Barely a week after that country's health minister denied there was a crisis, Zimbabwe's government has declared a national emergency in an attempt to deal with a cholera epidemic, but with the collapse of services like health, sanitation, refuse collection and water supply it is unclear how the country will counter the waterborne disease.
Since August more than 500 people have died from the easily treatable illness, according to the UN, although civil society organisations say the number of deaths is in excess of 1,000.
