**Abbreviations**


SSA sub-Saharan Africa

VHWs village health workers

UNHCR United Nations High Commission for Refugees

\*, Stephen Maphosa1

, Portia Manangazira2

, Ottias Tapfumanei<sup>2</sup>

2 Department of Epidemiology and Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Child Care,

3 World Health Organization, Inter-Country Support Team for Eastern & Southern Africa,

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[5] WHO. Managing Epidemics: Key Facts about Major Deadly Diseases. Geneva: World

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1 World Health Organization, Country Office for Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

, Isaac Phiri2

, Stanley Munyaradzi Midzi1

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UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund

WASH water, sanitation and hygiene

WHO World Health Organization

**Author details**

Tonderai Nhende<sup>2</sup>

**References**

Anderson Chimusoro1

Juliet Nabyonga-Orem3

Head Office, Harare, Zimbabwe

Rights. 2009;**9**(1):8

WDSS weekly disease surveillance system

ZIP Zimbabwe Informed Push System

, Sydney Danda2

\*Address all correspondence to: achimusoro@gmail.com

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