Zimbabwe has more than 60,000 cases of Cholera reported to date, health care workers are not reporting for work because they are not getting paid, thereby exacerbating the situating. The country’s financial and social system is in a state of collapse with inflation spiraling out of control, making their money worthless. The UN’s appeal for $567 million in humanitarian aid has received little response.
The best the World Health Organization can do is to set up some medical clinics in border areas to try and limit the spread of Cholera to other African countries.
The political situation in Zimbabwe is intolerable, President Mugabe has control of the army and steals whatever aid makes it into that country. Inflation has turned to Hyperinflation bringing the financial system to a complete standstill.
As far as I can understand in this situation there is little that the world communities can do but monitor the happenings and wait until the political situation stabilizes to help these poor souls.
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