Reports

Caritas staff in rural Zimbabwe are reporting that families are mixing their dwindling food supplies with cow dung to stave off hunger. Caritas Internationalis Secretary General Lesley-Anne Knight said, "Our staff say that people in Zimbabwe are dropping dead on the…

WHO/49 HARARE, Zimbabwe -- A widespread cholera outbreak, under-resourced and under-staffed health system, and inadequate access to safe drinking water and hygiene is threatening the wellbeing of thousands of Zimbabweans. As of 9 December, 16 141 suspected cases of cholera, and…

Hundreds dead, tens of thousands ill from highly preventable disease By Cheryl Pellerin Staff Writer Washington - The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing $600,000 in critical aid to Zimbabwe, in southern Africa, where since August the infectious but preventable bacterial…

Progress on cereal imports by both the Government of Zimbabwe and the humanitarian agencies from 1 April 2007 to 31 October 2008 indicates that only a total of 316,000 MT of cereals (maize and small grains) had been imported,…

Cholera is characterized by a sudden onset of acute watery diarrhoea that can rapidly lead to death by severe dehydration. The disease is acquired by ingestion of water or food contaminated by Vibrio cholerae and has a short incubation…

1. CRITICAL ISSUES FOR CHILDREN AND WOMEN Zimbabwe is grappling with a cholera crisis of unprecedented levels. Since August this year 13,960 cholera cases have been reported, causing 589 deaths. Its impact is immense as 43 out of Zimbabwe's 62 districts…

The signs are all around. In the spectre of cholera hauntincg the sewage-strewn streets of Harare's townships. In the fading bodies of the hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans surviving on wild fruits because their fields are barren. In the…

JOHANNESBURG , 5 December 2008 (IRIN) The UN is calling it an "unprecedented cholera outbreak", with more than 500 lives claimed in Zimbabwe since August 2008. This is a timeline of cholera in the country in recent years and…

The Zimbabwe government has declared the country's cholera outbreak a national emergency and has appealed to the donor community for assistance. The outbreak has claimed 563 lives from more than 12500 cases recorded since August. The Minister of Health…

OVERVIEW - Development Partners Group and Health Cluster merge, forming one Health Cluster body - Cholera cases, mortality increase - MoHCW requests support from humanitarian community, and finalizes staff allowance scheme and health cluster agreed to use it. - Cholera operational response…