Typhoid News
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
Zimbabwe: Typhoid Cases Fall
- Number of both confirmed and suspected typhoid cases are going down
- Ministry of Health working on unblocking drains and sewers and collecting refuse
Govt slams council’s 48-hr ultimatum on vendors
- The government has condemned Harare City Council’s food vendor ban, saying that service delivery, rather than food vendors, should be the priority
Harare in vendors threat no-show
- Despite the Harare’s City Council’s threats of a vendor ban and the 48-hour warning period, vendors continue to do business as normal
Zimbabwe: No End in Sight to Deadly Zimbabwe Typhoid
- Typhoid outbreak continues to rage in Zimbabwe, as conditions continue to facilitate the spread of typhoid and the health sector continues to struggle without doctors or medicines
Typhoid: Stop politicking over dead bodies
- Opinion piece argues that the Harare City Council should accept blame for their failures in allowing typhoid, instead of pointing fingers at poor street vendors
Aid Groups Help Zimbabwe Fight Typhoid Outbreak
- International aid groups have responded to Zimbabwe’s appeal for assistance
- Oxfam has been supplying water treatment chemicals to typhoid-affected areas and deploying health education volunteers
Vendors, council clash looms
- The vendor’s association in Zimbabwe is ready to approach the high court for an interdiction if the Harare city council continues to push the contentious ban on street food, which they claim will reduce the spread of typhoid
- Vendors have been protesting the loss of their livelihoods
Typhoid case recorded in Mutare
- One typhoid case has been recorded in Mutare, Zimbabwe, which is now on high alert
- Officials say that the case was contracted elsewhere
Doctors slam failure to contain typhoid
- Doctors in Zimbabwe are appalled at local authorities and central government for allowing citizens suffer from typhoid, a preventable disease
Council Faces Lawsuit Over Typhoid
- The Community Working Group on Health have been considering suing the Harare City Council following the deaths of two residents of Mbare, a high-density suburb of Harare, saying that the city council’s negligence in providing water or health services is to blame for the outbreak
ZADHR – Statement on the Failure to Stem the Spread of Typhoid in Harare
- The Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights is appalled by the continuing spread of typhoid and calls on the government to come up sustainable solutions, not just emergency interventions
Typhoid outbreak: Mugabe’s minister blames MDC
- A minister in Mugabe’s government has accused the opposition party of responsibility for the typhoid outbreak in Harare
Bulawayo on Typhoid Alert
- The Bulawayo City Council is on alert after several typhoid scares that later proved not to be typhoid
Harare evicts vendors over typhoid outbreak fears
- The Harare City Council is giving street food vendors 48 hours to comply with the vending ban or face eviction
- Food vendors have been defiant of the ban, which the city council says is in the public interest
