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The NZ Red Cross is helping its Zimbabwean counterpart as it tackles the cholera outbreak that has affected the country for the past four months.
The NZ Red Cross plans to buy a $30,000 cholera kit, capable of treating 1200 people. The kit contains nursing gear, medicines, water purification equipment and oral and intravenous rehydration solutions.
More than 1120 people have so far died from cholera and more than 20,000 are reported to be suffering from its effects.
