Thursday, December 4, 2008

Zimbabwe declares national health emergency (AP)

A young boy fetches water from a river after bathing in Harare, Zimbabwe Wednesday, December, 3, 2008. The United Nations is reporting that the death toll from the cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe has risen to 565, with 12,546 people infected. The government had been reporting 473 cholera deaths since August, and a total of 11,700 people infected as of Monday. The nationwide outbreak of the waterborne disease is blamed on collapsing water treatment plants and broken sewage pipes.(AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)AP - Zimbabwe has declared a national emergency over a cholera epidemic and health care system collapse, and is seeking more international help to pay for food, drugs and hospital equipment, the state-run newspaper said Thursday.


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