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Zimbabwe in race against time to prevent new cholera outbreak - The Independent 20th October 2009
"Workers trudge through foul-smelling mud in a trench seeping with clean drinking water and raw sewage in one of the Harare neighbourhoods hardest hit by last year's cholera epidemic.
The repair work is a race against time to patch the city's sewage system before the rainy season begins in November, when health workers fear the water-borne disease could erupt again."
Zimbabwe cholera 'to top 100,000' - BBC Health News 27th May 2009
The number of cholera cases in Zimbabwe is expected to reach 100,000 this week, according to the Red Cross.
While the infection rate has slowed, the underlying causes of Africa's worst cholera epidemic in 15 years have not been fixed, warned the aid group.
Zimbabwe faces 55,000 more cholera cases as disease moves from town to countryside - The Times 6th February 2009
The toll from Zimbabwe’s cholera epidemic will almost double in the next few months as up to 55,000 more people contract the disease, according to private predictions by the World Health Organisation.
Zimbabwe cholera cases top 60,000 - BBC Health News 30th January 2009
More than 60,000 people in Zimbabwe have now been infected by cholera, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.
This figure had been described by the UN's health agency and other agencies as being the "worst case scenario" in the epidemic which broke out in August.
Cholera moves to rural Zimbabwe - BBC Health News 22nd January 2009
The main impact of Zimbabwe's cholera epidemic has shifted from urban areas to rural areas, making its containment much harder, a medical charity says.
Medecins Sans Frontieres told the BBC that the disease was spreading to remote areas, while cases in some urban areas, like Harare, were decreasing.
Zimbabwe cholera epidemic: over 2,000 dead - The Times 13th January 2009
The cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe has now killed more than 2,000 people, it was confirmed today.
Almost 40,000 have also now contracted the normally preventable disease as the crisis resulting from a collapsed health service threatens the entire region.
Zimbabwe cholera epidemic kills 2,000 - The Telegraph 13th December 2009
Zimbabwe's cholera epidemic has killed more than 2,000 people since August.
Cholera deaths soar in Zimbabwe - BBC Health News 29th December 2008
The latest figures from the UN and Zimbabwe's health ministry reveal that two-thirds of the victims of the cholera outbreak have died this month.
The death toll at the end of last week stood at 1,564, with 29,131 suspected cases since August, the UN said.
Zimbabwe cholera outbreak widens - BBC Health News 18th December 2008
Zimbabwe's cholera epidemic continues to spread and has now claimed 1,111 lives among 20,581 cases since August.
Latest UN figures include a new outbreak of hundreds of cases in Chegutu, near the capital Harare, which has been worst hit by the disease.
Aid agency Oxfam has launched a £4m ($6.2m) appeal to tackle the epidemic and acute food shortage in Zimbabwe.
Cholera lays bare Zimbabwe's collapse - BBC Health News 17th December 2008
No one shakes hands anymore in Zimbabwe, such is the fear of contracting cholera.
The country that was once the jewel in Africa's crown, able to feed itself, heal its sick and educate its people to the highest standards on the continent, is now in a pitiful state.
Zimbabwe cholera deaths soar to 978 - The Telegraph 16th December 2008
The death toll from cholera in Zimbabwe has soared to 978 with another 18,413 suspected cases.
Surge in Zimbabwe cholera deaths - BBC Health News 15th December 2008
The United Nations says 978 people have now been killed by the cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe, an increase of 25% from the last figure given three days ago.\n\nAnother 18,413 suspected cases have been reported since August, the report said ahead of the UN Security Council's first talks on Zimbabwe since July.
Zimbabwe's ambulance Samaritan - BBC Health News 15th December 2008
Zimbabwean mechanic William Machesa, 22, explains how the current cholera crisis persuaded him to turn his pick-up truck into an ambulance so he could ferry the sick to and from a clinic manned by international humanitarian teams.
South Africa declares Zimbabwe border 'disaster area' - The Guardian 11th December 2008
South African officials have declared the border with Zimbabwe a disaster area because of Zimbabweans fleeing a cholera epidemic that has killed nearly 800 people.
"The provincial government took a decision that the whole of the Vhembe district should be declared a disaster area," Mogale Nchabeleng, a spokesman for the Limpopo provincial government, said.
Zimbabwe cholera is over - Mugabe - BBC Health News 11th December 2008
President Robert Mugabe has said Zimbabwe has contained cholera - as the UN and a UK charity warned the deadly outbreak was getting worse.
Save the Children said: "If anything is certain in the chaos of Zimbabwe today it is that the cholera outbreak is not under control."
S Africa team in cholera aid trip - BBC Health News 8th December 2008
A South African delegation is visiting Zimbabwe to decide how best to help deal with a cholera outbreak that has killed nearly 600 people there.
It is already giving food and drugs, and is trying to decide how much additional aid is needed.
Zimbabwe's cholera victims 'ten times more likely to die' - The Sunday Telegraph 7th December 2008
Cholera victims in Zimbabwe may be 10 times more likely to die than those who contract the disease elsewhere, aid agencies believe.
Zimbabwe 'set for cholera jump' - BBC Health News 7th December 2008
The UN Children's Fund in Zimbabwe says it is preparing to deal with a possible 60,000 cholera cases in coming weeks, four times current official estimates.
The Unicef chief in Harare, Roeland Monasch, said such a jump could bring the number of deaths to around 2,700.
Patients turned away from Zimbabwe's empty hospitals - The Guardian 6th December 2008
Amid a cholera epidemic, people are left to die after medical staff are driven out by appalling conditions and lack of food
PM urges Zimbabwe cholera action - BBC Health News 6th December 2008
Gordon Brown has urged the world to tell Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe "enough is enough" amid growing concern over the country's cholera outbreak.
The prime minister said the crisis, which has claimed nearly 600 lives, had become an international emergency.
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