A British charity insisted on Thursday, just hours after the country's President Robert Mugabe said there was no cholera in his country that Zimbabwe's Cholera outbreak is worsening.
The comments also came as the United Nations said the death toll from the outbreak had risen to 783, with 16,403 suspected cases.
About Cholera
Cholera is an infection of the small intestine and is caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.
Cholera is an infection of the small intestine and is caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.
She added: "Reliable figures are hard to come by, but there is much evidence out there that this crisis is growing, not diminishing, especially as we know there are many people who can't get to cholera centres."
"Given that this is a disease spread by unclean water and exacerbated by hunger which weakens victims, this problem has clearly not gone away. Water and health services have collapsed and more than half the 10 million population needs emergency food aid," she said.
Cholera Unleashes Its Rein of Sickness in Zimbabwe
Roselyn Moyo has stopped allowing her children to play outside on the streets of Harare for fear of contracting cholera.
Roselyn Moyo has stopped allowing her children to play outside on the streets of Harare for fear of contracting cholera.
Earlier Thursday, Mugabe said in a nationally televised speech: "I am happy to say our doctors have been assisted by others, and WHO (the World Health Organization) and they have now arrested cholera."
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Cholera Cases in Zimbabwe Likely To Touch 60,000: UNICEF
The head of the UN Children's Fund in Zimbabwe told the BBC on Sunday he feared a possible 60,000 cholera cases in the coming weeks.
The head of the UN Children's Fund in Zimbabwe told the BBC on Sunday he feared a possible 60,000 cholera cases in the coming weeks.
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Zimbabwe Pleads for Help Amid Growing Cholera Epidemic
Zimbabwe's government pleaded for international help after declaring a national emergency over a cholera epidemic that has left 560 dead, as Britain warned the country had become a failed state.
Zimbabwe's government pleaded for international help after declaring a national emergency over a cholera epidemic that has left 560 dead, as Britain warned the country had become a failed state.
