United Nations Radio

More aid is arriving in Zimbabwe to help stem the spread of cholera.

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A Red Cross truck arrived in Harare Monday night carrying four cholera kits with enough treatment solution for about 4, 800 people.
Another 11 are on the way.
The International Federation of the Red Cross says it has also sent in more than half a million water sashays -enough to treat about 10 million litres of water. It says these are being distributed along with 40,000 public education leaflets explaining the very simple steps people can take to reduce their risks to cholera. Mat Cochraine of the Red Cross is just back from Zimbabwe and Southern Africa.
He told reporters in Geneva, this is another initial step in what would be a significant scaling up of the activities of the Red Cross.

"Given the worsening situation and the fact it will get significantly worse with the onset of rain as we're already beginning to see, the Red Cross is really putting al its resources in place to respond massively."

IFRC says while its main work is to support already existing structures, the health system is very weak with an acute shortage of medical staff.

This is Donn Bobb reporting for United Nations Radio.

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