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One Confirmed And Four Suspected Cholera Deaths Recorded In Zimbabwe

March 21, 2023 Michael Gwarisa

A cholera confirmed death from Bikita District in Masvingo Province and three suspected Mozambican nationals in Mbire District in Mash Central Province were recorded in Zimbabwe over the past 24 hours. By Michael Gwarisa According to the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) Daily Cholera Situation Report, Results for suspected deaths pending. 15 new suspected cholera cases and 4 laboratory confirmed cases were reported today. These were reported from Mbire (10), and Chimanimani (3) and BeitBridge (2). As of 20 March 2023, 7 cases are hospitalized. These are admitted…

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More Mozambican Nationals Troop To Zimbabwe For Cholera Treatment

March 17, 2023March 17, 2023 Michael Gwarisa

A total 25 cases, out of 121 suspected Cholera cases that have been reported in Zimbabwe to date, are emanating from one village in Mozambique. By Michael Gwarisa The villagers from Kadunje are currently being treated for Cholera at Chiwenga Clinic, Centenary District, Mashonaland Central Province, bordering Mozambique. While the move could exert pressure on Zimbabwe’s healthcare in the face of a looming local Cholera outbreak where eight cases have already been confirmed, Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Health and Child (MoHCC) says they cannot turn away patients from seeking treatment regardless…

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Five cholera cases in Zim

March 8, 2023March 8, 2023 Healthtimes

FIVE cholera cases have to date been confirmed in Zimbabwe with no hospitalisation and deaths being witnessed. By Staff Reporter The five were obtained after doing culture tests of 60 suspected cases. “Since 12 February 2023, sixty suspected cases of cholera have been reported in Zimbabwe from Chegutu (58), Mudzi (1), and Mutare (1). Of these Five cases have been confirmed by culture test, and as of 6th March 2023 there has been no reported death from cholera and no patient has been admitted for the disease,” Acting Information, Publicity…

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#BREAKING: Cholera Case Detected in Mutare

March 6, 2023 Michael Gwarisa

A cholera case has been dictated in Mutare and the local residents have been warned to be on high alert. City spokesperson Spren Mtiwi confirmed the development urging residents to be on the lookout, further warning the public to desist buying food from unlicensed food outlets. SOURCE: Diamond FM

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#BREAKING: Zim records cholera cases

February 19, 2023February 19, 2023 Kuda Pembere

Two cholera cases have been identified by Zimbabwe’s health authorities in Chegutu with one having been confirmed and another still under investigation. By Kuda Pembere The SADC region has been recording cholera cases with Malawi being the most affected.The cases come five years after Zimbabwe managed to control the 2018 epidemic. On the 15th of February 2023, Zimbabwe confirmed a case of cholera in Chegutu town, Mashonaland West Province, having presented with watery diarrhoea and vomiting on the 12th of February 2023. On the 17th of February 2023 a second…

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Zim on cholera high alert: Health Ministry

February 17, 2023February 19, 2023 Kuda Pembere

With some Zimbabweans dreading a rebound of a cholera epidemic, a senior Ministry of Health and Child Care official has allayed the fears saying there are no cases in the country yet noting they are on high alert. By Kudakwashe Pembere The country was hit twice by the epidemic which was reported first in Glen View and Budiriro high density suburbs. Zimbabwe got affected by Cholera in 2008 which saw many mortalities and 2008 with low mortality rates but the disease was severe due to antimicrobial resistance. Malawi is currently…

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#BREAKING: Harare Typhoid cases going up…Three Contaminated Boreholes closed

January 19, 2023January 19, 2023 Michael Gwarisa

FOLLOWING the resurgence of Typhoid, the City of Harare recently decommissioned three water boreholes linked to the recent surge in infections in some parts of Harare. By Michael Gwarisa The Typhoid outbreak was reported in December last year (2022) in the Western suburbs of Harare mainly in children below the age of five. Speaking in an interview with HealthTimes, Dr Michael Vere, the Epidemiology and Disease Control Officer in the City of Harare said they have recorded 80 Typhoid cases to date with Glen Norah being the most affected. Glen…

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Turning a Dump-Site into a fountain Of Hope: How MSF’s Sanitary Seals Are Purifying Underground Water in Harare’s Cholera Hotspots

November 2, 2022November 2, 2022 Michael Gwarisa

Mrs Netsai Manthenga (46), a resident of Mbare National, recalls how they used to wake up as early as 4:00 in the morning to queue for water at Stoddard Hall in Mbare only to return home around mid-day. Elderly residents who failed to cope with the shoving and pushing at the water points would at times get their water from a nearby stream where raw sewage and dirty water that is usually drained from the Swimming pool nearby flows. By Michael Gwarisa It wasn’t easy,” she says, “Imagine spending eight…

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Cholera kills over 2,300 in Nigeria’s Worst Outbreak In Years

September 21, 2021 Michael Gwarisa

Cholera has killed more than 2,300 people and infected thousands more, mostly children, in Nigeria since the start of the year, a senior health official said on Monday, in the nation’s worst outbreak in years. SOURCE: MEDICALEXPRESS Africa’s most populous nation suffers from a high rate of water-borne diseases as a result of dilapidated infrastructure and under-investment.` As at September 5, 2021, a total of 69,925 suspected cases, including 2,323 deaths, have been reported,” Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) head of communications, Yahya Disu, told AFP. Health sector sources…

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Cholera Elimination Roadmap and Public Health Emergency Operations Center Launched In Zimbabwe

December 23, 2020December 23, 2020 Michael Gwarisa

HEALTH and Child Care Minister, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has officially launched the Zimbabwe the Cholera Elimination Roadmap (2018-2028) and the Public Health Emergency Operations Center (PHEOC). By Michael Gwarisa Officiating at the launch event, VP Chiwenga said even though the launch of the Cholera elimination roadmap comes two years into the tenure of the Plan, implementation of the National Cholera Elimination Strategic Plan has been ongoing, since year 2018. This includes a thorough evaluation of the programme, by the Independent Review Panel of the Global Taskforce for Cholera Control.…

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