October 08, 2024
Zimbabwe: Parliament, Citizens Seek Bigger Budget Allocation for Cancer Treatment in 2025
Citizens have called upon the government to allocate more funds towards cancer awareness and treatment in the 2025 national budget. Read more »
October 03, 2024
Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa Promises Overhaul of Healthcare System
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has promised to revamp the deteriorating health sector through the provision of essential drugs and equipment. Read more »
September 25, 2024
Zimbabwe: Nutrition Gardens, Resilience Programs Provide a Lifeline for Hunger-Stricken Villagers
Villagers in Mwenezi District are relieved following the introduction of resilience programmes by the World Food Program aimed at alleviating hunger ravaging most rural communities… Read more »
September 19, 2024
Zimbabwe: Boost for HIV Fight As U.S. Ambassador Reveals Presidential Plan Is Engaging Partners to Continue Programme
NEW American Ambassador to Zimbabwe Pamela Tremont has allayed fears of a condom crisis which had been fuelled by government's revelation that the US President's Emergency Plan for… Read more »
September 18, 2024
Zimbabwe: Mudenda Applauds Community, Village Health Workers As New HIV Infections Are Down By 70%
THE Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda has commended community and Village health workers for their pivotal role in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Read more »
September 16, 2024
Zimbabwe: Health Authority Says Aids Remains an Emergency in Zimbabwe, MPs Should Assist Sustain the Desired Epidemic Control Level
DESPITE recording significant progress in HIV/AIDS response over the years, Zimbabwe still needs support to sustain the epidemic control level the country has reached and reduce… Read more »
September 13, 2024
Zimbabwe: Govt Promises Steady Supply of Medicines Starting Next Month - Dismisses Claims Doctors Are Stealing Drugs From Public Hospitals
GOVERNMENT has promised a steady supply of medicines in the country starting next month to address the current shortage of drugs in Zimbabwe. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Brain-Drained Zimbabwe Reveals Ambitious Plans to Increase Number of Nursing Graduates, As Flight Continues
GOVERNMENT has revealed ambitious plans to increase the number of nursing graduates by over 100% by 2030 as brain drain in the sector continues to affect health service delivery. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Millers Invite Activist Matinyarare to Present 'Scientific' Evidence of Claimed Cancer, HIV Causing Products
Zimbabwean millers have invited activist Rutendo Matinyarare to present scientific evidence of his claims that some of their products are carrying cancer and HIV-causing agents. Read more »
September 09, 2024
Zimbabwe: Health Authorities, Police Swoop On Body Scan Machine Operators
FULL body scan machine distributors and operators face potential arrest following announcement of a crackdown involving the Health Professions Authority Zimbabwe (HPA), the… Read more »
August 28, 2024
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Strides Towards Elimination of Blinding Bacterial Infection
As a child in Gokwe, a rural town in Zimbabwe's Midlands, Mary Nyanga, now 43, was anxiously aware of a mysterious but common eye disease that many people in her community talked… Read more »
July 16, 2024
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Moves to Regulate Beauty Products
In a significant move to protect consumer safety, the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) has announced plans to introduce a comprehensive regulatory framework for… Read more »
July 14, 2024
Zimbabwe: Hospitals Owed Zwl$11 Billion As Free User Policy Weighs Down Service Delivery
THE free user policy in public hospitals has resulted in the government debt accumulating to ZWL$11 314 021 087 being total owed to several institutions, the latest Auditor… Read more »
July 03, 2024
Zimbabwe: Life Expectancy of Females in Zimbabwe Increases to 68 Years, Males Remain At 61 Years
There has been an improvement in the life expectancy at birth for females in Zimbabwe following a rise from 66.5 years to 68 years while male life expectancy remains at 61 years,… Read more »
June 27, 2024
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Launches Multi-Sectoral Drug and Substance Abuse Plan
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Wednesday launched the Zimbabwe Multi-Sectoral Drug and Substance Abuse Plan (2024-2030), coinciding with the International Day Against Drug Abuse and… Read more »
June 24, 2024
Zimbabwe: Dark and Lovely Kits Recalled Due to Bacterial Infection Risk
The Consumer Protection Commission has recalled the Dark and Lovely 50ml single-use neutralizing shampoo after it was discovered that it contains bacteria which may lead to scalp… Read more »
June 18, 2024
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Becomes 6th African Nation to Attain Who Maturity Level 3 Status
The Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe has been recognized for achieving a maturity level 3 (ML 3) status in the World Health Organization's classification of authorities for… Read more »
June 16, 2024
Zimbabwe: Labour Demands Wholly Govt Funded National Health Insurance Scheme
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) says the proposed National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) must be wholly funded by the government as opposed to subjecting citizens to… Read more »
June 13, 2024
Zimbabwe: EMA Calls for Urgent Overhaul of Harare's Wastewater Management Amid Legal Disputes
THE Environmental Management Agency (EMA) has called for Harare City to urgently redress its wastewater management to avert a water crisis that will leave residents without clean… Read more »
June 12, 2024
Zimbabwe: Govt Allays Covid-19 Fears, Says Flu Outbreak Synonymous With Winter Season
Government has said that the current flu outbreak across the country is common during the winter season and not Covid-19 as suspected. Read more »
June 10, 2024
Zimbabwe: 8 Pupils Hospitalised for Vomiting, Stomach Aches After Sharing Poisoned Food At School
EIGHT pupils from a school in Mashonaland West province were hospitalised after vomiting excessively from ingesting food suspected to have been laced with poison. Read more »
May 19, 2024
Zimbabwe: Infux of Herbalists Hindering Cancer Treatment - - Says Top Oncologist
PARIRENYATWA Group of Hospitals head of oncology, Nothando Mutizira has expressed concern over the proliferation of herbalists, who she claims are blocking possible success stories… Read more »
May 20, 2024
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe's Parliament Moots Policy Reform to Commercialise Services At Public Hospitals
PARLIAMENTARIANS have vowed to advocate for legislative and policy adjustments that would permit the commercialisation of services at Zimbabwe's public hospitals. Read more »
May 17, 2024
Zimbabwe: 'We Have to Put Bodies On the Floor' - Corpses Overwhelm Makumbe Hospital's 3-Body Mortuary Built Back in 1946
Makumbe Hospital has pleaded with government to help with the construction of a new mortuary as they are forced to pile up and place bodies on the floor due to a serious space… Read more »
May 16, 2024
Zimbabwe: El Nino - Govt to Start Distributing Grain, Cash to 7.7 Million Food Insecure Zimbabweans
GOVERNMENT says it will urgently start distributing grain and cash to vulnerable rural and urban dwellers as hunger bites in Zimbabwe. Read more »