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  • Typhoid outbreak - Index of articles

    • Service delivery update - Week ending 20 January 2013
    Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA)
    January 21, 2013

    The Harare City Council has continued to fail residents by not providing basic daily necessities like water. Reports say the most recently hit areas include parts of Glen View and Glen Norah where residents have not had water for the past 2 months. Cases of diarrhea and Typhoid have also increased in these two areas with Glen View being the most affected; Glen View Polyclinic has already set up a cholera and Typhoid tent. There has also been a high rate of sewer bursts in most parts of Harare such as Mabvuku and Glen-View as a result of the rainy season and uncollected refuse. Harare City Council is in the process of chlorinating boreholes sunk by development partners in an effort to avoid typhoid and cholera. The Deputy Mayor, councilor Emmanuel Chiroto admitted that the Council is failing to provide adequate water to ratepayers and said it was embarrassing that new cases of typhoid continue to be reported in the city.

    Below is a service delivery update for a few selected areas in Harare:

      Water Electricity Sewer Bursts refuse Collection Diarrheal Diseases
    Rugare Water is available. Electricity is available. Scattered cases. Last collected in December, piles of garbage at Rugare Old Hall and Nyashanu Street open space. None reported
    Glen Norah No water supplies for the past 3 weeks. Load shedding for 6-7hrs a day. Attended to on time. Refuse is being collected. Scattered cases.
    Mabvuku No water supplies for the past 2 months in Hunyani street, parts of Old and New Mabvuku. Electricity is available. Sewer-bursts along Manresa Way near Zaoga Church and Circle Cements. Refuse not collected for the past 3 weeks, Matongo shops at the moment is filled with garbage stench because that is where the residents are dumping their refuse. A large part of residents are suffering from diarrhea because they are using water from unprotected sources.
    Glen View No supplies for the past 2 months. Electricity is available. Sewer-bursts in 4th, 5th Street and 22; 23; 24 crescent Refuse is being collected. There is a Cholera and Typhoid outbreak; Glen-View Polyclinic has already set up a tent to attend to the outbreak.
    Dzivarasekwa DZ 1 has gone for years without supplies and in DZ 3; water is only available during the night. Load shedding for 15hrs a day in DZ 1. Attended to on time. Refuse is being collected. Scattered cases.
    Mufakose No water supplies from the Magandanga area upto Crowborough Load shedding for 3-4hrs a day. Sewer bursts along Mutamba drive near Rukudzo beer hall. Refuse collection is not regular. Scattered Typhoid cases.
    Kambuzuma Water is available. Electricity is available. Scattered cases Refuse is being collected and most dumpsites have been cleared None reported.
    Highfields Water supplies available 12hrs a day. Load shedding for 4-5hrs a day. Scattered cases Refuse collection is not regular. Scattered cases.
    Budiriro Some parts of Budiriro 1 are not receiving water. Load shedding for 17hrs a day some days of the week. None reported. Refuse is being collected. None reported

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