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Cholera
cases rise
World
Health Organization
January 08, 2009
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=29493
The United Nations World
Health Organization (WHO) says the number of suspected cases of
cholera in Zimbabwe has now reached almost 36,000 while nearly 1,780
people have died from the infection since the outbreak began over
five months ago.
The relief community
has boosted its response capacity and coordination in order to manage
the outbreak, the worst ever in the country's history, amid
a collapsing health system and worsening humanitarian situation.
WHO says that since August
2008, all 10 provinces in the southern African nation have reported
a cumulative total of 35,931 suspected cases and 1,778 deaths.
During the past one week,
relief agencies in the health cluster launched a cholera awareness
campaign and announced an operational framework where cholera command
centres will be established from national to household levels with
rapid response teams established at every level.
The World Food Programme
(WFP) is also assisting by coordinating local logistical support.
The UN stresses that
preparedness measures and contingencies need to be strengthened
because cholera cases are likely to be on the increase with the
beginning of the rainy season.
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