A baby suffering from cholera is seen, as UNICEF Executive Director Ann Veneman visits the Budiriro Health Centre for Cholera in Harare, Friday, Jan. 16, 2009. Veneman toured a hospital in a crowded Harare neighborhood where her organization has provided funds and medicine to treat cholera victims. The hospital had been overwhelmed with patients in recent months. The crowding has lessened, but Veneman says that does not mean the cholera epidemic that has swept the country is slowing. AP Photo logo AP Photo 10 months ago

A baby suffering from cholera is seen, as UNICEF Executive Director Ann Veneman visits the Budiriro Health Centre for Cholera in Harare, Friday, Jan. 16, 2009. Veneman toured a hospital in a crowded Harare neighborhood where her organization has provided funds and medicine to treat cholera victims. The hospital had been overwhelmed with patients in recent months. The crowding has lessened, but Veneman says that does not mean the cholera epidemic that has swept the country is slowing.

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