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After the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, UN peacekeepers reintroduced cholera to the country after it had been absent for a century. This outbreak was the most severe in history, leading to the deaths of 10,000 people and the infection of 820,000.

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After the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, UN peacekeepers reintroduced cholera to the country after it had been absent for a century. This outbreak was the most severe in history, leading to the deaths of 10,000 people and the infection of 820,000.

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