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Marry Mubaiwa has undergone her second operation, some seven months after her right forearm was amputated last year as a way of dealing with lympoedema, a condition that left her arms and legs badly swollen. The former wife to Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s latest health battles were revealed by her …

Zimbabwe college students who fall pregnant during the course of their studies continue to face threats from intolerant authorities within the tertiary institutions, legislators have observed. Under Zimbabwean systems, it is within students’ Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) to conceive during training at tertiary institutions. Presenting oral evidence on …

By Caroline GumboVillagers of Chivi South in Masvingo province have applauded the government for decentralising health service centres and deploying health workers to provide necessary health care services close to their doorsteps through the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC). This comes against the backdrop of villagers failing to …

By Caroline GumboApostolic church sects in Chivi South district are now accepting government’s immunisation programmes against diseases like Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and Covid-19 following the deployment of community health workers to educate and mobilise them, a health official has said. Recently-born children up to the age of five years …

While many Zimbabweans who have migrated to the United Kingdom (UK) have found a new lease on life, others have found themselves facing serious challenges. These hopeful migrants left their home country with the dream of improving their economic situation only to find that the reality of their situation upon …

Farmers and miners operating in Mashonaland Central have been urged to use chemicals responsibly bearing in mind the adverse effects they may cause on the ecosystem if used recklessly. An ongoing outreach programme spearheaded by the Environmental Management Agency (EMA), the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement, …

Bindura BureauStakeholders in Bindura, Mashonaland Central province met to discuss ways of increasing awareness on matters surrounding HIV, gender-based violence (GBV), drug abuse and sexual reproductive health within the district last week. Matters concerning the rights of people living with disabilities were also part of the discussions carried out at …

By Purity Marungisa Zimbabwe recorded six new suspected cholera cases as of Sunday, bringing the total number of cases to 159, statistics from the Ministry of Health and Child Care show. Of the six, four were confirmed through cumulative culture tests. They were confirmed in Mbire (3) and Chimanimani (1), …

The entrance to Block 4 of Matapi Flats in Mbare is reminiscent of a scene from a Hollywood post-apocalyptic movie. Among the mounds of uncollected garbage is a muddle of empty bottles of hard liquor and illicit cough syrups and cigarette stubs. A handful of children go about playing football …

THE Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) has ordered all licensed Pharmaceutical Wholesalers, Pharmacies, Public and Private Clinics, and Hospitals to quarantine Tetracycline Hydrochloride Ophthalmic Ointment after quality related issues were detected. MCAZ Chief Regulatory Officer in the Licensing and Enforcement Division, Mrs Caroline Samatanga, said the product alert report indicated that …