然而，有一项挑战却为我们的努力蒙上了阴影。就在地震发生仅 9 个月后，2010 年 10 月，海地爆发霍乱。这个额外打击令海地措手不及。海地只有四分之一的人口能用上像样的厕所，仅一半人能获得清洁供水。该国的供水和环卫系统是西半球国家中最差的。霍乱影响到近 800 000 人，可能已造成 9 000 多人死亡。
One challenge, however, has cast a shadow. Cholera broke out in Haiti in October 2010. Coming only nine months after the earthquake, this was an additional blow for which Haiti was ill prepared. Only one quarter of the population has access to decent toilets and one half to clean water, making it the country with the poorest water and sanitation system in the western hemisphere. Cholera ultimat ely afflicted nearly 800,000 people and may have caused more than 9,000 deaths.