Cholera Crisis 'Tip Of Iceberg' For Zimbabwe: UN

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From The CBC:

Fast-spreading cholera is "the tip of the iceberg" of what stands to be a major health crisis in Zimbabwe, United Nations agencies said on Friday.

Nearly 400 Zimbabweans have died from the disease, which has infected more than 9,400 people and spread to neighbouring South Africa and Botswana. Zimbabwe's health system has collapsed as political crisis has worsened a catastrophic economic decline.

A lack of clean drinking water and adequate toilets are the main triggers of Zimbabwe's epidemic of the preventable and treatable diarrheal disease that can be fatal, especially in children, according to the World Health Organization.

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My Comment: Unfortunately for Zimbabwe .... their number #1 medical crisis (by far) is HIV-Aids. Cholera is the least of their worries.