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Covid-19 disrupts TB address progress
BULAWAYO, Midlands, Matabeleland North and South provinces accounted for most tuberculosis (TB) deaths recorded in Zimbabwe last year amid reports that Covid-19 disrupted progress that Zimbabwe had ma...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 05:45hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean nurse wins life-saving TB test research prize
A ZIMBABWEAN nurse, Chenai Mathabire, has been honoured by the International Aids Society Conference on HIV Science (IAS2017) for her research on the life-saving tuberculosis (TB) test kit.Mat...Published: 02 Aug 2017 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
U.S. -HIFA collaborate to promote art and health
The United States said it will continue its partnership with the Harare International Festival of the Arts (HIFA) with a feature film as well as musical and health infotainment in Harare’s First Str...Published: 09 Apr 2017 at 07:39hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe introduces new TB drug
Zimbabwe has become the latest and one of the few countries in the region to roll out the latest tuberculosis (TB) drug called Delamanid, which is taken once a day.This comes as drug-resistant...Published: 29 Mar 2017 at 20:05hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
1,000+ people marooned for 2 weeks
MORE than 1 000 people from about 200 homesteads in Sibhula village in Gwanda have been trapped for about two weeks due to flooded rivers that have isolated the area, threatening villagers with st...Published: 04 Mar 2017 at 07:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
$30 000 needed to treat a multi-drug-resistant person for TB
MDC-T MP Ruth Labode has said the treatment for TB patient who is multi-drug-resistant person for minute which is happening quite frequently and is frightening cost $30 000.00.Speaking in parl...Published: 06 Feb 2016 at 08:51hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
6 family members commit suicide
A Lupane man has become the sixth person in his family to commit suicide after hanging himself from a tree for undisclosed reasons.Dokotela Moyo, 67, who was popularly known as Makhanda from L...Published: 07 Sep 2015 at 06:47hrs | 1 | by Pamela Shumba
Thorngrove Hospital records increase in number of MDR-TB patients
BULAWAYO's Thorngrove Hospital has recorded an increase in the number of patients with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) the majority being Zimbabweans based in South Africa. MDR-TB i...Published: 30 Dec 2013 at 18:17hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
'Food security is important to effectively treat HIV, Aids' govt warned
ORGANISATIONS fighting for people's rights to health last week welcomed the new Anti-Retroviral drug guidelines unveiled by government, but warned food security was important to effectively deal with...Published: 02 Dec 2013 at 00:19hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Woman fights for life after being given wrong medication
A MUTARE woman is in a serious medical condition after she was allegedly put on tuberculosis treatment, yet she was suffering from a different ailment altogether. The medical boob follows a recent one...Published: 23 May 2013 at 03:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
More than half of the children living with HIV failing to access ARVs
MORE than half of the children living with HIV and Aids are failing to access anti-retroviral drugs despite the pediatric formulations being available, senior health officials have said.About ...Published: 17 Jun 2012 at 21:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
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