Zimbabwe is a third world country that is going through a really difficult period right now. There has been an outbreak of Cholera and it is causing havoc on the country. So far over 16,000 people have been affected with over 792 dying. It is so hard to control the spread of the disease further because of the lack of technology and support.
What is Cholera?
It is sometimes called Asiatic or epidemic cholera. It is an infectious gastroenteritis which is caused by enterotoxin which produce strains of the bacterium Vibrio cholera. It can be contacted very easily by simply eating or drinking food contaminated by the disease. It was thought it could only live in side humans but new research is showing it can live in aquatic environments.
Some symptoms of the disease are severe diarrhea that if not treated properly could complete dehydrate a person in a few hours.
Treatment can be very complicated and without the proper equipment can be impossible. One technique that is used is called, "Oral dehydration therapy". Which is basically refilling your body with clean water and replacing the lost electrolytes. In many cases a person may need a IV to help replace the liquids. If treated quickly the mortality rate can be reduced to under 1% but if left untreated it could rise to over 50%.
On Saturday Zimbabwe accused the west of waging biological warfare on them. That isn't unlike Zimbabwe because they have blamed the West for other problems. The country that they are really blaming is Britain and there reason for that is Britain used to occupy Zimbabwe. The British government has declined any accusation of there involvement.
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