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Mary Lou Schulz Fisher1, Tom Wood, Lance Plyler
1Mary Lou Schulz Fisher is an NP and the international senior health advisor, Tom Wood is an epidemiologist, and Lance Plyler is a physician, all at Samaritan's Purse, a nondenominational evangelical Christian nongovernmental relief organization based in Boone, NC. Contact author: Mary Lou Schulz Fisher, marylounp@aol.com. The authors and planners have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
Overview:
While Haiti was still recovering from the January 12, 2010, magnitude-7 earthquake, an outbreak of cholera spread throughout the nation, soon reaching epidemic proportions. Working through the faith-based nongovernmental organization Samaritan's Purse, an NP, an epidemiologist, and a physician joined the effort to prevent the spread of disease and treat those affected. Here they describe the prevention and intervention campaigns their organization initiated, how they prepared for each, and the essential elements of their operations.
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