2008 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak
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The <entity_0> was an <entity_5> of cholera affecting much of <entity_3> from <entity_2> until June 2009. The outbreak began in Chitungwiza in Mashonaland East Province in <entity_2>, then spread throughout the country so that by December 2008, cases were being reported in all 10 <entity_3>. With the help of international agencies, the outbreak was controlled, and by <entity_4>, after no cases had been reported for several weeks, the <entity_3> Ministry of Health and Child Welfare declared the outbreak over. The 2008 cholera <entity_5> in <entity_3> had an unusually high fatality rate; Oxfam attributed the high mortality to a population "seriously weakened by hunger, HIV and AIDS". In the first two weeks of November, the <entity_5> rapidly spread across <entity_3>, appearing in a total of 9 <entity_3> and 54 districts. The 2008 <entity_1> spread to districts in Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa and Zambia bordering <entity_3>. According to Eric Pruyt of the Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands, this was exacerbated by a shortage of international aid, as <entity_3>'s government didn't acknowledge the <entity_5> and accept aid until the disease was widespread.
['epidemic', 'cholera outbreak']