Reports

HelpAge International partner HelpAge Zimbabwe is responding to the cholera epidemic which is sweeping across the country, claiming scores of lives each day. Since the beginning of November, some 1,000 people have died and more than 20,000 cases have been…

Bonn/Harare, 17.12.2008. Over the last few days the cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe has risen dramatically. More than 18.000 people have now developed the disease. The death toll rose in the course of last week by 25% to almost 1,000…

Oxfam has been working with our partner Lead Trust in Bulawayo since 2006 to provide food, hygiene kits and training and clean water and sanitation. The programme operates in 3 areas, Makokoba, Mzilikazi and Njube. But it cannot help…

Summary The devastating cholera epidemic continues to spread, with a new outbreak in Chegutu Urban, recording more than 378 suspected cases and 121 deaths. As of 15 December, 9 out of 10 provinces (48 out of 62 districts) in the…

MUSINA, 16 December 2008 (IRIN) - After just a few hours on a drip, Merycinah Chauke said she could see an improvement in her three-year-old son, under treatment for cholera in a makeshift emergency centre at Madimbo Clinic, in…

It is estimated that over 5.1 million Zimbabweans nearly half the population - will be in need of food aid by the end of January 2009. The need ActionAid is already spending over £1million a year in Zimbabwe on support for…

Para hacer frente al impacto del cólera en Zimbabwe, Cruz Roja Española ha activado una Unidad de Respuesta ante Emergencias (ERU, en sus siglas en inglés) de Saneamiento Masivo, integrada por seis personas, que saldrá hacia Zimbabwe el próximo…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) BACKGROUND AND KEY DEVELOPMENTS - Since August 2008, cholera has spread through 9 of Zimbabwe's 10 provinces. As of December…

SOS Children's Villages Zimbabwe, in partnership with UNICEF distributed water containers, water purifying tablets and soap to 240 households in the Budiriro suburb of Harare on 11 December. SOS Children's Villages, Zimbabwe, in partnership with UNICEF, held their first distribution…

OVERVIEW - WHO HQ/AFRO Task Force deploys to Harare, meets MoHCW, humanitarian partners - Cholera Command Control Team roll out - Biggest Health Cluster meeting held - Supply plan organized - Coordinated response to Chegutu outbreak - Cholera cases, deaths increase - Excessive IV…