Zimbabwe
Friday 31 August 2012 IOM Zimbabwe has received EUR 1 million from the European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Department (ECHO) to implement a 12-month project to support emergency and early recovery aid to migration-affected communities…
Zimbabwe
Highlights: Week 33: 13-19 August 2012) Influenza death in Sanyati Anthrax in Mutoko and Buhera 49 Typhoid cases in Chitungwiza A. General Context Since 10 October 2011, an outbreak of typhoid fever has been reported in Harare City. The disease spread…
Zimbabwe
Makorokoto! Amhlope! Congratulations! Transparency International-Zimbabwe The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) wishes to congratulate Transparency International-Zimbabwe (TI-Z) for officially launching the Advocay and Legal Advice Centre (ALAC) in Bulawayo on 04 August 2012. ALAC, which has…
Zimbabwe
Highlights: Week 32: 6-12 August 2012) Typhoid outbreak in Bulawayo (2 cases) and Bindura (2 cases) 21 Typhoid cases in Chitungwiza Meningococcal Meningitis in Bulawayo Anthrax case in Mt Darwin A. General Context Since 10 October 2011, an outbreak of typhoid fever…
Zimbabwe
Matabeleland in Zimbabwe is not known for its bumper harvests but this year, for the first time in many years, 100 smallholder farmers from Insiza have managed to harvest enough maize for themselves and to sell…
Zimbabwe
Highlights: Week 31:30 July -5 August 2012) 41 Typhoid cases in Chitungwiza Rabies death in Gokwe South No Anthrax case reported A. General Context Since 10 October 2011, an outbreak of typhoid fever has been reported in Harare City. The disease…
Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe – Zimbabwe, like many countries across the world, is set to benefit from ongoing research into cheaper, quicker clinical responses to MDR-TB. Each year, 440,000 MDR-TB cases emerge and 150,000 people die. To prevent…
Zimbabwe
Innovative women here are traveling far and wide to exchange potatoes for the basic necessities to clothe and feed their families. Mount Darwin is one of the districts worst affected by hunger this year, due to the…
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Several suburbs across the city have experienced serious water shortages, raising fears that typhoid will continue to spread in the capital. Areas affected are Dzivarasekwa 2 and Crowborough where residents have resorted to fetching water from unhygienic…
Zimbabwe
Drought hit the villages of Mt Darwin so hard this year that families have been left with no option but to eat tree roots to survive. In Karanda village, 160km northeast of Harare, the soil is generally…