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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 …

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 …