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Zimbabwe Cholera Outbreak Fact Sheet & Map #9, FY 2009
USAID / US. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA)
February 18, 2009

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Key developments

Since the cholera outbreak began in August 2008, the disease has spread to all of Zimbabwe's 10 provinces and 56 of Zimbabwe's 62 districts. As of February 17, nearly 78,900 reported cases of cholera had caused more than 3,700 deaths, according to the U.N. World Health Organization (WHO). If current daily cholera rates continue, the total caseload could enter the lower range of WHO's worst-case scenario, currently estimated at 81,000 to 115,000 cases, in less than one week.

Between February 8 and 14, WHO reported a slight increase in new cholera cases and a slight decrease in cholera deaths compared to the previous week, consistent with regular increases in the weekly numbers of new cholera cases recorded throughout January. Although WHO reported a 15 percent decrease in new cholera cases and a 35 percent decrease in cholera deaths between February 1 and 7 compared to the previous week, the organization noted that the decreases may have resulted from a lack of reporting from several districts rather than an actual decline in new case and death numbers.

WHO has reported a consistent decline in the overall case fatality rate (CFR) since noting an overall CFR of 5.7 percent on January 21. As of February 17, WHO reported an overall CFR of 4.7 percent, likely due to continued improvements in case management and social mobilization programs emphasizing the need to seek care.

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