Zimbabwe asks world to help in the fight against cholera

Months after the first cholera infection was diagnosed, which led to an epidemic that has spilled over to South Africa, the Zimbabwean government has declared the epidemic a national emergency. According to the authorities, 563 people have died so far and more then 6000 are...

Water supply to Zimbabwe's capital cut off

To prevent the cholera epidemic to spread even further,  the Zimbabwean government has decided to cut water supplies to the nation's capital Harare. The decision was made after the authorities had ran out of chemicals to treat and purify the water supply in Harare, ...

Zimbabwe First Has To Deal With Cholera, And Now Anthrax

The health situation in Zimbabwe continues to get hectic.  As if they had enough on its hands in dealing with the cholera break, now it has to deal with a possible anthrax break.  First cholera, now it is anthrax."HARARE (AFP) – An anthrax outbreak has killed...

Death toll hits 294 in Zimbabwe cholera outbreak

Zimbabwe's cholera epidemic has spread to negibouring countries of South Africa and other nearby countries. The US ambassador to Harare, James McGee, said that a total of 294 people have been confirmed dead from cholera in Zimbabwe, amid some 1,200 cases of the...