Is Zimbabwe Facing Another Typhoid Crisis?

The City of Harare has confirmed one death and several cases has been reported recently, while  2 160 suspected cases were reported countrywide this year.

  • Zimbabwe:   2 160 Typhoid Cases Reported Nationally

    The Herald, 30 December 2016

    Harare City Council has confirmed four cases of typhoid in Mbare, as it also emerged yesterday that 2 160 suspected cases were reported countrywide this year with authorities… Read more »

People wait at a mobile clinic to be screened for typhoid in Harare.

  • Zimbabwe:   Harare City Battling Typhoid, Struggles to Collect Garbage

    The Herald, 30 December 2016

    Harare City Council, which is battling to contain a typhoid outbreak, is struggling to collect garbage as it emerged that 25 out of its 48 refuse trucks are down due to fuel… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Typhoid Under Control - Minister

    The Herald, 29 December 2016

    Government says the typhoid outbreak that hit Mbare, Harare, in the last few days is now under control, but urged all residents to be vigilant as they remain under threat of… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Typhoid Kills One, Nine Hospitalised

    The Herald, 28 December 2016

    A suspected typhoid outbreak is feared to have hit Harare amid reports that one person has died so far, while nine others have been hospitalised. Thirty more people have been… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Teen's Mum Speaks Out

    The Herald, 28 December 2016

    The grieving mother of Ivy Makwara, the 13-year-old Mbare girl, who died of suspected typhoid on Christmas Day, yesterday poured out her heart out saying she had placed all her… Read more »

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