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Zimbabwe
- Complex emergency situation report
US Government
March 26, 2010
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Humanitarian conditions
for most Zimbabweans, while significantly improved during the previous
year, remain difficult due to the ongoing effects of previous Government
of Zimbabwe (GoZ) policies and corruption, which resulted in a decade
of economic decline characterized by hyperinflation, high unemployment
rates, and poor maintenance of infrastructure for agricultural production,
health, water and sanitation, and power generation. Despite the
easing of the severe economic crisis in 2009, Zimbabweans continue
to suffer from limited access to basic services and high unemployment
rates. Ongoing political tensions between transitional government
partners the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF)
and Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) continue to result in occasional
incidents of political intimidation and violence and inhibit progress
towards recovery. In addition, ongoing farm seizures disrupt agricultural
production and lead to increased displacement of farm workers.
On October 15, 2009,
U.S. Chargé d'Affaires, a.i., Donald S. Petterson reissued
a disaster declaration in Zimbabwe due to the complex emergency.
In FY 2009, the U.S. Government (USG) provided more than $201 million
for emergency relief supplies, emergency food assistance, local
and regional food procurement and distribution, and programs in
health, protection, disaster risk reduction, agriculture and food
security, economic recovery and market systems, humanitarian coordination
and information management, and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH)
in Zimbabwe. Since FY 2002, USAID/DCHA has provided more than $470
million in humanitarian assistance to Zimbabwe, including more than
$49 million provided in FY 2010 to date.
| Numbers
at a Glance |
Source |
Number
of Confirmed Cholera Cases Since
September 2009
|
195
cases |
WHO1
- April 11, 2010 |
Decline
in 2009/2010 Cholera Cases Compared to
2008/2009
|
More than
99 percent |
WHO -
April 11, 2010 |
Approximate
Number of People Receiving Emergency
Food Assistance in 2009/2010
|
3.5 million
|
FEWS NET2
- April 7, 2010 |
Decline
in Number of 2009/2010 Emergency Food
Assistance Beneficiaries Compared to 2008/2009
|
Approximately
50 percent |
FEWS NET
- April 7, 2010 |
FY 2010 Humanitarian
Funding provided to date
USAID/OFDA Assistance
to Zimbabwe ...................................................................................$10,259,421
USAID/FFP3 Assistance to Zimbabwe......................................................................................$38,973,548
Total USAID Humanitarian Assistance to Zimbabwe .................................................................$49,232,969
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