That Zimbabwe is facing a major health crisis with the recent outbreak of cholera is no secret. The water borne disease has claimed many lives and critics argue the cause is a breakdown in most urban sanitation facilities- a direct consequence of the current economic meltdown. Government also repeatedily blame Western backed economic sanctions on the crisis, a charge western countries deny, instead blaming Mugabe's regime of destroying the country's economy through policy inconsistency. What is worrisome however is that when everybody, from the government itself, Non-Governmental Organisations and well wishers are putting notable efforts to contain the epidemic, conflicting statistics on the death toll from the disease have a potential to undermine the amount of input needed to address the health catastrophe.
