Cholera outbreak across Zimbabwe
- October 6, 2023
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Cholera outbreak across Zimbabwe
Subject: IR
Section: Places in news
Context: Cholera outbreak across Zimbabwe kills up to 100 people
More about the news:
- Zimbabwe is facing a cholera crisis with 100 suspected deaths and over 5,000 possible cases since last month.
- The government has imposed restrictions to curb the disease’s spread, including limiting funeral attendance to 50 people, halting some social gatherings, and discouraging open markets.
- The outbreak has now spread across 41 districts, including the capital, Harare, with neighboring countries also grappling with cholera outbreaks.
- Inadequate infrastructure and sanitation have historically contributed to cholera outbreaks in Zimbabwe, with the worst outbreak in 2008 claiming over 4,000 lives.
Some facts about Zimbabwe:
- Zimbabwe is a landlocked country of southern Africa.
- It shares a border on the south with South Africa and is surrounded on the west by Botswana, on the north by Zambia, and on the northeast and east by Mozambique.
- The capital and largest city is Harare, and the second largest is Bulawayo.
- Zimbabwe, lies to the north of the Tropic of Capricorn, is completely within the tropics but enjoys subtropical conditions.
- It is dominated by Savannah grasslands.
- The Zimbabwean dollar is the official currency of the country.
- Zimbabwe’s largest ethnic group are the Shona, who make up 80% of the population, followed by the Northern Ndebele.
- Zimbabwe is a republic with a presidential system of government. The semi-presidential system was abolished with the adoption of a new constitution after a referendum in 2013.