UNICEF Zimbabwe Humanitarian Situation Report No. 3 (Mid-Year) – 30 June 2025

• Resurgence
  of
  cholera
  occurred
  in
  November
  2024,
  resulting
  in
  a
  cumulative
  778
  (467
  male
  and
  311
  female)
  cholera
  cases
  and
  twenty-three
  cholera
  deaths
  with
  a
  case
  fatality
  of
  2.9
  per
  cent
  as
  of
  30
  June
  2025.
• Zimbabwe
  reported
  a
  total
  of
  122,064
  (58,850
  male
  and
  63,214
  female)malaria
  cases
  and
  320
  deaths,
  reflecting
  a
  case
  fatality
  rate
  (CFR)
  of
  0.27%.
• Zimbabwe
  experienced
  normal
  to
  above-normal
  rainfall,
  which
  led
  to
  flash
  flooding
  while
  strong
  winds
  and
  torrential
  rains
  caused
  infrastructure
  damage
  in
  schools.
  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.
• A
  total
  of
  85,426
  people
  (21,850
  women,
  18,685
  men,
  23,899
  girls,
  and
  20,992
  boys)
  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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