Health & Fitness

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 …

Robby, 51, lies on a bed in a public hospital in Harare. A car accident in January resulted in serious leg injuries, and he needed emergency care. At the time of the accident, Robby, who requested to be identified by only his first name for fear of retribution, believed the …

Bindura BureauHealth centres across Mashonaland Central are offering Anti-retroviral treatment (ART) services, however, the distance to these centres remains a serious obstacle to accessing them, especially in the rural and remote districts of Mbire, lower Muzarabani and Mt Darwin, Nhau/Indaba has learnt. In some instances patients walk over 30km one …

Members of the Rastafari religion and political movement have for decades been persecuted and imprisoned for their ritualistic use of marijuana. However, the tiny islands of Antigua and Barbuda recently became one of the first Caribbean nations to grant Rastafari official sacramental authorization to grow and smoke the herb that …

By Purity MarungisaAmidst reports of the continued presence of a polio outbreak in Malawi and Mozambique, Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) will from today (Tuesday) commence a door-to-door polio vaccination programme aimed at protecting children under five years of age. The mass vaccination exercise targets to jab …

High ranking sex pests within the Ministry of Health and Child Care are sending female employees on financially rewarding workshops in exchange for sex, a workers’ union has said. In a 16 May 2023 correspondence to the Acting Health Secretary, Zimbabwe Health Workers Union general secretary L. Sarai also accused …

The City of Harare will from Tuesday to Friday conduct a door-to-door polio vaccination exercise for children below five years as part of a nationwide campaign to eradicate the disease. Polio terrified parents around the world for the first half of the 20th century. Affecting mainly children under five, it …

By Purity MarungisaThe number of cholera cases and deaths continues to rise in the country, with the Health Ministry’s situational report released on Sunday showing that Zimbabwe recorded 348 confirmed cases and 9 cumulative deaths. Yesterday, 22 new suspected cases were recorded with one suspected death and 14 laboratory-confirmed results. …

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 …