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Zimbabwe records 8 482 diarrhoea cases
The Ministry of Health and Child Care has reported a concerning rise in common diarrhoea cases across the country, with a total of 8,482 cases and nine deaths recorded in the week ending September 15,...Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 15:32hrs | 190 | by Staff reporter
HIV and AIDS remain the leading causes of death in Zimbabwe
HIV and AIDS remain the leading causes of death in Zimbabwe, accounting for over 25% of all fatalities.Speaking at the 15th Annual Conference of the Association of Healthcare Funders of Zimbab...Published: 05 Sep 2024 at 12:35hrs | 574 | by Staff reporter
Diarrhoea kills one in Bulawayo
One person died from diarrhoea at Mpilo Central Hospital, as more than 6,000 common diarrhoeal cases were reported nationwide, according to the Health and Child Care Ministry's weekly Disease Surveill...Published: 11 Jun 2024 at 05:52hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
'900,000 Zimbabweans lack access to safe water'
A STAGGERING 860 757 Zimbabweans lack access to safe drinking water while 17% of the households are forced to travel long distances to fetch water for their daily needs, a United Nations Interna...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 04:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cholera outbreak hits Hwange
Hwange has been hit by a cholera outbreak which has resulted in the Hwange Local Board shutting down all unlicensed food outlets and those operating from undesignated areas with immediate effect....Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 09:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
140 boreholes for cholera hotspots
GOVERNMENT has drilled 77 boreholes in cholera hotspots across the country out of a target of more than 140 as it steps up efforts to fight the deadly water-borne disease through increased access to c...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 04:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cholera fears for learners mount as schools reopen
FEARS abound that learners' lives are at risk due to the prevailing cholera outbreak as schools open tomorrow.Health experts have urged government to strengthen its surveillance and case manag...Published: 08 Jan 2024 at 05:34hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ill affords laxity on cholera
CHOLERA is an acute diarrhoeal infection caused by ingestion of food or water contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.According to the World Health Organisation: "Cholera is a disease ...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 08:09hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe restricts gatherings, food vending as cholera cases spike
Zimbabwe's government has started restricting public gatherings and food vending, while monitoring burials in all areas affected by cholera, after cases of the disease spiked this week.New cho...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 07:51hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani, Kunzvi dam works expedited
The construction of major dams such as the Kunzvi and Gwayi-Shangani to augment supplies to Harare and Bulawayo is being expedited.Most suburbs in the cities have been facing water challenges ...Published: 09 Nov 2023 at 05:54hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa laments dysfunctional local authorities
President Mnangagwa has expressed concern over the deteriorating service delivery in opposition-led local authorities, particularly the recurring outbreaks of diarrhoeal diseases like cholera. He emph...Published: 22 Oct 2023 at 09:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean national with cholera admitted to Musina Hospital
Limpopo has recorded its first cholera case, according to the provincial Department of Health.It said the 26-year-old Zimbabwean national reported to Musina Hospital on Friday after experienci...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare suburbs now cholera hotspots
THE City of Harare is in panic mode due to rising cholera cases in the high-density suburbs.Harare Provincial Affairs and Devolution secretary Tafadzwa Muguti yesterday urged residents to be o...Published: 23 May 2023 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare cholera cases shoot to 288
THE Harare Metropolitan province has recorded over 288 cholera cases since the first case surfaced in the country in February this year.Provincial and Devolution secretary Tafadzwa Muguti said...Published: 22 May 2023 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ally attacks 'educated, but incompetent ministers'
HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume has launched a broadside on "educated, but incompetent government ministers" whom he accused of running down the economy and failing to reign in the country's run-away inflat...Published: 09 May 2023 at 06:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CCC raises alarm over spike in cholera cases
THE CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) has raised alarm for the cholera outbreak amid Zimbabwe's weakening health delivery system.This comes after five people succumbed to the infectious dise...Published: 09 May 2023 at 06:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Experts give COVID-19 warning
HEALTH experts have urged COVID-19 caution ahead of schools opening next week and the approaching winter.Speaking to NewsDay on Tuesday, chief coordinator of the COVID-19 taskforce in the Offi...Published: 04 May 2023 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chegutu records 2 cholera cases
TWO cholera cases were recorded in Chegutu last week, sending signals that the waterborne disease that has already been reported in some African countries had entered Zimbabwe's borders.In a s...Published: 20 Feb 2023 at 05:31hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
6 die of diarrhoea in Harare
The diarrhoea cases come after typhoid wreaked havoc in Harare, with 19 new suspected cases having been recorded early this week.SIX people died while over 6 000 diarrhoeal cases were recorded...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga says everyone has a duty to clean Zimbabwe
VICE PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga yesterday said it was every citizen's duty to clean up Zimbabwe and called for a high stakeholder engagement and creation of public private partnerships (PPP) for b...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Diarrhoea outbreak hits Harare
Harare recorded over 1 100 cases of diarrhoea between October 24 and November 20, with the authorities citing the city's failure to provide clean running water, collect refuse and attend to burst sewe...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo, UBH to get medical equipment
MPILO Central Hospital and United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) are set to receive medical equipment following the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the country and Iran.The MoU pave...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo diarrhoea cases increase
BULAWAYO has recorded an increase in the number of diarrhoea cases, a cause for concern considering the havoc wrecked by the disease previously.Diarrhoea is defined as the passage of three or ...Published: 07 Jul 2022 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to deploy pathologists to Mozambique
GOVERNMENT will deploy a team of pathologists to Mozambique in June to start the exhumation and repatriation of more than 157 Zimbabwean nationals who were swept away by the Cyclone Idai floods in 201...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo eases diarrhoea cases
BULAWAYO has managed to bring cases of diarrhoea infections down from a peak of 457 recorded recently.A fortnight ago the city confirmed a diarrhoeal outbreak with a total of 157 people having...Published: 15 Dec 2021 at 06:44hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Sewage oozes out of taps, residents abandon houses
A HEALTH hazard is looming in Bulawayo's Lobengula West suburb as sewage is oozing out of some houses' taps and toilets, with the local authority allegedly taking over a month to address the situation...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents exposed to diarrhoeal diseases
BULAWAYO residents are exposed to diarrhoeal diseases as the city council is struggling to provide bacteriologically satisfactory water.In 2020, a killer diarrhoea outbreak claimed 13 lives an...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 07:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dirty water fury in Bulawayo's Emganwini
DIRTY and smelly water coming from taps in Bulawayo's Emganwini suburb has residents worried that another diarrhoeal disease outbreak may hit the area. Two months ago, the high-density suburb ...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 07:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo water points record spike in violence
THE Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) has decried the sharp increase in cases of violence at water points in Bulawayo.This was revealed yesterday following a survey conducted last...Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe crisis: Unicef appeals for US$75m emergency funds
THE United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) is appealing for emergency funds amounting to US$75 million to avert a humanitarian crisis that is likely to affect about half of Zimbabwe's population....Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 07:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's main supply dam only 34% full
BULAWAYO'S main supply dam, Umzingwane, remains critically low despite heavy downpours, posing a fresh challenge to city fathers.According to the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa), the...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 05:52hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt warns of COVID-19 second wave
THE Health and Child Care ministry yesterday warned of an upsurge in COVID-19 cases during the festive season due to complacency after the number of positive cases surged in the past few weeks....Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Prison ordered to provide inmates with water
The High Court has ordered Zimbabwe Prison and Correctional Services (ZPCS) to supply 60 litres of water daily to every prisoner and also supply inmates with the water containers to arrest the spread ...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Diarrhoea spikes as Bulawayo water crisis deepens
BULAWAYO is recording a spike in diarrhoea cases in the middle of a deepening water crisis where most suburbs are receiving water for about 12 hours in a week. Mzilikazi, Magwegwe and Luveve c...Published: 28 Oct 2020 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
2nd diarrhoea outbreak hits Bulawayo
BULAWAYO has recorded a second diarrhoea outbreak within four months as almost 100 cases mainly affecting children have been reported in the densely populated high-density suburb of Mzilikazi and surr...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 08:21hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Water crisis puts residents' health at risk in Bulawayo
"YOU'LL get water when it's available," Bulawayo City Council officials loosely told residents recently after struggling to stick to the six-day water shedding schedule put in place to manage the dwin...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 23:59hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Health crisis looms at Bulawayo's makeshift kombi terminus
WITHOUT a care in the world, a visibly intoxicated tout staggers out of a parked commuter omnibus with a plastic bottle filled with a yellowish liquid and tosses it on a heap of trash in an alley just...Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 16:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Diarrhoea outbreak hits Harare
An outbreak of diarrhoea has been reported in parts of Harare's Glen View, Budiriro and Glen Norah suburbs where over 22 people, mostly children, have been affected by the disease. The three h...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gokwe North district receives piped water, flush toilets
GOKWE North district received its first piped water and flush toilets at Kwaedza Primary School this month.Speaking to the Daily News Gokwe North Rural District Council (RDC) chairperson Stewa...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 15:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa extends US$3,2bn begging bowl
ZIMBABWE - with 7,5 million people or half the population in need of food aid - is appealing for US$3,2 billion emergency assistance to avert a humanitarian crisis characterised by hunger and a crumbl...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 17:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents fear 'Harare disease' outbreak
Bulawayo residents say they are at grave risk of contracting deadly diseases such as cholera and typhoid, unless the government urgently bails out their city council to replace its decrepit sewer and ...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teacher loses two children in pit latrine accident
TRAGEDY struck the family of a Chikombedzi teacher in Chiredzi when her two children aged three and five, drowned in a pit latrine.The deceased were identified as Keith Mavesere aged (5) and t...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 07:02hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Bulawayo, Gweru on high cholera alert
BULAWAYO and Gweru city councils have scaled up the fight against waterborne diseases such as cholera and typhoid, following the onset of the rainy season.Bulawayo town clerk Christopher Dube ...Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 11:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cholera fears at apostolic sect shrine
A SUSPECTED cholera outbreak has been reported at a Johane Marange Apostolic sect shrine in Murewa following the death of three members who are believed to have succumbed to the deadly waterborne dise...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 10:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho villagers face water woes
ALMOST 40 years after independence, marginalised Tsholotsho villagers are still living in abject poverty, with no access to clean water and toilets, exposing them to waterborne diseases.Villag...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 06:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Diarrhoea cases surge in Bulawayo
CASES of diarrhoea in Bulawayo spiked in August to 286 cases from 123 the previous month, a council report shows.The country's second largest city has largely been unscathed by the cholera out...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
NMB joins fight against cholera
NMB Bank on Sunday handed over 3 000 buckets, 3 000 units of Water Guard and 120 000 litres of water to the District Health Office in Glen View to help in the fight against cholera in this Harare subu...Published: 25 Sep 2018 at 09:27hrs | 1 | by Agencies
Cholera death toll hits 30
THE number of people who have died of cholera has risen from 28 to 30 as Government, Harare City Council, the police and other stakeholders continue to make concerted efforts to curb the spread of the...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare Cholera hits Bulawayo
THREE people, two of whom recently visited Harare, have been quarantined in Bulawayo after contracting suspected cholera. The Bulawayo City Council yesterday moved swiftly to spray (decontamin...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cholera tsunami sweeps across Mashonaland again
STEWART Murambiwa's snow-white teeth appear too big for his mouth; his arms and limbs look like they belong to a little boy and not the 27-year-old man he is.Propped up on an iron bed in a ten...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 16:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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