Zimbabwe’s health system is in collapse, the local doctors fearing a wave of deaths, with a cholera epidemic sweeping through the capital city of Harare. Cholera might outbreak rapidly, 72 cases being already identified in South Africa. According to the non-governmental group Doctors without Borders (MSF), the epidemic is threatening up to 1.4 million people in Zimbabwe. The country is under the rule of president Robert Mugabe, accused of massive violations of human rights. The country is facing a perpetual economic crisis with serious shortages of basic products. In august 2008, the inflation hit 11,200,000 percent, with an expected annual rate of inflation of more than 230 million percent. Beginning of this November, the international non-governmental organization the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria accused the government of misusing a 7.3 million USD grant.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Cholera threat in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe’s health system is in collapse, the local doctors fearing a wave of deaths, with a cholera epidemic sweeping through the capital city of Harare. Cholera might outbreak rapidly, 72 cases being already identified in South Africa. According to the non-governmental group Doctors without Borders (MSF), the epidemic is threatening up to 1.4 million people in Zimbabwe. The country is under the rule of president Robert Mugabe, accused of massive violations of human rights. The country is facing a perpetual economic crisis with serious shortages of basic products. In august 2008, the inflation hit 11,200,000 percent, with an expected annual rate of inflation of more than 230 million percent. Beginning of this November, the international non-governmental organization the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria accused the government of misusing a 7.3 million USD grant.
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