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June 24 - Fighting Cholera in Zimbabwe

International Medical Corps have launched an emergency health, water and sanitation programme in Zimbabwe, with the support of the European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid Department. Since December 2008, International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Team has been present in Zimbabwe conducting rapid assessments in response to the ongoing cholera outbreak. The outbreak has killed more than 4,200 people since August last year, with more than 98,000 cases reported. The World Health Organization has called it the worst outbreak in the country since a 1992 epidemic that killed 3,000 people. The cumulative case fatality rate is 4.3%,.... more details