The cholera epidemic is getting worse in Zimbabwe, with more than 3,000 people dying from the illness since its outbreak in August. In addition, 57,702 people have been infected with the water-borne disease, according to statistics from the World Health Organization. “The problem in Zimbabwe is that the infrastructure is obsolete, especially when it comes to water sanitation. People are going for months without tap water in towns,” an official from World Hunger Help, a group helping to fight cholera in the nation, told CNN.  The spread of cholera in the nation came at the same time as a doctor and nurse strike, which has lasted for five months. The health professionals are demanding that they be paid in foreign currency due to Zimbabwe money’s quickly diminishing worth because of a struggling economy. President Robert Mugabe did declare a cholera epidemic in the nation in December, but the international aid has not made the situation any better.

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