Zimbabwe Environmental Health Practitioners Association(Zehpa) President Patrick Mirirai said studies have proven a strong relationship between the rains and cholera, hence the Ministry of Health and Health Services Board should employ environmental health personnel as a matter of urgency to manage new outbreaks during the rainy season.
The Health experts believe that the rain is likely to worsen the cholera outbreak which has claimed about 25 lives to date. They also are of the view that the rainy season is closely linked to the spread of cholera as sewage and soil components containing the bacteria are most likely to be transferred from one place to the other by flowing water.
Said Mirirai :
We also urge the Ministry of Health and local authorities to improve the staff complement of environmental health practitioners which is extremely thin at the moment.
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