Sanitation trends in Zimbabwe

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Progress in achieving water and sanitation targets is off track. Urban water and sanitation systems are in urgent need of renewal, and have faced serious problems that led to localized outbreaks of cholera and typhoid. The country has to raise safe water coverage in rural areas from 61% to 85% and to raise access to improved sanitation from 30.5% to 71% (Government of Zimbabwe 2010).