About the Authors

Stan Houston

shouston@ualberta.ca

Affiliation Department of Medicine and School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Adam Houston

Affiliation Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The organization with which AH works is involved in legal action against the UN in relation to the cholera epidemic in Haiti (non-financial interest).

Author Contributions

Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: SH. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: SH AH. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: SH AH. All authors have read, and confirm that they meet, ICMJE criteria for authorship.