The Red Cross has deployed seven emergency teams normally reserved for major global disasters to fight Zimbabwe's worsening cholera epidemic, it said in a statement Wednesday.
The emergency response units have been used in the past for major earthquakes and the Indian Ocean tsunami, but over the last week seven of the teams have been sent by Red Cross societies from Britain, Finland, Japan and other countries, it said.
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.
"Cholera is a preventable and treatable disease: no one should die from it," said Tammam Aloudat, an emergency health senior officer with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in Geneva.
"Currently, the proportion of people who get cholera and die as a result is higher than five percent. To say that cholera is under control, this number should not exceed one percent," he said.
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Besides the epidemic, Zimbabweans are also struggling against hyper-inflation, severe food shortages and chronic political instability.
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