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Cholera
in Zimbabwe: Epidemiological Bulletin 4
World
Health Organization
January 05, 2009
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Overview
of the epidemic
New cholera cases and
deaths continue to be reported. Nine of ten provinces reported cases
for the epidemiologic week 28/12/08 - 3/1/09, and 53 of the 62 districts
(85%) reported cholera cases and deaths. As of 3 January 2009, a
total of 33 212 suspected cases and 1640 deaths have been reported
to the World Health Organization (WHO), through the Ministry of
Health and Child Welfare's (MoHCW) surveillance department.
This week (28 Dec-3 Jan)
is probably an artefact in the surveillance system due to possible
underreporting of number of cases and death during Christmas and
New year's holidays. The decrease observed this week in the
number of reported cholera cases and deaths should so be analysed
carefully.
For this week 28/12/08
- 3/1/09, 3690 new cases of cholera were reported, a decrease from
the 5730 cases reported last week. New deaths from cholera reported
this week were 79 (down from 358 last week).
Cases of cholera continue
to be reported from 9 of 10 provinces (8 rural provinces and 2 urban
provinces-Harare and Bulawayo), although outbreaks are localized
by province and vary in their characteristics.
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