Health & Fitness

A young man carefully dismantles a fluorescent light and empties a small sachet of methamphetamine into the tube. Using a cigarette lighter, the 24-year-old Zimbabwean heats it until the white crystals liquefy and begin emanating smoke. Sitting in a room in Glen View, a working-class suburb in the capital Harare, …

Health activists in Africa have slammed Johnson & Johnson for exporting vaccines produced in South Africa to countries in Europe, which have already immunised large numbers of their people and have even donated vaccines to more needy countries. The one-dose J&J vaccines were exported from South Africa, where they had …

A stark contradiction lies at the heart of Africa’s response to Covid-19. The continent consumes a quarter of the world’s vaccines across all diseases and given this level of consumption, one would expect African nations to be well experienced at producing, procuring and delivering them to their people. By Benedict Oramah …

In public health, an important goal of vaccination and immunisation is to reach population or herd immunity. This is why the term comes up often in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic. And it helps to be clear about what it means. Think of a community where some people have been …

By Rutendo MapfumoThe Deputy Minister of Health and Child Care Dr John Mangwiro has commended efforts by Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) in vaccinating the Hwange community. Dr John Mangwiro, second from right speaks to HCCL medical personnel Speaking during a tour of HCCL with the Hwange district Covid-19 Taskforce, …

anet Banana, the widow of Zimbabwe’s first president Canaan Banana died aged 83 on Thursday, her family announced. She died at Bulawayo’s Mater Dei Hospital from a kidney ailment, according to her niece Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga. “She has been battling a kidney ailment for quite sometime. She went into hospital on …

There has been a notable increase in Covid-19 cases in Hwange district since the third wave hit Zimbabwe a few weeks ago. Hwange urban is largely responsible for the sharp rise in the district, dominating in terms of new cases. The mining town is not an isolated case, the increase …

President Mnangagwa has announced new national lockdown measures with immediate effect following a surge in Covid-19 infections in the country. The latest measures are for 14 days subject to review. Industry and commerce to open from 8am to 3.30pm.A night time curfew from 6pm to 6am.Industry to decongest workplaces to …

Government has delayed the opening of schools and learning institutions by 14 days following a spike in Covid-19 infections throughout the country. Schools were initially set to resume lessons on the 28th of this month. Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting services, Monica Mutsvangwa announced the decision during a post …

One eye lost, destruction of his nose and the loss of an entire lip. These are some of the harrowing injuries suffered by a nine-year-old boy in Zimbabwe after he was mauled by a hyena last month. Rodwell Nkomazana was attacked and mauled by the hyena while sleeping at an …