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Since June of this year, 350 or more people in Nigeria have died from Cholera.

There has been over 6400 people that have been sick and 352 others that have died.

Cholera becomes a threat when there is no good clean source of drinking water. The flooding after the heavy rainfall has help distribute the disease.

At this time, the occurrence of Cholera has been in the north west and northeastern parts of a Nigeria, the entire country is at risk.

There is 2/3rd’s of the Nigerian population that do not have clean drinking water. Even less then that, less then 40% of the population have any type of indoor plumbing for bath room facilities.

cholera affects the intestines. It will cause diarrhea and vomiting. These two together can cause very serious dehydration.

There are around 120,000 people that die every year from Cholera. It can kill with

in hours if no treatment is started.

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The ‘worst case scenario’ that was predicted by health experts has now came to realism. World Health Organisation (WHO) revealed a total of 60,401 people in Zimbabwe are currently infected by cholera. To make matter more drastic, the death toll stands at 3,161.

The collapse of Zimbabwe’s water, sanitation and health systems has been deemed as the cause of such extraordinary health crisis. Many hospitals are closed down and water supply in towns is not sufficient. Broken sewers and uncollected waste could be seen lying around. There are rising concerns by aid workers over rainy season, which could lead to even more infections as water sources become contaminated.

The UN agency has stressed the need for international community to interfere in Zimbabwe’s uncontrollable cholera epidemic.

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Following a massive swept of cholera across Zimbabwe, the epidemic is now moving from urban areas to the more remote areas in the country. The UN and many other medical charities have contributed in bringing down cases of cholera in urban areas such as Harare. However, things are getting out of hand with epidemic shifting to rural regions.

The UN revealed 2,755 people have died, which accounts for nearly 20% rise in death in a week. Aid workers warned of possible increase in infections, as water sources become contaminated during the rainy season.

The traditions of locals in burying the deaths have much contributed to the spread as well. This occurs when the body of the dead is brought back to the village of origin for funeral; however, prior disinfection of the body is not done. People would then touch the body without realising the possibility of being infected.

To contain the spread of cholera was tedious in urban areas, but to contain it in rural areas could even be harder. The lack of knowledge of locals and the impaired transport system could result in even more dying. A greater demand for medical aids might be necessary to relieve such situation.

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A surge of 978 more victims of cholera has been reported by the Zimbabwe government.
These numbers seems to have increased in a very short span of 3 days only, reports say.
A total of 18, 413 suspects have been reported to the UN council since the month of August to have been hit and suffered Cholera.
The talks have ended without a proper decision on to censure the President of Zimbabwe or not.
A confirmed report from the UN has showed that 208 people have been confirmed dead due to the spread of cholera and close to 9000 more are in critical state.
The South African Red cross is doing all it can in its power to save as many members as possible.
They have dispatched all medical and food supplies to Zimbabwe necessary to treat the cholera hit victims.
It has also dispatched messages of help from governments to supply them enough funds to treat another 30 000 cholera hit people.
It is noticed that if there is no immediate action taken against this massive cholera attack the casualties will keep on growing and the number may well exceed 60 000.

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A South African delegation is reported to visit the Cholera hit Zimbabwe this week.
The country is already providing medical aids and supplies to help the victims attacked by cholera.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) there have been more than 14000 cases of cholera that have been reported till date.

8 people have been reported dead in the town of Musina, which is located across the border of South Africa.
Now Musina has also become a Cholera aid center, with no sufficient food and water for the cholera hit victims.

President Robert Mugabe’s inefficiency of taking care of the situation in his country has been deeply condemned by the people.
The group – which includes former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan – said there was “bitter disappointment” with the current leadership.
The group also called on the Southern African Development Community to help contain the outbreak.

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Zimbabweans have been hit with cholera and are finding it hard to fight against it.
There have been over 500 people who have suffered death due to in efficiency of the government in supplying enough supplies to save the lives.
The doctors tried to protest against the inadequacy of the government in tackling a health disaster, in return they have been welcomed by the baton blows of the police and armed guards.
The government has sought help from the UN in supplying enough supplies and money to handle the situation in the country.
The UN immediately sent supplies enough to treat atleast 2000 cases, but there have been more than 12000 cases that have been reported in the country.
The fall of political, economical and financial systems in the country has just worsened the situation as it is not of least help to handle it.
Reports said that the River Limpopo has been contaminated and have been ordered not use water from it

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