DYNAMICS OF CHOLERA IN ZIMBABWE AND AN ASSESSMENT OF INFLUENCE OF SYSTEM OF THE INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN AID ON REDUCTION OF CASES DURINGTHE 2008-2009 CHOLERA EPIDEMIC

Abstract

The article assess the cholera dynamics in Zimbabwe, environmental factors contributing to the cholera crises and the 2008-2009 cholera epidemic; humanitarian aid strategies and how they reduced the cholera case fatality rate from approximately 4.4 in January 2009 to 0 in June 2009.

Keywords

• cholera
• case fatality rate
• vibrio cholerae
• contamination
• sanitation
• water quality