UNICEF Zimbabwe Humanitarian Situation Report No. 1, January – February 2025

Highlights

• Resurgence
  of
  cholera
  occurred
  in
  November
  2024,
  resulting
  in
  a
  cumulative
  450
  cholera
  cases
  and
  nine
  deaths
  with
  a
  case
  fatality
  of2
  per
  cent
  as
  of
  28
  February
  2025.
• Zimbabwe
  experienced
  normal
  to
  above-normal
  rainfall,
  which
  led
  to
  flash
  flooding
  while
  strong
  winds
  and
  torrential
  rains
  caused
  infrastructure
  damage
  in
  schools.
  As
  of
  28
  February
  2025,
  a
  total
  of
  92
  schools
  have
  been
  damaged
  since
  the
  start
  of
  the
  rainy
  season.
• Admissions
  for
  treatment
  of
  severe
  wasting
  for
  children
  aged
  6
  to
  59
  months
  have
  remained
  stable
  compared
  to
  the
  increases
  seen
  during
  the
  2015-2016
  El
  Niño
  drought.
• Zimbabwe
  recorded
  10,470
  malaria
  cases
  and
  31
  malaria
  deaths
  with
  a
  case
  fatality
  rate
  (CFR)
  of
  0.3
  per
  cent.
• A
  total
  of
  80,208
  people
  (20,516
  women,
  17,543
  men,
  19,710
  boys
  and
  22,439
  girls)
  were
  reached
  with
  safe
  water
  in
  cholera
  and
  drought-affected
  areas.
• UNICEF
  continued
  implementing
  school
  feeding
  interventions
  in
  five
  districts
  severely
  affected
  by
  the
  El
  Niño-induced
  drought.

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