To promote prevention and early treatment in the cholera epidemic, United Nations humanitarian officials are calling for massive mobilization activities in Haiti.

More than 2,760 people have already been killed by the epidemic and 130,000 others are infected and the number of people who are hospitalized are 71,000.

According to the latest update by the UN Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs, OCHA, access to clean water and latrines in health facilities and cholera treatment centers, access to health care, and coordination, are included in major gaps and constraints in fighting the epidemic since it broke out in October.

The report said, "There is an urgent need for massive mobilization activities to promote prevention and early treatment."

Support for hygiene promotion and social mobilization activities with the development, printing and distribution of 97,000 posters and 150,000 laminated pages containing guidance on prevention and treatment in Creole, the local language, is being provided by the UN World Health Organization, WHO, through its regional arm, the Pan-American Health Organization, PAHO.

For community and religious leaders, a course on cholera management has also been developed and with over 500 health professionals already trained by PAHO/WHO in case management, will be delivered by the Government.