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Article added on 01 January 2009
UN Cholera figures 31st December 2009
Figures released by the UN and the Zimbabwean health ministry show that two thirds of the victims of Zimbabwe’s cholera outbreak died in December.
On 1st December 2009 there were 11,735 suspected cases resulting in 484 deaths. By Christmas Day, 25th December, this had risen to 29,131 cases and 1,564 deaths.
The UN has warned that the total number of cases could reach 60,000.
Many hospitals and clinics have closed, with the result that many people have no access to medical care.
ZANE medical staff are in the front line in the fight against cholera. A ZANE doctor writes:
"The deaths from cholera should never have been allowed to reach the proportions that it has... The deaths are simply because no government hospital is working..."
ZANE is committed to providing treatment and education programmes to combat cholera, HIV/AIDS and other diseases. In addition, ZANE runs community development projects in and around Harare and Bulawayo to enable people to live and work in a self-sufficient way and to provide a model for sustainable living in the future.
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