Names: Lena Adams, Nicole Hajek, Cassandra Jean, Taleen Kalajian, Julia McMahon
Assignment: Topic, Target Audience, and Search Strategy
Topic: For the group project we are investigating, the cholera outbreak in Haiti. We will be assessing the scientific literature and making recommendations to the World Health Organization for implementation of ways to reduce the burden of cholera on Haiti.
Audience: Global leaders of developed nations and the Haitian government in order to convince them that a coordinated push to combat cholera would be beneficial. However, this may be adjusted as more data and research is collected to see which groups can provide the best assistance needed to address short and long term progress of water quality in Haiti.…show more content… (2016). UNCHOA. Retrieved from http://www.un.org/News/dh/infocus/haiti/CholeraFactsheetAug2016.pdf
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Watson, Hume & Pequenino, CNN: Hurricane Matthew: WHO to send 1 million cholera vaccine doses to Haiti (2016, October). Retrieved from http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/11/health/cholera-haiti-hurricane-matthew/
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