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 …
Read More »Female Authorities Threatening Tertiary Students From Falling Pregnant
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 …
Read More »Chivi South Lauds Decentralisation Of Health Centres
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 …
Read More »Apostolic Sects In Chivi South Embrace Immunisation
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 …
Read More »Dark Side Of UK’s “Greener Pastures” In Care Work
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 …
Read More »EMA Urges Miners, Farmers To Handle Chemicals Responsibly
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, …
Read More »Health Stakeholders In Bindura Meet
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 …
Read More »Suspected Cholera Cases Rise To 159
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), …
Read More »Block 4 Matapi; A New Found Drug Haven For Teens
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 …
Read More »Tetracycline Eye Ointment Ordered Off Zim Medical Shelves
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 …
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