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MCAZ targets WHO Maturity Level 4 certification

Zimbabwe's medicines regulator, the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ), has embarked on an ambitious journey to achieve Maturity Level 4 under the World Health Organization (WHO)'s Global Benchmarking Tool (GBT), a designation …

Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 12:11hrs | 102 | by Staff reporter

WHO on alert over new COVID variant

The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a cautionary advisory urging countries to remain vigilant and closely monitor the evolution of new COVID-19 variants, emphasizing the importance of preventing healthcare systems from becoming …

Published: 03 Jun 2025 at 12:07hrs | 2191 | by Staff reporter

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 reassured the public that the flu outbr…

Published: 12 Jul 2024 at 09:12hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean woman lands top WHO post

A Zimbabwean woman, Ms Chipo Mpemba, has been appointed co-chair of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Commission on Social Connection.The Commission will have its secretariat housed at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerla…

Published: 16 Nov 2023 at 05:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe ramps up efforts to eliminate malaria

The Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC), in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners, conducted a Malaria Quarterly Review and Planning meeting as well as the National Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) R…

Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 06:29hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Old Mutual fights premature births scourge with neo-natal ventilator donation

Old Mutual Zimbabwe has donated a neonatal ventilator, the Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP), to help improve the health of premature babies in the Buhera and surrounding communities. Murambinda Hospital is a rural community hospi…

Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 15:06hrs | 13 | by Paul Ndou

Zimbabwe starts developing its 2.0 One Health Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) National Action Plan

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe - The Government of Zimbabwe has commenced updating its antimicrobial resistance (AMR) National Action Plan (NAP) 2023-2027, to replace the previous NAP (2017-2021) which had lapsed. The process is being led by the Minis…

Published: 30 May 2023 at 22:39hrs | 23 | by APO

'WHO will bail us out,' says Mnangagwa

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said he expects funding from the World Health Organisation (WHO) to arrest the mass exodus of nurses and doctors which has seen the country facing a health crisis."Our Vice-President Constantino Chiwe…

Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 05:26hrs | | by Staff reporter

Acute COVID-19 could end in 2022, claims WHO

THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has said acute COVID-19 deaths and hospitalisations could end this year, if governments remain vigilant in enforcing public health measures set to control the spread of the virus.WHO chief of emergencies…

Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 05:56hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

WHO warns on 'Covid-19 drug'

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has distanced itself from the distribution of the Ivermectin drug locally.Ivermectin, a drug used to treat parasite infections, was approved to treat Covid-19 in Zimbabwe recently after a United Kingdom …

Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 14:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe company cashes in on anti-parasitic drug ivermectin

The growing interest in the use of Ivermectin to treat and prevent COVID-19 has opened floodgates, with some individuals and companies now advertising the sale of the drug without approval from the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (…

Published: 03 Jul 2021 at 07:54hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter

Who Owns England?

Who Owns England? The question sounds oblique, when one considers the country's documented long history of "civilisation". One would think that, by now, this question should have long been settled. Yet, not at all.The question of who owns …

Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:33hrs | | by Ranga Mataire

A contestation of WHO's ambassadorial appointment hullabaloo

Zimbabwe is a state, in its statehood, it is founded on principles of human rights and compliance to international principles that include cooperation and solidarity to causes of humanity. In its nationhood, the land is guided by a represe…

Published: 25 Oct 2017 at 15:40hrs | 4 | by Tedious Ncube

Zimbabwe has recorded greatest achievements in health sector

Since attainment of independence in 1980, Zimbabwe is one of the African countries that have tremendously made great strides in reforming its healthy sector.During the colonial era, there was uneven distribution of health care services in …

Published: 24 Oct 2017 at 15:33hrs | 5 | by Chido Chikuni

WHO crushes Mugabe's ego

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has rescinded an honour it had bestowed on President Robert Mugabe last Thursday in the wake of a deafening global outcry from affiliate organisations and stakeholders in the health services sector, the …

Published: 23 Oct 2017 at 07:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Cuba eradicates mother to child HIV transmission

At the recent ICASA ceremony in Zimbabwe, it was refreshing to note that The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that Cuba has become the first non-western country in the world to stamp out transmission of HIV and syphilis from mothe…

Published: 08 Dec 2015 at 14:05hrs | 1 | by Suitable Kajau

Concerned over Zimbabwe's high maternal mortality rate

THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has expressed concern over Zimbabwe's "unacceptably high" maternal mortality rate, which currently stands at 614 deaths per 100 000 live births."Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) for Zimbabwe has declined f…

Published: 17 Jan 2015 at 12:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

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