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February 6, 2009

Funding Curtails Expansion of Anti-Cholera Efforts in Zimbabwe, Officials Say
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The World Health Organization reports 3,350 deaths from Cholera through
Wednesday from a total of 67,567 cases over the past six months 
      A nurse prepares a sugar solution for cholera patients in Harare,
29 Jan 2009As cholera continues to claim lives in Zimbabwe, some of
those involved in the fight to end the epidemic say funding shortages
are hampering efforts to scale up the response.

 Hospital Doctors Association Chairman Amon Siveregi said that while an
effective framework for fighting cholera is now in place, a lack of
fundsispreventing the expansion of those initiatives to battle an
epidemic that is present in nearly all the country's districts.

 The World Health Organization has reported 3,350 deaths from cholera as
of Wednesday from 67,567 cases over the six months cholera has been
afoot in the country.

 For perspective on the situation reporter Marvellous Mhlanga-Nyahuye of
VOA's Studio 7 for Zimbabwe turned to Dr. Siveregi and Farid Abdulkadir,
head of operations in Zimbabwe for the International Red Cross. Dr.
Siveregi said insufficient funding is thwarting cholera prevention and
holding up treatment programs that could save lives.

 More reports from VOA's Studio7 for Zimbabwe...


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