Cholera kills more than 3,000 in Zimbabwe (IRIN)

  JOHANNESBURG, 28 Jan. 2009 (IRIN) -- The cholera death toll in Zimbabwe climbed to 3,028, the World health Organisation said.

 The outbreak that began in August 2008 has become the worst cholera pandemic in Africa since more than 12,000 people perished from the waterborne disease in Goma's refugee camps in the aftermath of the Rwandan Genocide in 1994.

  The outbreak is showing few signs of abating; the number of cases recorded rose by 1,579 from the previous day, bringing the total known number of cases since the outbreak began to 57,702.

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