Although the cholera epidemic was declared under control last month, a renewed outbreak is likely, international health officials have said.

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Uganda once stood alongside Thailand and Cambodia as an example of a place where the epidemic had been brought under control.

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Mugabe did not mention the cholera epidemic, which his government has said is under control despite the United Nations' assessment that half the country's population may be at risk.

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After that it was gradually brought under control, but it was not until June 4, 1968 that the epidemic was officially declared to have ended.

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