where thousands of people have become sick since early June, CHWs must walk 6 or more hours to submit weekly cholera reports from outlying communities. Receiving accurate and timely data is incredibly challenging – and the rainy season has made it that much harder.

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