Zimbabwe
Description of the Event Date of event 24-01-2026 What happened, where and when? Zimbabwe is facing a severe and evolving flood emergency for this 2025/26 rainfall season following persistent heavy rains and storm events across the country over the past…
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EARLY ACTION PROTOCOL ACTIVATION Activation Overview The Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS) has activated its simplified Early Action Protocol for cholera following confirmed local transmission in Rushinga District. As of 10 February 2026, 15 cholera cases and three…
Zimbabwe
FAST FACTS • Since December 2025, persistent heavy rainfall has triggered widespread flooding across multiple provinces, resulting in 78 deaths, 61 injuries, destruction of more than 1,068 homes and damage to 41 schools and five healthcare facilities. •…
Zimbabwe
Description of the Event Date of event 10-03-2025 What happened, where and when? Zimbabwe recorded a surge in cholera cases, which reached critical levels, necessitating urgent interventions. Harare reported its first case on December 6, 2024, in the Belvedere squatter…
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Risk Analysis and early action selection Prioritized hazard and its historical impact. Prioritised Hazard The Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS) initiated Forecast Based Actions (FBA) programming in 2018 through a scoping study and a subsequent Roadmap for FBA in…
Zimbabwe
Water infrastructure rehabilitated after Cyclone Idai cut a path of destruction through Zimbabwe is not only providing safe water – it's providing a foundation for future growth. Cyclone Idai was one of the worst natural disasters in…
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Evaluating WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) programmes traditionally involves measuring tangible outputs - such as infrastructure delivered - alongside service-level outcomes and long-term health impacts. However, system strengthening programmes pursue a different kind of change: they…
Zimbabwe
Highlights Resurgence of cholera occurred in November 2024, resulting in a cumulative 778 (467 male and 311 female) cholera cases and twenty-three cholera deaths with a case fatality of 2.9 per cent as of 30 June 2025. Zimbabwe…
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Since 2013, the Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation (BTCF) has built and repaired 3,182 water wells across Zimbabwe, easing the nation’s long-standing water crisis. This effort has curbed the spread of disease, improved food security, enhanced safety…
Zimbabwe
Highlights Resurgence of cholera occurred in November 2024, resulting in a cumulative 740 cholera cases and twenty cholera deaths with a case fatality of 2.7 per cent as of 30 April 2025. Zimbabwe recorded 59,647 malaria cases and…
