Zimbabwe: Floods, Religious Beliefs Trigger Fear of Water-Borne Diseases

[The Herald] With the torrential rains Zimbabwe has been experiencing since December of 2016, one cannot help, but have nightmares especially when thinking of the 2008 deaths that were caused as a result of waterborne diseases. Cholera killed more than 4 000 people in 2008 and the Apostolic Sect members were not spared of this tragic incidence. Typhoid, another waterborne disease that has already claimed the lives of some in the country, is another waterborne disease that is worrisome.

Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 8, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news