Christopher Murray, Director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, visited the headquarters of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) on June 13 to discuss with experts from the organization, the report on the Global Burden of Disease 2010 (GBD 2010).

Representatives of several international organizations pledged this week to promote investments in water and sanitation infrastructure as key steps toward the elimination of cholera from Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The pledges were made during the launch of a new Regional Coalition on Water and Sanitation for the Elimination of Cholera in the Island of Hispaniola, on June 4 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.