Typhoid Has Killed 9 So Far In 2019

Typhoid has killed 9 people so far in 2019. 4,860 suspected cases where reported.

Said a March report by the Ministry of Health and Child Care:

“Thirty-two cases were reported from South West district, 14 from Southern district, one from Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals, all in Harare Province and one at Mpilo Central Hospital.

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This brings the total number of typhoid cases so far this year to 4 860 suspected cases, 165 confirmed cases and nine (9) deaths,”

The government has started Zimbabwe’s first typhoid vaccination programme which is targeting 325 000 people in nine selected high-density and typhoid-burdened suburbs in Harare, such as Mbare. Mobile health workers travel in residential areas encouraging people to be vaccinated.

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