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Health Crisis - Focus on Cholera and Anthrax - Index of articles
Harare dry and dangerous
Movement
for Democratic Change (MDC)
December
01, 2008
There is no running water
in all of Harare's high density suburbs, posing a serious health
hazard that could compound the cholera outbreak which has hit the
capital city and several other areas in the country. The country
is currently in the throes of a serious cholera crisis that has
hit almost all high density suburbs in Harare and left over 300
people dead. To date, all polyclinics, which are already reeling
with acute shortages of medicines and health staff, are overcrowded
with starving people who have become victims of the contagious disease.
The current water shortages
are set to worsen an already dire humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe.
The MDC believes that Zanu PF policies are responsible for the crisis
that we find ourselves in. Two years ago, Zanu PF took an unpopular
decision to hand over water management to the ill-equipped Zimbabwe
National Water Authority (ZINWA), an underfunded and corrupt layer
of patronage that has dismally failed to deliver clean water in
our homes.
Last week, Zanu PF barred
a group of Elders led by former United Nations Secretary-General,
Mr Kofi Annan, which would have helped mobilize global assistance
in areas of food, medicines, and the provision of clean water. As
a nation, we are suffering because of political mischief and mischief
on the part of Zanu PF. The MDC feels that the issue of transition
remains the only credible answer to the problems affecting Zimbabwe.
The MDC calls upon the
friends of the people of Zimbabwe to help assist in dealing with
this crisis that threatens to leave the whole country in ruins and
in a catastrophic position. Zanu PF has sacrificed the people's
lives for political expediency by refusing international assistance
and barring eminent Elders from assessing the humanitarian crisis
in Zimbabwe. The water crisis is a manifestation of the collapse
of everything in Zimbabwe. The lack of clean water in Harare is
going worsen the cholera situation in the country, leaving Harare
as the capital of cholera. The MDC believes that an expedient resolution
of the political impasse will be the ultimate answer to this crisis.
Zanu PF must respect the people's will and agree to have the MDC
as an equal partner in governance so that a legitimate government
begins to address the people's concerns, including the lack of clean
water in our homes. Zanu PF must declare cholera and the acute shortage
of water national disasters. The people of Zimbabwe want a responsible,
legitimate government that will address the their plight.
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