Cholera patients wait for treatment at Budiriro Polyclinic on November 26, 2008 in Harare. At least 300 people have died of cholera across the country since the first outbreak nearly two months ago. The problem has been exacerbated by the closure of major state hospitals because of shortages of staff and drugs.
Patients suffering from cholera rest inside the male ward of Budiriro Polyclinic in Harare November 26, 2008. The United Nations said on Tuesday the death toll from the cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe had risen to 366 out of 8,887 known cases since August.
Patients suffering from cholera rest in a tent ward at Budiriro Polyclinic in Harare November 26, 2008.
A man scoops water from a well in a Harare suburb Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008. Zimbabwe's Doctors for Human Rights say that due to the outbreak of cholera, hundreds more Zimbabweans are dying at home, uncounted and untreated as the country's health system has collapsed. It estimates that 10 percent of those who contract the easily treatable disease are dying and accuses the government of doing too little to contain the epidemic. Cholera is spread by contaminated water and food.
Members of civil society's National Constitutional Association march through Harare, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008 calling for a change to the country's constitution. Zimbabwe has been in limbo most of the year over disputed presidential elections. In September President Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's leader since independence in 1980, and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai agreed to share power but they have since been unable to agree on how to divide up cabinet posts.
A Zimbabwean woman fetches water from an un protected well on November 26, 2008 in Harare.
Zimbabwean women and children fetch water from an un protected well on November 26, 2008 in Harare.
A woman unblocks raw sewage in front of her home in Gazaland suburb in Highfield, Harare, November 26, 2008.
And this is the country and the people that the West is wanting to put more sanctions against...... what the hell do you think these so called sanctions are going to achieve....they haven't achieved a damn thing as of yet except of course the destruction of the country and the suffering and dieing of the people......and of course given ''mugabe'' a beautiful bright soapbox to stand on and vomit out his properganda on the people while he continues to loot and slaughter the people and blames everything on the sanctions.....
If those sanctions had never been there zanu pf and mugabe would be history by now as the people would have seen it is their government that is robbing them blind........
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