A nurse at the Budiriro Polyclinic prepares a sugar solution for patients in Harare on January 29, 2009. At least 3,000 people have died of cholera across the country since the first outbreak last year. The problem has been exacerbated by the closure of major state hospitals because of shortages of staff and drugs unclean water.
United States Embassy contract workers off loading soaps and chemicals to assist cholera patients in Harare in Harare, on January 29, 2009. Zimbabwe's worsening cholera epidemic has killed more than 3,000 people and is the world's worst in 14 years, the UN said Wednesday, as the main opposition cast new doubts on a power-sharing deal.
A Zimbabwean child suffering from cholera is treated at the Budiriro Polyclinic in Harare, on January 29, 2009.
An unidentified mother gives cholera medication to her daughter in Budiriro clinic in Harare, Zimbabwe Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009. Zimbabwe's economic meltdown has been worsened by a cholera outbreak across the country which has killed nearly 3,100 people and infected 58,993 -- the worst Africa death toll from cholera in 15 years.
Cholera patients lie in beds in Budiriro clinic in Harare, Zimbabwe Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009.
: U.S. ambassador to Zimbabwe James McGee, right, and unidentified American Embassy offical, left, tour of cholera clinic in Harare, Zimbabwe Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009.
Zimbabwean acting Minister of Finance Patrick Chinamasa arrives at the Parliament to present the national budget for the year 2009 in Harare, on January 29, 2009. The country's world-record hyperinflationary environment -- last officially set at 231 million -- has led the central bank to slash 13 zeros from the local unit over the past three years in a bid to make the currency more manageable.
Relatives work to cover the grave of Martha William who died from cholera in Harare, Zimbabwe Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009.
Cholera patients lie on beds in Budiriro clinic in Harare, Zimbabwe Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009.
Tatenda Munodavanhu cries at his grandmother Martha William's burial after she died from cholera in Harare, Zimbabwe Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009.
United States Embassy contract workers off loading soaps and chemicals to assist cholera patients in Harare in Harare, on January 29, 2009. Zimbabwe's worsening cholera epidemic has killed more than 3,000 people and is the world's worst in 14 years, the UN said Wednesday, as the main opposition cast new doubts on a power-sharing deal.
Cholera patients wait for treatment at the Budiriro Polyclinic in Harare, on January 29, 2009.
US Ambassador to Zimbabwe, James McGee, left inspects goods donated by the United States Agency for International Development, USAID, to fight cholera in Harare, Zimbabwe Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009.
A nurse administers sugar solution to a child suffering from cholera in a ward at Budiriro Polyclinic in Harare, January 29, 2009.
A nurse administers a sugar solution to a child suffering from cholera in a ward at Budiriro Polyclinic in Harare January 29, 2009.
Women and their children queue to receive cholera kits at Budiriro Polyclinic in Harare, January 29, 2009.
Zimbabwe's acting Minister of Finance Patrick Chinamasa holds up a briefcase containing the government's budget at the Parliament buildings in Harare, January 29, 2009. Zimbabwe presents its annual budget, which analysts expect to contain desperate measures in the wake of economic collapse amid political crisis.
Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, right, addresses a press conference in Harare, Zimbabwe Friday, Jan. 30, 2009. Zimbabwe's main opposition will join a unity government early next month, the party's leader said Friday, offering hope country's leaders can turn to addressing a humanitarian catastrophe.
Zimbabwean opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai addressing a press conference in Harare on January 30, 2009 where he anounced his party will participate in the goverment of national unity with Zanu Pf. Heeding a call by Southern African leaders, Tsvangirai told reporters after a meeting of his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) that he will be sworn in as prime minister on February 11.
Zimbabwe's main opposition party leader Morgan Tsvangirai, center, addresses hundreds of people gathered outside the party's offices in Harare, Friday, Jan. 30, 2009. Tsvangirai said that his party will join a unity government early next month with President Robert Mugabe.
Zimbabwe's main opposition party leader Morgan Tsvangirai, center, addresses hundreds of people gathered outside the party's offices in Harare, Friday, Jan. 30, 2009.
Zimbabwean opposition leader and Prime Minister-designate Morgan Tsvangirai addresses supporters outside his party's offices in Harare January 30, 2009. Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has committed itself to forming a unity government with President Robert Mugabe, party leader Tsvangirai said on Friday.
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