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14-10-2009
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SOUTHERN AFRICA: LACK OF CLEAN GROUNDWATER A HEALTH THREAT

BULAWAYO (IPS) - As the rainy season approaches, and sewage from pit latrines seep further into the Zimbabwe's groundwater, Irene Ngubeni will be at risk as the country faces another possible cholera outbreak.

Even now, just before the rains have started falling Ngubeni is ill. She has travelled the 170 kilometres from her village in Matebeleland North to Bulawayo for treatment after drinking contaminated groundwater. - Read more.


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