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30 Sep 2009 Zimbabwe: Harare Declaration on preparedness and response to the Influenza A (H1N1) pandemic As members of the humanitarian community,
we are committed to ensuring all people have access to the highest possible
standard of health care. In this spirit, we declare our commitment to strengthening
Zimbabwe's health system at all levels so it can better prepare for, and
respond to, the public health and socioeconomic impacts of the Pandemic
H1N1 2009 and all other health threats.
We embrace the global "Call to Action" initiative that aims to strengthen... |
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01 Jun 2009 Humanitarian agencies seek a total of $718 million for Zimbabwe as needs rise (New York, 1 June 2009): Humanitarian
agencies in Zimbabwe today issued a revised
appeal requesting $718 million,
an increase of $168 million from the original appeal launched in November
2008, to meet the requirements of six million people whose humanitarian
needs have continued to increase.
Significant changes in the country's political and socio-economic landscape have... |
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26 Feb 2009 UN inter-agency mission stresses need to strengthen humanitarian work in Zimbabwe (Johannesburg/New York, 26 February
2009): A United Nations inter-agency humanitarian mission to Zimbabwe
said on Thursday that the country's humanitarian crisis remained grave
and called on both the government and the international community to support
efforts by the humanitarian community to strengthen its work there.
Some of the most acute manifestations of Zimbabwe's complex humanitarian crisis include one of the world's worst outbreaks of cholera and up to seven... |
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30 Jan 2009 Cholera cases in Zimbabwe surpass 60,000; UN humanitarian fund gives $7 million to combat the disease (New York, 30 January 2009): The
number of cholera cases in Zimbabwe has surpassed the World Health Organization's
(WHO) worst-case scenario figure of 60,000, an indication that the epidemic
is still far from under control despite concerted efforts by local health
authorities, the United Nations and non-governmental organizations. The
disease has claimed the lives of 3,095 people as of 28 January.
In an effort to bolster the fight against the spread of the disease, the... |
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19 Dec 2008 Cholera spreading rapidly in Zimbabwe (New York, 19 December 2008): The
serious cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe continues to spread. Several new areas
of Harare and other towns and cities have recorded outbreaks this week,
and the total affected population is over 20,800. The case fatality rate
is now 5.4% and the aggregate number of deaths from the crisis exceeds
1,100 since September.
"The current situation in Zimbabwe is extremely worrying, but aid agencies, donors and the Government of Zimbabwe are... |
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