Worldfocus » Ann Veneman http://worldfocus.org International News, Videos and Blogs Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:04:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en Cholera death toll surpasses 2,700 in Zimbabwe http://worldfocus.org/blog/2009/01/23/cholera-death-toll-surpasses-2700-in-zimbabwe/3756/ http://worldfocus.org/blog/2009/01/23/cholera-death-toll-surpasses-2700-in-zimbabwe/3756/#comments Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:01:32 +0000 Worldfocus http://worldfocus.org/?p=3756 The United Nations said today that the cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe has killed more than 2,700 people and infected more than 50,000.

Some have blamed the crisis on the policies of President Robert Mugabe.

Ann Veneman, the executive director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), recently returned from Zimbabwe and joins Martin Savidge to discuss efforts to combat the epidemic, UNICEF’s role in Zimbabwe and the relationship between Zimbabwe’s political impasse and its deteriorating health sector.

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