"Although Zimbabwe is not facing armed conflict, humanitarian threats such as food shortages and outbreakofdiseases such as cholera pose a significant challenge, " said Agostinho Zacarias, U.N.
The country also has the highest numbers of polio cases in Africa and is dealing with a meningitis outbreak, diseases that could complicate children's needs amid the crisis, the organization says.
Jon Andrus, deputy director of the Pan American Health Organization, said doctors have seen no increase in reportable diseases within Haiti and there is no risk of a communicable disease outbreak or any other public health threat associated with bodies.