January 19, 2023
Zimbabwe: Typhoid Outbreak Indication of Contaminated Water, Food
The surge in diarrhoeal diseases over the past few weeks as rains set in shows the gaps in sanitation and hygiene that must be fixed if we are to avoid the loss of lives, which so… Read more »
December 28, 2022
Africa: Climate Crisis in Africa Exposes Real Cause of Hunger
In the waning hours of the year's biggest climate change conference -- COP27 -- we learned of a deal to create a loss and damage fund. Read more »
October 28, 2022
Zimbabwe: 'Polio Vaccine Is Safe for Children'
THE poliovirus vaccine being administered to children during the ongoing vaccination and revaccination campaign is totally safe and will protect them from illness, the Government… Read more »
July 28, 2022
Zimbabwe: Horticulture Farmers in Honde Decry Input Costs
Smallholder horticulture farmers in Honde Valley, the Manicaland Province, have bemoaned high costs of inputs, which they say are preventing them from realising their full… Read more »
July 04, 2022
Zimbabwe: 3-Year-Olds Join Queue for Covid Jabs
Children from three years can now take the Covid-19 vaccine, as part of efforts to minimise its spread, and to boost immune systems, Vice President and Health and Child Care… Read more »
July 01, 2022
Zimbabwe: Re-Engagement Drive Continues to Pay Off
Zvamaida Murwira and George Maponga in Masvingo Read more »
June 30, 2022
Zimbabwe: Psmas Meeting Cancelled
THE Annual General Meeting of the Premier Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) scheduled for today has been cancelled to allow the forensic audit to be concluded before a new AGM… Read more »
June 29, 2022
Zimbabwe: Covid-19 Measures Useful to Control Monkeypox
Citizens must continue adhering to Covid-19 control measures as some processes have proven to be useful containment measures for monkeypox, Cabinet said yesterday. Read more »
June 24, 2022
Zimbabwe: Psmas Plans to Deviate Further From Core Business
Premier Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) has mooted a plan to ratify deviation from their core mandate of healthcare service provision at their annual General meeting (AGM)… Read more »
Zimbabwe: HIV Fight to Benefit From Raised Age of Consent
The recent landmark Constitutional Court judgment aligning the minimum age of sexual consent to the age of marriage raising it from 16 to 18 years is set to benefit the fight… Read more »
June 23, 2022
Zimbabwe: Covid-19 Guard Needs to Be Maintained
The infection rates of Covid-19 have fallen, but they have not gone away with just under 100 new infections a day and 17 deaths in the past week, so Cabinet's double decision to… Read more »
June 21, 2022
Zimbabwe: Mental Health Intervention Launched At Tongogara Refugee Camp
International medical humanitarian organisation, Médecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), has launched a mental health intervention at Tongogara Refugee Camp (TRC) in Chipinge in a… Read more »
June 20, 2022
Zimbabwe: Nurses to Get Special Training in Haematology, Oncology
Fungai Lupande Mashonaland Central Bureau Read more »
Zimbabwe: Zim Prioritises Telehealth Services
The setting up of telehealth services in the monitoring and management of Covid-19 patients as part of efforts to embrace digital solutions in the provision of health services has… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Mental Health Problems Need Quick Reaction
On the first day of a new year as we were planning how to celebrate, my cousin Emily's smouldering wick snuffed out as she took her own life after a long battle with depression. Read more »
June 15, 2022
Zimbabwe: Health Ministry Ready to Introduce Covid-19 Self-Test Kits At Ports of Entry
Cabinet received an update on the country's response to the Covid-19 pandemic and a report on the procurement and roll-out of vaccines, as presented by the Vice President and… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Zim Moves to Covid-19 Self-Testing
THE Government is ready to introduce Covid-19 self-testing mainly at ports of entry and in remote areas as part of continuous, thorough and effective response to the global… Read more »
June 13, 2022
Zimbabwe: Covid-19 Test Kits Land Man in Dock
A 42-year-old man appeared in court last week on allegations of selling Covid-19 test kits believed to have been stolen. Read more »
June 09, 2022
Zimbabwe: Dubai Firm Sets Sights On Zimbabwe
Global medical consumables manufacturing giant, Intrapharma, plans to set up a drug manufacturing plant in Zimbabwe before year end. Read more »
June 01, 2022
Zimbabwe: Bindura Community Hails Eye Clinic
The cost of eye care services coupled with travel expenses to hospitals are out of reach for underprivileged rural folks, compelling them to resort to harmful eye care practices. Read more »
May 30, 2022
Zimbabwe: Farmers Must Comply With Department of Veterinary Services' Livestock Movement
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May 26, 2022
Zimbabwe: More Children Vulnerable to Mental Disorders
UNICEF has commended the Government for adopting various legislation and regulations in support of mental health care in Zimbabwe, including the Mental Health Act and Mental Health… Read more »
May 19, 2022
Zimbabwe: First Lady Donates to Chinhoyi Provincial Hospital
Through her Angel of Hope Foundation, the First Lady, Amai Auxillia Mnangagwa donated blankets and bedsheets to Chinhoyi Provincial Hospital yesterday. Read more »
May 18, 2022
Zimbabwe: Editorial Comment - Let's Tighten Up to Avert Fifth Wave
With the rapid rise in South Africa of new Covid-19 infections over the last four to five weeks, with the average number of new cases now over 7 000 a day and a fifth wave now… Read more »
May 17, 2022
Zimbabwe: Health Authorities On High Alert As Covid-19 Fifth Wave Sweeps SA
The rise in the number of new Covid-19 cases recorded in the last week is not an indication that Zimbabwe has entered a fifth wave of infection but is largely just the breakers… Read more »