**Author details**

**Abbreviations**

60 Current Issues in Global Health

ACF Action Contra La Fame

CTC cholera treatment center CTU cholera treatment unit DHE District Health Executive

EVD Ebola virus disease

GAA German Agro Action

AFR African Region of the World Health Organization

ECHO European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations

C4 Cholera Command and Control Center

DHIS District Health Information Software

EHT Environmental Health Technician

FAO Food and Agricultural Organization

IHR International Health Regulation

MOHCC Ministry of Health and Child Care NGO non-governmental organizations

ORT oral rehydration therapy

PMD Provincial Medical Director

RDT rapid diagnostic tests RHC Rural Health Center RRT rapid response teams

SC save the children

RDNS rapid disease notification system

GOARN global outbreak alert and response network

IACCH Inter Agency Coordination Committee on Health

OCHA UN Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

IDSR Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response IEC Information Education and Communication

IOM International Organization for Migration

PHEOC Public Health Emergency Operations Center

Anderson Chimusoro1 \*, Stephen Maphosa1 , Portia Manangazira2 , Isaac Phiri2 , Tonderai Nhende<sup>2</sup> , Sydney Danda2 , Ottias Tapfumanei<sup>2</sup> , Stanley Munyaradzi Midzi1 and Juliet Nabyonga-Orem3

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

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

2 Department of Epidemiology and Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Child Care, Head Office, Harare, Zimbabwe

3 World Health Organization, Inter-Country Support Team for Eastern & Southern Africa, Health Systems and Services Cluster, Harare, Zimbabwe
