Cholera Zimbabwe's 'worst crisis'

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: BBC

The cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe is "the greatest threat ever to face" the country, opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has said.

His warning came after health officials said the outbreak, which according to the UN has killed 360 people since August, was under control.
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Aid agency Oxfam earlier called on Zimbabwe's government to declare a national health emergency - a call rejected by the government.

Oxfam said ordinary Zimbabweans were desperately short of food, health care, clean water and safe sanitation, and the crisis is set to worsen significantly in December.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7750824.stm

[WriteDown]

1. I'm sure Mugabe has "top" people working on it. nt.

[jwirr]

2. Isn't cholera caused by unclean water? This is a BIG problem in much

of the developing world. The next resource crisis.

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. They've run out of chemcials to treat water, and the health service has collapsed

http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnN26352623.html

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

4. Until recently drinking water was NOT a problem in Zimbabwe

Unfortunately the "war veterans" having run out of farms to pillage have found that stealing pumps, irrigation equipment and public utility lines to sell for scrap in South Africa is the best way to stick it to dead white Britons.

And while Zimbabwe had a high level of modern civil infrastructure - the funds needed to maintain these facilities have all been embezzled.

[LuckyLib]

5. Mugabe and his criminals have looted the country and are destroying their own countrymen.

War criminals, one and all. May they rot in hell.