Notes from the Field: Cholera Outbreak --- Zimbabwe, September 2018--March 2019

Published on April 30, 2020

A 2018 cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe underscored the importance of community-wide water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions, as well as vaccination and outbreak detection in reducing cholera's impact.

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