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Health Crisis - Focus on Cholera and Anthrax - Index of articles
Zimbabwe
Cholera Outbreak Fact Sheet & Map #10, FY 2009
USAID / US. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA)
February 26, 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 25, more than 83,600 reported cases of cholera had
caused nearly 3,900 deaths, according to the U.N. World Health Organization
(WHO). On February 21, the reported number of cases entered the
lower range of WHO's worst-case scenario, most recently estimated
at 81,000 to 115,000 cases.
On February 25, WHO reported
an overall case fatality rate (CFR) of 4.6 percent. Since the CFR
peaked at 5.7 percent on January 21, WHO has reported a continuing
decline in the CFR, likely due to improved case management and to
social mobilization programs emphasizing early treatment, funded
in part by USAID/OFDA.
From February 21 to 25,
a visiting U.N. delegation led by Assistant Secretary-General for
Humanitarian Affairs Catherine Bragg met with Zimbabwe's president
and prime minister, Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) cabinet ministers,
and relief agencies to ascertain methods of strengthening the humanitarian
response to the cholera outbreak.
In response
to the cholera outbreak, USAID/OFDA has committed more than $7 million
in emergency assistance, exceeding USAID/OFDA's initial pledge
of $6.8 million.
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