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HIV vaccine test trial on cards for Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE has been listed along with other sub-Saharan countries for a test trial on an HIV vaccine which would help end the disease.Being unde...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 07:36hrs | 837 | by Staff reporter
Ekusileni investors tip Zimbabwe for glory
INDIAN investors who are set to reopen Ekusileni Medical Centre in Bulawayo yesterday said the new dispensation is on course to taking the country to ...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 10:17hrs | 1258 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe mulls medicinal cannabis pilot programme
Government is planning to carry out a medicinal cannabis pilot programme following the legalisation for the production of the plant in April this year...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 12:06hrs | 1133 | by Staff Reporter
Calls to decriminalise drug abuse
Zimbabwe has held a belated International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking commemorations amid calls for a paradigm shift to consider dr...Published: 07 Jul 2018 at 16:11hrs | 221 | by Staff Reporter
Kana Mission Hospital builds $70 000 mortuary
KANA Mission Hospital has constructed a $70 000 mortuary to serve the Gokwe South, Nkayi community and other parts of Matabeleland North province....Published: 07 Jul 2018 at 08:43hrs | 188 | by Staff Reporter
Global Aids Missions to provide free health services for people with albinism, special conditions
In a move that is set to benefit hundreds of people living with albinism, special conditions and disabilities in the country, a local non-governmental...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 10:13hrs | 299 | by Nicole Hondo
Ekusileni Medical Centre to open before year end
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has made a spirited commitment to open Ekusileni Medical Centre in Bulawayo before year end saying he is going to make sure nothin...Published: 24 Jun 2018 at 11:06hrs | 1073 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe government intensifies fight against Aids
THE Health and Child Care ministry has launched an 18-member validation committee to oversee the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV an...Published: 23 Jun 2018 at 07:15hrs | 633 | by Staff Reporter
Matobo Action Team visits Umzingwane Clinic Project
The construction of Shale clinic in Umzingwane Ward 8 is an advocacy initiative that was adopted by Habakkuk Trust in the year 2013 after the communit...Published: 20 Jun 2018 at 12:05hrs | 211 | by Stephen Jakes
Modafinil Online and My Success: Testimony of a Smart Drug User
I am an electrical engineer working for one of the largest engineering firms in Europe. At 32, I can confidently say that I have scaled the profession...Published: 20 Jun 2018 at 09:27hrs | 1351 | by Agencies
Zanu PF candidate brings free doctors into his constituency
In a bid to hook more voters, the successful Zanu PF candidate for Chikomba West who is also the president of the International Diabetes Federation fo...Published: 07 Jun 2018 at 11:42hrs | 2122 | by A Mhlongo
First Mutual Health offers cervical cancer screening
A total of 163 women were screened. Of these, 152 had negative results, 8 (4.9%) had positive results and were referred to the Cancer Association for ...Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 10:54hrs | 432 | by Stephen Jakes
Siblings fight rare skin disease
A Binga family is struggling to come to terms with the mysterious skin disease that has affected two siblings and is in dire need of assistance from w...Published: 29 May 2018 at 21:32hrs | 1790 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe rolls on HPV vaccination for girls
The Ministry of Health and Child Care has announced dates for human papillomavirus vaccination for girls aged between 10 and 14.The mass vacci...Published: 10 May 2018 at 10:54hrs | 666 | by Byo24News Reporter
Zanu PF manifesto to be launched on Friday
ZANU PF is set to launch its 2018 harmonised election manifesto this Friday.The launch follows heavily followed primary elections, which have ...Published: 02 May 2018 at 16:38hrs | 1011 | by Byo24News Reporter
400 000 undergo cervical cancer screening
United Nations Population Fund has screened more than 400 000 women since it embarked on the National Cervical Screening Programme, UN senior staffer ...Published: 02 May 2018 at 16:37hrs | 427 | by Byo24News Reporter
Mixed reactions over cannabis legalisation
HARARE - Zimbabweans have expressed mixed feelings over government's move to legalise the production of cannabis (mbanje).Last Friday, governm...Published: 30 Apr 2018 at 14:22hrs | 2963 | by Staff Reporter
Free blood for all on the cards
GOVERNMENT is working on modalities to provide free blood in public hospitals as efforts to improve access to quality health gain pace.Health ...Published: 29 Apr 2018 at 09:05hrs | 276 | by Staff Reporter
Sacked Zimbabwe nurses get public support
Hundreds of people have come out to support Zimbabwe's sacked nurses who have been holding a public clinic to demonstrate their lack of resources. ...Published: 21 Apr 2018 at 06:56hrs | 3385 | by Staff Reporter
Dismissing nurses for demanding their right is retrogressive - former MDC-T MP
Former MDC-T legislator Settlement Chikwinya has described the dismissal of nurses for demanding their dues as retrogressive and unsustainable move....Published: 18 Apr 2018 at 09:37hrs | 940 | by Stephen Jakes
Nurses strike a big blow to Zimbabwe
The industrial action by nurses is a big blow to Zimbabwe especially under the so called new Dispensation and above all Independence holiday.So ma...Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 17:59hrs | 2907 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Cholera outbreak hits Harare
Cholera has affected a tleast seven people in Harare and Chitungwiza with authorities suspecting seventeen more cases.Ministry of Health and C...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 16:58hrs | 3602 | by Byo24News Reporter
Cholera resurfaces in Harare
Fears of a new cholera outbreak are abound in Harare after council confirmed the death of a 46-year-old man in Stoneridge as a result of the water-bor...Published: 07 Apr 2018 at 10:35hrs | 682 | by Staff Reporter
Avenues IVF programme results in eight test tube births
The in vitro fertilisation (IVF) programme reintroduced at The Avenues Clinic in Harare in 2016 is proving successful, with eight live births so far a...Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 11:25hrs | 830 | by Agencies
Gwanda activist delivers letter asking Health Minister to step down
Prominent Gwanda bases activist Bekezela Maduma Fuzwayo on Friday delivered a letter to Health minister Dr David Parirenyatwa in Harare at his of...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 12:43hrs | 1158 | by Staff Reporter
Clinic in Bulilima on the verge of closing down
A Business man in Bulilima, Tjiyapo Velempini has said Hingwe Clinic in the district is on the verge of closing down operation if structural defects a...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 10:45hrs | 974 | by Prosperity Mzila
Birth asphyxia and Sepsis main causes of neo-natal mortality in Zimbabwe
Birth asphyxia and Sepsis have been cited as one of the main causes of neo-natal deaths in Zimbabwe, a senior health government official has said. ...Published: 21 Mar 2018 at 15:27hrs | 906 | by Simiso Mlevu
Apologise for lying to the nation: Doctors tell Parirenyatwa
Doctors have called on Zimbabwe's Minister of Health and Child Welfare, Dr David Parirenyatwa to apologise to the nation for lying that government has...Published: 20 Mar 2018 at 14:10hrs | 2196 | by Byo24News Reporter
Dialysis unaffordable for most people, says Kidney Association
Kidney disease can affect anyone but only those with access to considerable financial resources or with medical aid cover are currently able to afford...Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 08:45hrs | 921 | by Agencies
Zimbabwe health system is broken, says Mangoma
COALITION of Democrats presidential candidate Elton Mangoma has said the Zimbabwean health system is broken and promised that if the electorate voted ...Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 06:49hrs | 495 | by Stephen Jakes
Bulawayo doctors in no show despite govt deal
DOCTORS at Bulawayo's two major hospitals, Mpilo Central and United Bulawayo Hospitals had by yesterday not returned to work despite the Government an...Published: 18 Mar 2018 at 08:10hrs | 789 | by Staff Reporter
Ending AIDS by 2030
Zimbabwe AIDS Network (ZAN) convened key populations with the objective of amplifying civil society voices around the need for domestic health funding...Published: 17 Mar 2018 at 08:19hrs | 334 | by NANGO
Goromonzi runs out of male condoms
Goromonzi district has run out of male condoms, putting many sexually active people at risk at a time when the local village health workers have upped...Published: 17 Mar 2018 at 07:39hrs | 196 | by Staff Reporter
Nurses down tools at UBH
Nurses in Bulawayo have downed tools joining doctors in an industrial strike that has paralyzed Zimbabwe's health system. Nurses at United Bul...Published: 16 Mar 2018 at 15:19hrs | 1033 | by Byo24News Reporter
Doctors strike in pictures
Doctors on strike demonstrating against governments inattention to the countries health needshttps://www.youtube.com/wa...Published: 14 Mar 2018 at 14:13hrs | 2254 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe has the highest teenage fertility rate in sub-Saharan Africa - Study
One study revealed that Zimbabwe has the highest teenage fertility rate in sub-Saha...Published: 13 Mar 2018 at 11:19hrs | 1018 | by MSF / APO
First Lady steps up cancer fight
First Lady Amai Auxillia Mnangagwa yesterday took her nationwide campaign against cervical cancer to Mashonaland East, where she called on women to ta...Published: 25 Feb 2018 at 10:24hrs | 129 | by Staff Reporter
Male condoms uptake exceeds females
The male condoms uptake in Bulawayo at Thorngrove Hospital recently proved to be more than female uptake by far as the campaign for prevention of spre...Published: 15 Feb 2018 at 06:28hrs | 646 | by Stephen Jakes
First Lady launches UBH cancer screening programme
The First Lady, Auxillia Mnangagwa has launched a cancer screening programme at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) this morning.This comes as...Published: 07 Feb 2018 at 12:51hrs | 1594 | by Staff Reporter
Occupational Health Service Centre opened in Kadoma
An Occupational Health Services Centre (KOHSC) has been opened at Kadoma General Hospital recently. The centre will offer free testing for Tub...Published: 06 Feb 2018 at 07:37hrs | 855 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe now free from Avian flu
Zimbabwe is now free from the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) that hit the country between May and August last year. The disease killed one m...Published: 06 Feb 2018 at 01:01hrs | 363 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe targets HIV free generation by 2030
Zimbabwe has reiterated its commitment to end AIDS as well as achieve an HIV/AIDS free generation by 2030.This was said by the First Lady Amai...Published: 29 Jan 2018 at 15:16hrs | 975 | by Staff Reporter
Fears of a Cholera outbreak in Kadoma
The City of Kadoma Department of Health has allayed fears of a Cholera outbreak in Kadoma.They say they are well prepared for the epidemic and...Published: 24 Jan 2018 at 07:39hrs | 808 | by Stephen Jakes
Cholera hits Zimbabwe, 4 die in Chegutu
FOUR people have died of cholera in Chegutu in a fresh outbreak of the disease in Zimbabwe, which has already claimed several lives in Zambia....Published: 20 Jan 2018 at 09:17hrs | 749 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe on cholera alert
Government has tightened border controls and mobilised resources following heightened fears of a possible cholera outbreak in the country after the di...Published: 13 Jan 2018 at 07:34hrs | 659 | by Staff Reporter
Ministry releases $7.6M to assist govt health institutions countrywide
THE Ministry of Health and Child Care has released $7.6 million to the Health Development Fund (HDF) to purchase essential medicines and equipment for...Published: 06 Jan 2018 at 07:57hrs | 875 | by Staff Reporter
Government directive plunges hospitals into crisis
Public hospitals could be driven towards the brink of closure through the implementation of a long-standing government policy compelling them to offer...Published: 03 Jan 2018 at 10:56hrs | 2569 | by Staff Reporter
PHOTOS: First Lady visits more New Year babies
After visiting Mbuyanehanda maternity hospital at Parirenyatwa where she donated to babies delivered on 1 January, 2018, the First Lady, Amai Auxillia...Published: 02 Jan 2018 at 10:54hrs | 1304 | by Staff Reporter
PHOTOS: First Lady visits New Year babies at hospital
The First Lady, Auxillia Mnangagwa has visited Mbuya Nehanda Maternity hospital and showered New Year babies with presents.The visit comes at ...Published: 01 Jan 2018 at 12:47hrs | 2112 | by Staff Reporter
Blood prices slashed
Government has slashed the price of blood at Government health institutions to $50 a pint with effect from today, following the injection of a $4,2 mi...Published: 01 Jan 2018 at 09:33hrs | 1748 | by Staff Reporter
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