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Extensive Cholera Outbreak in Zimbabwe Prompts ADRA Response

As an increasingly deadly cholera outbreak sweeps across Zimbabwe, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is working to stop the spread of the disease through prevention training, health and hygiene education, and the distribution of disinfectants, water treatment tablets, and water containers. Since August, the epidemic has killed 783 people, the United Nations reported.

ADRA is targeting 500 families, or approximately 2,500 people, in the Harare suburb of Kuwadzana, where residents often turn to open sewages for drinking water, and Chendambuya, a rural area in the Manicaland province….

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