The United Nations’ Consolidated Appeal for Zimbabwe 2007 is now available online. Here are some of the findings of the report:

:: The HIV/AIDS pandemic directly affects 18%[1]-20%[2] of the population, with an average of 3,000[3] deaths per week.

:: Zimbabwe’s population of 11.8 million people includes a number of vulnerable groups:
— people living with HIV/AIDS (1.8 million; UNAIDS, 2006);
— children that have lost one or both parents (1.4 million; UNICEF, 2006)
— people with severe disabilities (230,000; Government of Zimbabwe, Central Statistical Office, December 2004)
— the chronically ill (population figure unknown)
— food-insecure communities (1.4 million in rural areas; Rural Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee, 2006)
— refugees (3,200; UNHCR, 2006)
— ex-farm workers (160,000 households affected; UNDP, 2003)
— those directly affected by Operation Murambatsvina/Operation Restore Order (650,000-700,000; Report of the United Nations Special Envoy, 2005).