Health & Fitness

ANTI-ILLICIT drugs activist Savannah Madamombe says the government might have done well by introducing new measures that will see the creation of new rehabilitation centres, but the authorities will have to partner independent organisations to ensure human rights are respected in those institutions. Substance abuse has continued to escalate in …

By Caroline GumboThere are over one million child brides in Zimbabwe with one in three young women having been married during childhood, statistics revealed to Nhau/Indaba relate. This was divulged in Harare recently at the launch of a Communication Campaign programme for adolescents being spearheaded by UNICEF Zimbabwe in collaboration …

As Harare residents have been battling a water crisis in most of the City’s suburbs, Harare City Council Tuesday morning confirmed detecting Cholera cases in Mbare, Hopley Zone 5 and surrounding areas, Nhau/Indaba reports. According to the City Fathers, three of the confirmed cases are a result of recent visits …

The government has been urged to put more funds towards procuring contraceptives to reduce the country’s dependence on donors. Dr Edwin Mpeta, UNFPA programme specialist for reproductive health told journalists on Tuesday that currently, the bulk of contraceptives in use in Zimbabwe were purchased by development partners. He was speaking …

“Use it or lose it” is a common adage increasingly used for matters related to brain health. But to what degree does using cognitive faculties prevent them from deteriorating? Medical News Today looked at some of the latest research and spoke with experts in the field to find out. Millions …

Epidemiologist and Sexual Reproductive Health Expert, Dr Chido Dziva Chikwari has warned of a high prevalence of three Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Trichomonas amongst Zimbabwe’s young and youthful population. The data was revealed during a door-to-door Population Based Prevalence Survey that was conducted between 2020 and 22 …

The Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) Principal Director Public Health, Dr Munyaradzi Dobbie says Zimbabwe is still saddled with the burden of three Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs, namely Schistosomiasis (SCH) & Soil Transmitted Helminthiasis (STH) and lymphatic filariasis. This was revealed during a Results dissemination Workshop for the …

The health authorities in South Africa are urging residents of the province of Gauteng to be vigilant about the liquids they consume as the death toll from a winter outbreak of cholera rises to nearly 50. Unions and community groups have demanded more government intervention to improve water quality. Most …

Journalist and media consultant Ruvheneko Parirenyatwa, who recently lost her new-born twins, says she regrets announcing her pregnancy on social media. Last year, Parirenyatwa took to  social media platforms saying time was no longer on her side, hence the decision to use a sperm donor while waiting to meet her …

A famous Bulawayo frenzy of wild sex parties monikered ‘vuzu’ parties, has now entered Harare’s Hatfield suburb, HealthTimes has learned. Vuzu parties are indoor gatherings common in Bulawayo mostly held by teenagers where they engage in beer, and drug binges as well as illicit unprotected sex. This was revealed in …