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Zimbabwean Cholera Worse than Reported – Tsvangirai
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- disease
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- Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai, says that cases of infections and deaths from the country's worst cholera epidemic are far higher than those reported.
“This is most likely a dramatic underestimate of the real figures given the unreported cases and deaths in communities," he says.

According to the World Health Organisation, more than 80 000 people have been infected since the outbreak six months ago with nearly 4 000 killed.

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Source:

<br /> News24

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http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/Zimbabwe/0,,2-11-1662_2480691,00.html
Zimbabwe Cholera Cases Could Double
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- disease
- mortality
- Zimbabwe
The collapsed health, water and sanitation systems in Zimbabwe is compounding the raging cholera epidemic in the country, which according to medical experts could see the number of cholera cases double to 123 000 and go beyond May.

According to aid agencies, the number of people dying at home, with no access to healthcare and little money for basic dehydration products such as sugar and salt, is now at 60 percent.

The outbreak is continuing to make inroads into rural areas and threatening neighbouring countries.

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<br />Sapa- DPA

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http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=nw20090303160813563C7...
NGOs Distribute Cholera Prevention Kits in Zimbabwe
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- disease
- prevention
- Zimbabwe
Three NGOs in Zimbabwe have distributed cholera prevention kits to residents in Harare.

Action Aid, Oxfam and the Methodist Development and Relief Agency distributed soap, aqua tablets and information fliers to residents to prevent the disease that has already claimed the lives of more than 2 000 Zimbabweans.

Action Aid cholera response coordinator, George Matonhodze, points out that disadvantaged people and those living on the outskirts of the city were receiving less support and lacked knowledge about the disease.

"We are targeting marginalised areas that we feel have not been receiving adequate information about the disease," saysMatonhodze.

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Source:

Xinhua News