By Own Correspondent| Zimbabwe Environmental Health Practitioners Association(ZEHPA) President Patrick Mirirai has called on government to improve in the staff compliment of environmental health practitioners as a way of managing new outbreaks which are predicted to increase during the rainy season.

ZEHPA President, Mirirai said studies have proven a strong relationship between the rains and cholera, hence the Ministry of Health and Health Services Board should employ environmental health personnel as a matter of urgency.

The  Health experts believe that the rain is likely to worsen the cholera outbreak which has claimed about 30 lives to date.

They also are of the view that the rainy season is closely linked to the spread of cholera as sewage and soil components containing the bacteria are most likely to be transferred from one place to the other by flowing water.

Said Mirirai :

“We also urge the Ministry of Health and local authorities to improve the staff complement of environmental health practitioners which is extremely thin at the moment.”