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LAGOS. – Suspected cholera cases have jumped in northeast Nigeria where Boko Haram violence has forced tens of thousands of people to seek refuge in crowded camps, the Norwegian Refugee Council said on Monday. The humanitarian group said 10 000 people have been affected by the fast-spreading cholera outbreak and 175 people have died in […]
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When the cholera epidemic seems to be well contained with vaccinations being carried out in different areas, poets remain defiant in their fight against the disease.
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The Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) has joined the national cholera response by donating over 124 000 litres of water a day to Budiriro over a period of one month.
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The City of Harare is ill-equipped to respond to reports of sewer blockages, with some going for almost two months without being attended to, an activist has said.
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Tendai Rupapa Senior Reporter First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa yesterday charmed Budiriro, Harare, residents when she spent the day performing household chores and promoting cleanliness to avoid the spread of cholera. Health authorities identified Budiriro and Glen View high-density suburbs as epicentres of a cholera outbreak that has claimed over 50 lives and the First Lady […]
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Sibongile Maruta Herald Reporter Five people from Buhera died recently from the cholera outbreak putting the national death toll at 54, a Cabinet minister has said. The majority of the deceased were mainly from Harare’s Glen View and Budiriro suburbs. Speaking during a cholera medicine handover ceremony held in Harare on Friday, Minister of Health […]
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Tendai Rupapa Senior Reporter United Nations agencies on Friday donated more than $3 million towards the fight against cholera, which has killed 54 people mainly in Harare. The World Health Organisation poured in $1 004 088 for strengthening response to and management of cholera and other epidemic-prone diseases in Harare, while the United Nations Children’s […]
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Abigail Mawonde Herald Correspondent CABINET yesterday said it was satisfied with the continued decline in cholera cases across the country and has resolved to modernise the water and sewer reticulation infrastructure. This was said by Acting Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister July Moyo while briefing journalists on Cabinet deliberations. “Cabinet has noted with satisfaction […]
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Paidamoyo Chipunza Senior Health Reporter At least 90 percent of the targeted population in Mbare, Glen View, Glen Norah and Budiriro, Harare, has been vaccinated against cholera, Epidemiology and Disease Control director in the Ministry of Health and Child Care, Dr Portia Manangazira, has said. She said Glen Norah recorded the highest number of residents […]
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Harare residents are up in arms with council after it increased water cuts in their suburbs, saying the move exposed them to water-borne diseases like cholera. Harare City Council has, without notice, been disconnecting water supplies to suburbs like Sunridge, Marlborough and Goodhope.
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SUSPECTED cholera cases have dropped from 10 000 to 24, while Government is making frantic efforts to ensure the water-borne disease is totally eradicated, Health and Child Care Minister Dr Obadiah Moyo has said.
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There has been no increase in cholera fatalities in the last five days, with the death toll remaining at the 49 recorded on Wednesday last week, a sign that the disease is being contained and is no longer a big threat.
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There are concerns that the outbreak of water-borne diseases like cholera and typhoid could be difficult to contain as the rainy season approaches since most new high- density suburbs rely on septic tanks for their sewer disposal and wells for water supply.
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The Environmental Management Agency has taken Chinhoyi Municipality to court for discharging raw sewage into Manyame River, threatening the health of people downstream.
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Zvishavane Town Council has activated its Civil Protection Unit and is on a massive cholera awareness campaign in a bid to prevent any outbreak, an official has said.