Deadly Cholera Outbreak Sparks Lawsuit In Haiti

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December 15, 2011

A woman holds her sick child as he receives treatment for cholera at a Doctors Without Borders, MSF, cholera clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (AP)

The Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti says it intends to sue the United Nations, because UN peacekeepers are responsible for the cholera epidemic that has killed nearly 7,000 people since it broke out in October of 2010. The BBC's Mark Doyle reports.

This program aired on December 15, 2011.