Date: Mon 11 Jan 2010

Source: Voice of America [edited]

<http://www1.voanews.com/zimbabwe/news/health/Zimbabwe-Another-Cholera-Death-Reported-in-Midlands-11Jan10-81153597.html>

The World Health Organization has reported another death from cholera in the Midlands province of Zimbabwe, bringing the number of deaths from the communicable disease in recent months to 6. A WHO report said there were 149 confirmed cases of cholera and 5 deaths from the disease between the beginning of September 2009 and 3 Jan 2010. It said the latest death occurred in Sanyati, Midlands province.

Cholera claimed more than 4200 lives in Zimbabwe from late 2008 through mid-2009 as an epidemic raced out of control due to a widespread lack of clean water and the virtual collapse of the state health care system. The WHO said 10 of 62 districts in the country have been affected by the cholera outbreak recently compared with 51 districts in 2009.
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[The Midlands province of Zimbabwe in the central part of the country can be found on a map at:
<http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/zimbabwe.pdf>. - ProMed Mod.LL]