Zimbabwe: deaths from cholera rising, unchecked


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10-02-2009 Photo Collection

A cholera epidemic struck Zimbabwe around August 2008. By December over 1,000 had succumbed to it. Today the death toll has trebled.

A family member prepares the elderly cholera patient to be admitted at the medical unit for treatment.

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10-02-2009