Zimbabwe's cholera outbreak

Harare, Zimbabwe: December 17 2008: At Granville cemetary, Harare, gravediggers in one section used to dig 45 new graves a fortnight. It has risen to 300 every two weeks since November Photograph: Robin Hammond/Oxfam/PA

A child, linked to an intravenous drip, rests at the cholera clinic in Budirio. Granville cemetary reports it is now digging 15 infant graves a day Photograph: Robin Hammond/Oxfam/PA

Patients rest inside the Budiriro cholera clinic Photograph: Robin Hammond/Oxfam/PA

A cemetary worker writes the grave plaque for 28-year-old cholera victim Philadelphia Mbavha. Oxfam launches a £4m appeal today to help other Zimbabweans face the growing cholera and hunger crisis Photograph: Robin Hammond/Oxfam/PA

The mother of Philadelphia Mbavha sits apart from other mourners as her daughter is buried. The dead woman leaves two children, Patrick, nine, and Panashe, four Photograph: Robin Hammond/Oxfam/PA

The coffin of six-month-old Tafadzwa Kangaripe who died, according to his father Panganai, from breathing difficulties. The child was taken to Mufakose clinic but there were no health staff there Photograph: Robin Hammond/Oxfam/PA

Raw sewage carrying cholera is spread throughout the suburbs when the rains arrive Photograph: Robin Hammond/Oxfam/PA

A woman gives fluid to a child at a clinic set up to deal with the influx of cholera cases in Budirio. The suburb has experienced the Zimbabwean capital's main outbreak of the disease Photograph: Robin Hammond/Oxfam/PA