In what could be the first in the country, a nine-year-old girl is admitted to the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) as she is 33 weeks pregnant and is expected to give birth at the institution. This comes a few weeks after a 13-year-old girl from Mkhosana Township in Victoria Falls …
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Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, who is also Health minister, has revealed that hospitals were this year starved of medicines by Treasury after it only released $5 billion of the Health ministry’s $15 billion allocation. This resulted in the ministry only managing to procure 14% of the required medicines for hospitals this …
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Zimbabwe will conduct two rounds of oral polio vaccination (OPV) throughout the country to protect children below the age of five years following an outbreak of the disease in neighbouring countries, the Ministry of Health and Child Care said Monday. “There is an outbreak of polio disease in neighbouring countries …
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About 93% of Zimbabweans have no access to health insurance due to high poverty levels in the country, while only 7% can afford private health services. This came out during a stakeholder engagement meeting on revitalising primary health care in the country to promote universal health coverage which was hosted …
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Mashonaland Central has Zimbabwe’s highest general fertility rates according to collected data during the 2022 Population and Housing Census. This was revealed during Tuesday’s post-Cabinet media briefing. Fertility statistics released revealed that the province had 137 live births per 1 000 women while Bulawayo had the lowest general fertility rate …
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Thousands of children under five years in Zimbabwe are chronically malnourished and stunted due to poor diet and inadequate maternal care, a new report released yesterday has revealed. The study compiled by academics Anesu Marume, Moherndran Archary and Saagida Mahomed titled: Dietary patterns and childhood stunting in Zimbabwe, states that …
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By Richard KawaziBindura residents are bitter with the town’s municipality managers amid continued poor service delivery and a severe water crisis bedeviling the town since January. This was exposed during yesterday’s online meeting conducted through the Bindura Residents WhatsApp group. The platform is administered by Joel Mandundu chairperson of the …
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By Richard Kawazi The Ministry of Health and Child Care has recalled a baby powder manufactured by South Africa’s Tiger Brands from local shops with immediate effect, citing health risks associated with it. The Ministry gave the directive for the removal of the product from shops shelves Monday. It has …
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A health hazard is looming in Harare’s oldest suburb, Mbare, following acute water shortages that have seen the area go for three days without the precious liquid, Nhau/Indaba has established. Scores of families living in the old and dilapidated flats in the suburb share a single toilet. It is common …
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GALZ has slammed Zimbabwe’s laws for fuelling hate against the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQl+) community following the recent publicity of a Mutare based family “disowning” their son after discovering his sexual orientation. Most gays and lesbians in Zimbabwe hide their sexual identity due to discrimination, exclusion …
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