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10-02-2009  Photo Collection  
Zimbabwe: deaths from cholera rising, unchecked
A cholera epidemic struck Zimbabwe around August 2008. By December over 1,000 had succumbed to it. Today the death toll has trebled.

© ICRC//R. Waudo/V-P-ZW-E-00048

A patient is brought to the cholera treatment unit in Nyamapira by relatives. Lack of transport is a major constraint in the area. Most patients arrive from nearby villages on wheelbarrow.

An estimated 80% of the deaths from cholera occur at home since infected people lack the means to travel to medical units located too far away.




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