Typhoid News
Harare 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
22 new diarrhoeal cases detected in Chidamoyo
- At least 22 new diarrheal cases detected in Chidamoyo, three of which have been confirmed as typhoid
Contaminated 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
Two 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
Typhoid 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
Zimbabwe: Floods to Worsen Zimbabwe’s Health Woes
- Heavy flooding countrywide in Zimbabwe raise the risk factor of the country’s current typhoid outbreak
Sewerage raises a stink in sector 10A in Gurgaon
- The main sewage line in Gurgaon has broken and is flowing onto the street, flooding neighborhoods and raising the risk of waterborne diseases
Typhoid: CDC to the rescue
- Centre for Diseases Control-Zimbabwe has dispatched a team to help the government fight typhoid
- Staff are tracing patterns of transmissions and helping to identify any antibiotic resistance
Council, EMA in joint clean-up campaign
- The Environmental Management Agency joined the Harare City Council in cleaning up illegal dumpsites in Harare
Transform Zimbabwe condemns absent leaders
- Christian-led opposition party Transform Zimbabwe has criticized the current government for the typhoid outbreak
Zimbabwe: Harare Typhoid Victim’s Sad Tale
- A 33-year-old single mother of four and street food vendor, living in Harare, tells the story of her typhoid diagnosis
Zimbabwe: Harare in deep water over typhoid outbreak
- Chronic failures in providing water and sanitation have turned Harare into a “breeding ground for disease”
- Vendor ban is likely only to make things worse
- This outbreak could affect who wins Harare in the national elections in 2018
Typhoid: Harare City Council and Zimbabwe Republic Police Confiscate Food Items and Pushcarts from Illegal Vendors
- After a ban on food vending was met with defiance, Harare and Zimbabwe police are confiscating food and carts from vendors
A call to take decisive measures to eradicate typhoid!
- The Civil Society Health Emergency Response Coordinating Committee expresses alarm at the outbreak of typhoid
- Water-borne diseases like typhoid are preventable; the outbreak therefore represents a clear failure of government
Health levy put on ice
- A levy on airtime purchases intended to fund medical purchases by the Health and Child Care Ministry has been delayed
- Of the $281 million allocated to the Health and Child Care Ministry, salaries take up $223 million and $41 million go to paying down debts, leaving only $9 million for operational costs, meaning that the ministry has no funds to combat outbreaks like typhoid
Typhoid claims another victim in Harare<
- A thirteen-year-old girl is the latest casualty of the typhoid outbreak in Zimbabwe
- She lived in Mbare, a high-density suburb on the outskirts
Ministers condemn Mbare Musika
- Health minister David Parirenyatwa was shocked by conditions in Harare’s high-density suburb, Mbare, which is the epicenter of the typhoid outbreak
No action plan to prevent typhoid fever – health officials
- No plans in place to prevent typhoid fever from reaching Botswana from neighboring Zimbabwe
- Officials meeting with CDC Botswana
Zimbabwe Doctors Call for Clean Water to Fight Typhoid Outbreak
- Doctors and aid organizations have called on the government to improve water and sanitation
Typhoid outbreak spreads to Harare prisons
- Sources in the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services confirmed that two penitentiaries are battling a serious typhoid outbreak
- Unconfirmed number of prisoners may be dead from typhoid
