Haiti began the first phase of a cholera outbreak response effort on December 18, targeting populations over age 1 in hard-hit areas in the Ouest department (including Carrefour, Cité Soleil, Delmas, Tabarre and Port-au-Prince) and the Centre department (Mirebalais). The country received a shipment of around 1.17 million OCV doses from WHO’s ICG on December 12. PAHO; Haitian Times