Jasper Chimedza, head of the field office of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), confirmed that Mozambique, in eastern Africa, is facing the worst cholera outbreak in more than 20 years.
Chimedza said that the number of cholera cases jumped after Hurricane Freddy hit the country in late February, and the coastal town of Quelimani in northern Mozambique became a flash point for the epidemic, with sewage and water mixing. He noted that this situation brought a challenge in trying to fight cholera because people fetched water from contaminated water sources.
He pointed out that the World Health Organisation (WHO), the United Nations (UN), and Doctors Without Borders were treating more than 400 cases per day.
He added, "The beds were not enough because the number was very, very high," pointing out that despite the high number of cases, mass vaccination campaigns and community awareness programs
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