The cholera outbreak of 2008, which claimed the lives of thousands, was devastating. Sadly, as soon as the situation was under control, and fewer and fewer people died of the disease, we all took on an attitude that the crisis had been overcome and that the worst was over. Not much has done to put systems and infrastructures in place to prevent Zimbabwe from ever being riddled with the infectious disease again.

It therefore comes as no surprise that we are now reading news reports about typhoid fever infections. What preventative measures are being taken to ensure that Harare’s cholera-friendly atmosphere, (poor water supply, garbage collection and sanitation facilities), does not contribute to or result in another deadly outbreak? Prevention is better then cure! Is it possible to nip typhoid fever in the bud, as it were, before it becomes cholera?

See the related story in The Zimbabwean.

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