The village is suffering from a cholera epidemic.
Said Stocking during a recent visit to Zimbabwe: "we have to expect a cholera epidemic and outbreak to happen again at the end of this year given that the water and sewage system is not working well."
Zimbabwe declared a state of emergency today as a cholera epidemic, caused by the collapse of sewerage and water supply systems, spread throughout the country.
The cholera epidemics that overran Europe between 1830 and 1847 were catalysts for intensive infectious disease diplomacy and multilateral cooperation in public health.
WITH post-earthquake reconstruction sputtering amid official lethargy, the slow disbursal of aid, a cholera epidemic and a political vacuum, Haitians have had little to celebrate.
A case in point, he notes, is Zimbabwe, where thousands of people have died from a cholera epidemic.