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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-00049

Health workers at the cholera treatment unit examine the patient before admission. The tent serves as the consultation room. The ICRC donated eight of the eleven tents at this unit.




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