Zimbabwe: 2015 Typhoid

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Source: http://www.thezimbabwean.co/lifestyle/health/75052/cholera-confirmed-in-chiredzi.html


Cholera confirmed in Chiredzi

Cholera has been confirmed this week at Chizvirizvi rural health centre in Chiredzi district under Masvingo province, The Zimbabwean can exclusively reveal.
01.03.1511:43 by Thabani Dube

This is the cholera case to be confirmed since 2013.

A health official in Chiredzi told The Zimbabwean that more cases could be reported among members of the family of the infected person and the community at large.

?We recorded a single cholera case this week and more could be reported in the community due to poor water and sanitation facilities in the area,? said the source.

Further investigations by this reporter confirm the development.

The current health ministry?s weekly disease surveillance report confirms the case.

However, typhoid outbreaks have also been reported across the country with 204 confirmed cases having been reported since January 2015.

?Thirty-six new suspected cases and 22 confirmed cases were reported this week.

The cases were reported in Harare, Bulawayo, Manicaland, Mashonaland East and Central provinces,? reveal the report...

 

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Source: http://www.thezimbabwean.co/lifestyle/health/76026/typhoid-outbreaks-hits-masvingo.html

03.06.1511:42
Typhoid outbreaks hits Masvingo
At least 10 people have been hospitalised with typhoid during the past month, health officials have said.
by Regerai Tukutuku

The latest outbreak has brought to 19 the numbers of reported cases of typhoid in Masvingo since the beginning of the year. Nine other cases of the disease were reported during March...

 

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Source: https://www.newsday.co.zw/2015/06/03/diarrhoea-typhoid-cases-rise/


Diarrhoea, typhoid cases rise
June 3, 2015 in News

The continued rise in diarrhoea and new suspected typhoid cases in Harare are indications that issues of hygiene and access to clean potable water are still out of reach for many residents with many resorting to unprotected sources.

By Phyllis Mbanje

Mushrooming of food vendors has also raised questions on improper handling of food items, which are being cooked and sold on street pavements with no checks whatsoever in place.

A recent weekly disease surveillance report from the Ministry of Health for the week ending May 17, indicated there were 9 985 cases of diarrhoea reported in that week and six deaths. As of that same date since the beginning of the year, over 190 000 cases had been reported and 197 people died from diarrhoea.

Under the same period, there were 36 new suspected cases of typhoid, and 33 of those were in Harare with the remaining from Nyanga district.

As of that date there has been 301 confirmed typhoid and 559 suspected cases...