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Article added on 22 December 2008
UN Zimbabwe Cholera Figures 19th December 2008
The UN World Health Organisation has warned that the number of cholera cases in Zimbabwe could reach 60,000. 1,111 lives have now been lost to the disease and there have been 20,581 cases since August. These figures are a few days old - the numbers have almost certainly increased since then.
The capital city of Harare is very badly affected - three quarters of the cases there have arisen in the last two weeks.
ZANE has medical teams working in Harare treating cholera alongside HIV/ AIDS and other diseases.
A ZANE doctor writes:
I am currently working in the cholera wards in the Infectious Diseases hospital in Harare, It is absolute chaos an incredibly heartbreaking work …
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