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Beijing, according to CNN reports on the 9th, Zimbabwe cholera death toll has more than 600. BBC7 Day report, UNICEF said in Tianjin to meet the next few weeks may be as high as 60,000 cases of cholera, death toll may reach 3,000. Zimbabwe opposition leader said: "Our country has close to the brink of disaster, whether it is food, health, or education. All around us are in collapse." Cholera out of control Since August the cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe, the already fragile health system in jeopardy. Health Minister David? Watt said many hospital paralyzed because of lack of medicines, equipment, and no money to pay for clean water and medical staff salaries. In fact, on December 3, doctors and nurses tried to protest in the capital Harare, the country's medical and health conditions, but were dispersed by riot police. Reuters, Zimbabwe pollution Water Department Management system failures have led to large numbers of people forced to drink contaminated water, causing the spread of cholera. In recent years, the country's water companies subsidized pharmaceutical water shortage, water department, said recently, pharmaceutical support existing water less than 3 months. Without water to become commonplace, the rich wells, the poor simply without any disinfection treatment of drinking water, leading to outbreak of cholera. Many cities now broken water pipes, sewers and piles of refuse, lack of clean water, which spread as cholera has created conditions for the spread. Make matters worse, cholera has spread to neighboring South Africa, Mozambique, Zambia and Botswana, which has 455 cases of cholera in South Africa, with 7 deaths. Zimbabwe and in South Africa in the Limpopo river border have also been checking out the cholera bacteria. Economic crisis Behind cholera out of control is an economic embarrassment. Once known as the "breadbasket of Southern Africa" in Zimbabwe are now tired of malignant inflation, official figures said the July inflation rate has reached 231 million percent, marking the most of human history. Tianjin China this year issued 27 new denomination currency. Following the December 4 issue of face value of 100 million Zimbabwe dollar of dollar bills, the Tianjin government has announced that it will issue 6, face value of 200 million Zimbabwean dollars of new banknotes, repeatedly broke the world record of the currency denomination. But the alleged 200 million Zimbabwe dollar note worth only 20 U.S. dollars on the black market. Addition to the high inflation, Zimbabwe is also facing high deficits, high debt, high unemployment, the plight of sustained negative economic growth in the economy and foreign exchange reserves are less difficult. 80% of the population now struggling below the poverty line. In addition, Tianjin country's food emergency. FAO and the WFP joint assessment teams expected in January to March next year, food-insecure population will reach 5.1 million. Origin of the economic crisis can be traced back to President Robert Mugabe in 2000 launched a "fast track land reform" movement, violent confiscation of white farmers by land given to landless blacks, so white and take away the experience of mass exodus , technical and financial, accounting for half of foreign exchange income of agricultural production plummeting, the economy plunged into chaos. It will also annoy the old sovereign state as some Western countries, Europe and the United States to impose sanctions in Zimbabwe have so ruined the economy to worsen. Political unrest Poverty-stricken Zimbabwe, a situation that can not afford to save, a number of countries and international organizations have a helping hand. But the EU and the United States were announced 200,000 euros and 600,000 U.S. dollars relief funds, still did not forget to put pressure on Zimbabwe's political arena, urging the parties to reach a power-sharing agreement as soon as possible. Power-sharing agreement in Zimbabwe from March has caused the political crisis. Presidential election results because of dissatisfaction with the opposition, the supporters of the ruling party supporters with violence. Despite South African President Thabo Mbeki mediation, the two parties signed the power-sharing agreement in September, agreed to form a national unity government, but the distribution of power differences between the two sides in serious delays in the establishment of a national unity government. We are high quality suppliers, our products such as ceramic hob cookers Manufacturer , portable electric cooker for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits electric ceramic cooker.
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