| the 2008 cholera epidemic in zimbabwe: experience of the icddr,b team in the field. | during august 2008-june 2009, an estimated 95,531 suspected cases of cholera and 4,282 deaths due to cholera were reported during the 2008 cholera outbreak in zimbabwe. despite the efforts by local and international organizations supported by the zimbabwean ministry of health and child welfare in the establishment of cholera treatment centres throughout the country, the case-fatality rate (cfr) was much higher than expected. over two-thirds of the deaths occurred in areas without access to treat ... | 2011 | 22106761 |
| satellite based assessment of hydroclimatic conditions related to cholera in zimbabwe. | cholera, an infectious diarrheal disease, has been shown to be associated with large scale hydroclimatic processes. the sudden and sporadic occurrence of epidemic cholera is linked with high mortality rates, in part, due to uncertainty in timing and location of outbreaks. improved understanding of the relationship between pathogenic abundance and climatic processes allows prediction of disease outbreak to be an achievable goal. in this study, we show association of large scale hydroclimatic proc ... | 2015 | 26417994 |