ZIMBABWE: Cholera feeds off a perfect storm

HARARE Thursday, November 27, 2008 (IRIN) - All but one of Zimbabwe's ten provinces have reported fatalities as a result of a cholera epidemic sweeping the country, according to the UN. The rapid spread of the waterborne disease is attributed to a confluence of events that have created the perfect storm, in which a disease described by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as "easily treatable", is thriving. The collapse of municipal services, such as potable water, refuse collection and...