Cholera is spreading in Zimbabwe due to a breakdown in infrastructure - no water, to medical care. The U.N. humanitarian affairs office said 12,546 people (with over 600 deaths) were thought to be infected with the disease, which under normal circumstances is preventable and treatable. The capital Harare is the worst affected.
On the border of South Africa and Zimbabwe, cholera has hit over 400 people, mostly refugees fleeing hunger in Zimbabwe, hoping to find a little something - food, money - in South Africa to bring back home to their families.
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http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=94893&videoChannel=1Footage: Eva Gilliam
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