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Cholera outbreak in Kariba: A wake-up call for vigilance and prevention
The recent cholera outbreak in Gache Gache Fishing Camp, located in Kariba District, has thrust the community into a state of crisis, claiming one life and leaving five others battling the disease. Th...Published: 2 hrs ago | 27 | by Anashe Mupamombe
Zimbabweans to buy their own condoms?
Donors have reportedly started scaling down their support for HIV response measures in Zimbabwe, raising concerns that essential resources like condoms may no longer be provided for free in the near f...Published: 12 Nov 2024 at 11:01hrs | 1098 | by Staff reporter
Artisanal miners fingered in Gwanda's rising HIV stats
Gwanda district has emerged as the area with the highest number of HIV cases in Matabeleland South, with the infection's spread largely attributed to the activities of artisanal miners, according to t...Published: 02 Nov 2024 at 08:44hrs | 499 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe health authorities monitoring Mpox contacts after 2 cases
Health authorities in Zimbabwe are closely monitoring the contacts of two individuals who recently tested positive for Mpox, a viral infection that has spread globally from equatorial forests in Afric...Published: 21 Oct 2024 at 07:39hrs | 230 | by Staff reporter
Zim Vet targets 100k semen to boost national herd
In their efforts to increase national herd and improve genetics of local populations (cattle) through breeding, Zimbabwe Directorate of Veterinary Services' 2024 to 2025 upcoming bulling season is tar...Published: 15 Oct 2024 at 18:09hrs | 208 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Zimbabwe govt says there Is no need to panic over Mpox
The Zimbabwean government has sought to allay public anxiety following the confirmation of two isolated cases of Mpox disease, which were reported for the first time in the country on Sunday. With com...Published: 15 Oct 2024 at 08:35hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo diarrhoea cases surge 700%
The City of Bulawayo has experienced a concerning spike in diarrhoea cases, with approximately 555 reported as of August 2024. This marks a staggering 693% increase from the 370 cases recorded in July...Published: 11 Oct 2024 at 17:58hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
Mukwasha Chiwenga in Math-South improvements. Is development holistic?
Whatever development VP Chiwenga is bringing in Matabeleland South, that should never be interpreted as "Mukwasha inzunza". School children especially benefit from good and safe schools, health care f...Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 12:27hrs | 2057 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwe ups Mpox surveillance
The Zimbabwean government has ramped up surveillance efforts at the country's borders in response to the rising threat of Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, which has recently been declared a public h...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 07:53hrs | 131 | by Staff reporter
Teen acquitted of rape charges despite evidence of sexual assault
A 19-year-old man, Coghlianmore Blessed Sibanda, has been acquitted by the Hwange Regional Court of charges related to the rape, impregnation, and infection of a 13-year-old girl.The court hea...Published: 30 Sep 2024 at 21:37hrs | 992 | by Stephen Jakes
US$816 000 for chemicals vanishes as Harare runs dry
Harare City Council could have lost US$816,000 in public funds due to alleged misconduct by water treatment chemicals supplier, Nanotech Water Solutions. The company reportedly acquitted only US$252,0...Published: 19 Sep 2024 at 07:28hrs | 3726 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe still Mpox free'
Health and Child Care Minister Dr. Douglas Mombeshora has confirmed that Zimbabwe has no confirmed Mpox cases after screening all suspected cases. The government has heightened surveillance at the cou...Published: 12 Sep 2024 at 07:08hrs | 119 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe issues Mpox alert
The Zimbabwean government has issued a public warning about the outbreak of Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, which has recently spread to non-endemic countries, including neighboring South Africa. A...Published: 05 Sep 2024 at 07:19hrs | 346 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe says on high alert for Mpox, urges citizen precaution
The government says it has activated systems to tackle any outbreak of Mpox and has called on citizens to avoid unnecessary contact with animals that could be hosting the dreaded disease which has dev...Published: 04 Sep 2024 at 10:33hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa won't look good on TV
President Cyril Ramaphosa is battling with an eye infection that has led him to cancel a TV interview on Tuesday morning.The Presidency also announced that on Tuesday night, Ramaphosa will att...Published: 21 Aug 2024 at 07:34hrs | 911 | by Staff reporter
Girls as young as 10-years-old are having babies in SA
Shocking statistics revealed recently that over 4,000 girls in the Eastern Cape have given birth in the past four months.The Eastern Department of Health (DOH) said 97 of these girls were aged...Published: 18 Aug 2024 at 21:06hrs | 711 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo refutes 90% HIV positivity report
THE Bulawayo City Council has refuted media reports claiming that 90 percent of women aged between 16 and 50 that tested for HIV in Bulawayo in June came out positive and that there is a 71.7 percent ...Published: 15 Aug 2024 at 12:49hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter
Concerns rise over untreatable gonorrhoea as infections reach record levels in UK
Health experts in the United Kingdom have issued a stark warning about the growing threat of gonorrhoea becoming "untreatable" due to increasing antibiotic resistance. The sexually transmitted infecti...Published: 15 Aug 2024 at 08:16hrs | 654 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe needs US$10 million to procure condoms
Zimbabwe needs to raise over US$10 million from domestic sources to support condom procurement for 2025 and 2026 due to the withdrawal of donor funding. The country has three markets for condoms: publ...Published: 29 Jul 2024 at 04:11hrs | 92 | by Staff reporter
Granny raped 'for grand-daughter's sins'
IN a rather bizarre incident, a 72-year-old woman from Mgadla Village, Matobo District in Matabeleland South province was allegedly raped by her granddaughter's 22-year-old ex-lover as repayment for a...Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 12:09hrs | 519 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo Hospital faces surge in child deaths
Child mortality statistics at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo increased between January and March before decreasing in April this year, despite reassurances from the Ministry of Health and Child Ca...Published: 17 Jul 2024 at 06:57hrs | 390 | by Staff reporter
Is Mnangagwa govt willing to let people die of COVID-19 just to host SADC Summit?
The recent deaths due to alleged 'flu-like illnesses' of footballer Norman Maroto and opposition legislator Murisi Zwizwai are most unsettling.In fact, this is not simply unsettling but positi...Published: 12 Jul 2024 at 10:26hrs | 83 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
WHO warns of surge in COVID-19 cases
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised concerns over an increase in COVID-19 cases amid a flu wave in Zimbabwe, which some fear could be a resurgence of the virus. However, the government has ...Published: 12 Jul 2024 at 09:12hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Apostolic sect embraces AIDS commemorations
Mashonaland Central provincial chairperson for Apostolic church (Vapositori for ED) Biggie Musanzika (Madzibaba Jonah ) led his congregants to the belated World AIDS commemorations in Muzarabani on Th...Published: 04 Jul 2024 at 19:58hrs | 10 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Muzarabani
Severe flu strain currently circulating in Zimbabwe, not Covid 19
The National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) has identified a severe flu strain currently circulating in Zimbabwe as a potent variant of the influenza virus, according to studies conducted by the Minist...Published: 30 Jun 2024 at 18:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Rapex to trap rapists, protect women
SONETTE Ehlers, a blood technician from South Africa envisioned a world free from rape and invented the rape axe in 2005, which has received mixed reactions from the public.Ehlers invented the...Published: 28 Jun 2024 at 09:59hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Dark and Lovely products recalled due to contamination
The Consumer Protection Commission for Eastern and Southern Africa has advised the public to stop using 50ml single-use neutralising shampoo included in the Dark and Lovely moisture plus lotion k...Published: 25 Jun 2024 at 10:43hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Highway to Harare project spikes HIV cases
The construction of the Harare-Chirundu highway has led to an increase in HIV infections, as sex workers are targeting men working on the project. Davison Mambudzi, a Mashonaland West NAC offi...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 09:43hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe introduces injectable HIV drug
ZIMBABWE has introduced Cabotegravir long-acting (CAB-LA), an injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis drug, to add to the HIV prevention regime in the country.The drug, an ARV designed to suppress...Published: 11 Apr 2024 at 08:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda mines now STI hotspots
Gwanda mining areas have emerged as hotspots for sexually transmitted diseases (STIs) as well as silicosis, a lung infection caused by the inhaling of dust.This emerged during a joint health o...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare's haven of sex, drugs and vice
Esnath first traded sex at age 13, after she was forced out of her family home in Harare's old suburb of Mbare.To survive, she decided to lie about her age, she said, taking refuge with a grou...Published: 03 Mar 2024 at 08:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tribute to my President Dr. Hage G. Giengob
Dear Mr. President, only if I knew, your sickness was that serious. I lament not praying for you while you needed not only my prayers but the whole nation to unite and fight for you in prayers. Instea...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 17:52hrs | 2 | by Hosea Hatshaambo Shishiveni
Abortion pills sold like sweets on the streets of Bulawayo
ARE you aware of what your children are doing online?A thriving business for abortion pills is booming in the streets of Bulawayo and the rest of Zimbabwe as the illegal drugs are easily acces...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Call to scrap import duty, VAT on condoms
MORE than 455 million condoms have been distributed in Zimbabwe during the past five years amid calls for the removal of import duty and VAT to make condoms more accessible and less costly.Acc...Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 04:39hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Knight Frank creates cholera super spreader time bomb in Bulawayo's Pioneer House
A building in Bulawayo has become a potential cholera super spreader after going for more than 10 days without water.Managed by renowned property manager, Knight Frank, Pioneer House which belongs to ...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 12:07hrs | 13 | by Simba Jemwa
Cholera kills 454 in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has reported a total of 454 suspected and 71 confirmed deaths since the outbreak of cholera in February last year.Monday marked exactly 12 months since the first recorded case of the ...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 04:49hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe launches door-to-door oral cholera vaccination campaign
Zimbabwe has initiated an Oral Cholera Vaccination (OCV) campaign, focusing on individuals aged one and above. The collaborative effort involves UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO). The lau...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 07:33hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Cholera vaccinations start next week
A TOTAL of 153 active cholera treatment centres have been set up across the country to curb the spread of the water-borne disease as cases continue to surge with the Ministry of Health and Child Care ...Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 04:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says over 300 Zimbabweans have died of cholera
Following reports of over 300 reported cholera-related deaths, Nelson Chamisa, the leader of the Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC), has urged the government to prioritize the establishment of well-...Published: 23 Jan 2024 at 05:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa urges 'reforms' in fight against cholera disaster
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa says a "governance crisis" in Zimbabwe was standing in the way of national efforts to combat a rampaging cholera outbreak that has so far clai...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 11:04hrs | 2 | 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 outbreak kills more than 400 in Zambia
Zambia is reeling from a major cholera outbreak that has killed more than 400 people and infected more than 10,000, leading authorities to order schools across the country to remain shut after the end...Published: 18 Jan 2024 at 17:51hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Harare battles acute public toilets shortage
Harare faces further risks of cholera infection with the shortage of public toilets in the city centre as the majority are closed or inaccessible.The city has public toilets dotted around the ...Published: 15 Jan 2024 at 05:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vendors relieve themselves in the open in Bulawayo CBD
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has expressed concern over the increasing practice of open defecation by vendors in the central business district (CBD) particularly in the streets and sanitary lanes....Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 09:45hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Anti-Retroviral Therapy coverage stands at 99%
AN international HIV and Aids organisation based in the United Kingdom has commended Zimbabwe for approving two new HIV prevention products within six months before any other African nation.Th...Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 05:14hrs | 9 | 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 | 9 | by Staff reporter
'Foreign' vendors turn Bulawayo streets into toilets
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has accused vendors of practising open defecation on central business district (CBD) streets and sanitary lanes.According to the latest full council minutes release...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 05:59hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
BCC 'tie-up order' targets stray dogs
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) intends to introduce a "tie-up order" where stray dogs will be shot as part of efforts by the local authority to control the growing population of dogs roaming the streets....Published: 25 Dec 2023 at 09:30hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Anthrax outbreak hits Zimbabwe, four other countries
ZIMBABWE and four other countries in southern and eastern Africa are experiencing an anthrax outbreak with the World Health Organisation (WHO) calling for action to end the spread of the disease....Published: 14 Dec 2023 at 03:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe achieves milestone in HIV/AIDS Fight, recognized among top performers in Africa
Zimbabwe has emerged as one of the leading nations in Africa making significant progress in the battle against HIV/AIDS, surpassing the 95-95-95 targets set by UNAIDS well ahead of schedule. The comme...Published: 10 Dec 2023 at 09:49hrs | 13 | by Staff Reporter
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