The Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA) has said that typhoid in Harare hasn’t been addressed yet because the city council had not addressed the major drivers of the disease such ...
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Intestinal pathogen drops gene, spreads through body—and sub-Saharan Africa
A mutant strain of non-typhoidal Salmonella, ST313, is uncharacteristically adept at breaking out of the intestine into the bloodstream Hungry children and HIV-infected adults are most susceptible to infection
Read moreRights commission probes Harare City
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission is investigation whether Harare’s City Council’s poor service delivery constituted a gross violation of resident’s rights, resulting in a typhoid outbreak which claimed two lives ...
Read moreSorting out Harare water problems long overdue
Editorial calls for proper water and sanitation infrastructure to be built in Harare
Read moreHarare council admits blame for typhoid
The Harare City Council has admitted blame for the outbreak of typhoid which has claimed at least three lives in the Zimbabwe capital
Read more“No water in Harare is safe”
Many of Harare’s sources of waters are contaminated due to transposition of matter by rainwater, research by the Environmental Management Agency confirms Harare’s borehole water contained fecal matter, and boreholes ...
Read moreContaminated boreholes to be decommissioned
Harare boreholes which have been confirmed to be contaminated will be decommissioned Health minister David Parirenyatwa claims that 95 percent of underground water sources in high-density areas were polluted
Read more22 new diarrhoeal cases detected in Chidamoyo
At least 22 new diarrheal cases detected in Chidamoyo, three of which have been confirmed as typhoid
Read moreTyphoid cases fall
Cases of typhoid are falling in Harare, with only four patients with suspected typhoid admitted to hospitals The city is offering free treatment to people suspected of having typhoid
Read moreTwo typhoid cases recorded in Hurungwe
Two cases of typhoid confirmed in Hurungwe district, over 100 others still being tested Preliminary investigations indicated that people from six affected villages drew drinking water from the nearby river
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