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Zimbabwe farm-grab doctor sanctioned by UK Medical Tribunal
A MEDICAL doctor originally from Zimbabwe has been sanctioned after his fitness to practice was found to have been impaired during a recent hearing by the Medical Practitioners' Tribunal (MPTS)....Published: 18 Jul 2022 at 08:40hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean doctor at centre of Grace Mugabe farm 'gift' charged with medical misconduct; risks being struck off by tribunal
A doctor at the centre of a 2016 farm seizure row in Zimbabwe is appearing before the UK Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) over allegations of mistreating patients.The tribunal, un...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Condom distribution blitz in Bulawayo suburbs
THE Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC) is moving around Bulawayo suburbs distributing condoms, mostly to youths as part of its Sexual Health and Reproduction campaign.The week-l...Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 05:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teen pregnancy rate rises
ZIMBABWE'S teenage pregnancy rate has risen by two percent to 24 percent, with the majority being schoolgirls that are forced to drop out of school.The worrying trend has also led to debate ov...Published: 23 Nov 2021 at 05:56hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe rolls out new contraceptive
The Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC) has introduced a new contraceptive - Sayana Press - to widen family planning options.The new contraceptive, which is manufactured in Belgi...Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Teacher falls into mine shaft, dies while panning for gold
A Mathematics teacher from Zvishavane, who had absconded work to go and conduct illegal mining, died after he fell headlong into a 15-metre deep mine shaft while lowering his colleague with a rope....Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 07:55hrs | 9 | by Staff Reporter
Free condoms
THE Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC) has said sexually active people should not panic over a recent increase in price of condoms as the organisation continued to issue them free of ch...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 00:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Youths fret over condom price hike
YOUTHS in Manicaland Province are fretting over a sharp rise in flavoured condom prices saying it tempts them into having unprotected sex, exposing them to Sexually Transmitted Diseases.Prices...Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 17:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe baby boom ruled out after price hikes
THERE will not be a "baby boom" in the country following a sharp increase in the prices of available family planning methods, a senior official from the Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council (ZNFP...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
College students abuse 'morning-after pills'
STUDENTS at institutions of higher learning are abusing the emergency contraceptive pill popularly known as the "morning-after pill" to prevent pregnancy after engaging in unprotected sex. The...Published: 20 Oct 2018 at 08:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'No birth control pills shortage'
THE Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council has allayed fears that Mashonaland West province has run out of contraceptives urging women in need to visit their nearest health centres to collect their...Published: 08 Oct 2018 at 06:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZINATHA wants to be included on medical aid
MEMBERS of the Zimbabwe National Traditional Healers Association (ZINATHA) have appealed to be paid through medical aid facilities and cushion them from the current cash shortages. Speaking at...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Couples urged on condom use
BED-RIDDEN on a single bed at United Bulawayo Hospitals with blood-stained bandages on her legs and arms, 25-year-old Moleen Mpala (not her real name) could not fathom events leading to her being stru...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe's son evicted over rent arrears
Former First Lady Grace Mugabe's son, Russell Goreraza, has been ordered to vacate his rented premises in Newlands, Harare over rental arrears amounting to $65 801.High Court judge Justice Dav...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 06:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF loses Masvingo urban to MDC Alliance
Masvingo Urban constituency has been won by Jacob Nyokanhete of the MDC-Alliance who defied the odds to beat the better-known and well-resourced Benjaman Taguma Mazarire of Zanu-PF in the only parliam...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 12:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt justifies shortage of hospitals in Matebeleland
The shortage of hospitals in Matebeleland is a result of sparse population density caused by migration of local citizens to neighbouring countries, government has said.This comes amid bitter c...Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 16:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Morning-after pill' use surges
THE Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC) is dissuading young people from abusing emergency contraceptive pill as it is harmful.The ZNFPC said girls were indulging in unprotected s...Published: 02 May 2018 at 08:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sex education for schools
Government is finalising a comprehensive sex education policy for primary and secondary schools.This is to stem the problems caused by pupils engaging in early sexual relationships, which incl...Published: 08 Apr 2018 at 09:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Teenage pregnancies still rampant in Zimbabwe'
ZIMBABWE's laws still do not allow for safe clinical abortions despite that 17% of the youth population aged between 15 and 19 years are already mothers.Getrude Katsande, the Zimbabwe National...Published: 05 Apr 2018 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
30 to 40% of teenagers sexually active
LEGISLATORS were last week told that between 30 and 40% teenagers were already sexually active and urgently required information on sexual reproductive health and contraception to protect them against...Published: 30 Oct 2017 at 04:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe maintains family planning course
ZIMBABWE has met and surpassed some of its 2020 goals for family planning, with statistics from the Ministry of Health and Child Care pointing towards a remarkable increase in the uptake of modern con...Published: 27 Jul 2017 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sex education at ECD level
SEXUALITY education has been introduced in schools across all grades, starting from Early Childhood Development (ECD) as part of increasing sexual reproductive health knowledge among young people, an ...Published: 09 Jul 2017 at 07:33hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe faces birth control pill shortage
Zimbabwe is facing a serious shortage of birth control pills and government is seized with the matter to ensure the situation does not get out of hand.In short supply, particularly in the rura...Published: 24 Jun 2017 at 15:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo women bear less children - National Family Planning Council
WOMEN in Bulawayo metropolitan province bear the least number of children compared to their counterparts in other provinces across the country, statistics have shown.According to the Zimbabwe ...Published: 04 Jun 2017 at 10:10hrs | 8 | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo runs out of birth control pills
BULAWAYO has been hit by a shortage of Marvelon, a birth control pill which experts say had less side effects compared to other methods of contraception.In a survey conducted by Chronicle in B...Published: 17 May 2017 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Depo-provera fuel HIV
Women from Matabeleland region who use Depo-provera are at great risk of contracting HIV, World Health Organisation (WHO) has reportedly said.Chances of contracting the virus are said to...Published: 03 May 2017 at 04:54hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Female condom uptake low at MSU
FEMALE students at Midlands State University (MSU) continue to shun the female condom with their uptake still low compared to the male condom, a nurse at the institution has said.Last year...Published: 14 Mar 2017 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Half of all Zimbabwean pregnancies unplanned
Almost half of all pregnancies in the country are unplanned for because of poor individual contraceptive choices, the Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC) has said.ZNFPC provi...Published: 29 Nov 2016 at 09:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Crisis as morning after pills run out
The Levonorgestrel Tablets (Morning after pills), a drug used in emergency situation as a contraceptive to prevent pregnancies has run out and pharmacists are concerned at both the upswing in upta...Published: 26 Nov 2016 at 17:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Takamuka petition Mugabe on bond notes
Protest movement #Tajamuka has drafted a petition to President Robert Mugabe over planned introduction of controversial bond notes.The group which has in recent months organised demonstrations...Published: 10 Oct 2016 at 09:31hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Bulawayo shuns family planning - BCC
Bulawayo women are reported shunning family planning methods a development that is leading to unwanted pregnancies.This has forced city council to engaged the Zimbabwe National Family Planning...Published: 04 Aug 2016 at 17:51hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Youths reject free 'Dembare' condoms
EFFORTS to rebrand the Panther "Dembare" condoms are underway to attract more users and help reduce the spread of sexually transmitted infections. The development came to light during the Mata...Published: 26 Nov 2015 at 05:15hrs | | by Marvelous Moyo
Pupils use freezit packs as condoms
Sexually active pupils in Masvingo are reportedly using freezit packets for protection as substitute for as condoms.This was heard during a Health Coordination Forum organised by the Zimbabwe ...Published: 17 Nov 2015 at 11:52hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Tobaiwa Mudede responds to birth control drugs critics
Our presentation to the Parliamentary Portfolio committee on Women's Affairs, Gender and Community Development on July 7 2015 triggered a myriad of comments. We have received an overwhelming number o...Published: 25 Jul 2015 at 09:17hrs | | by Tobaiwa T Mudede and Richard Hondo
Condoms used to make floor polish
CONDOMS sourced by Government to be distributed to the public for free are reportedly being used by unscrupulous individuals to make floor polish, Zimbabwe National Network of People living with HIV (...Published: 03 May 2015 at 12:56hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans used 80 million condoms in 2014
At least 80 million condoms were distributed under the national programme last year, the Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC) has revealed.The condoms cost $25 million. ZNFPC, a p...Published: 03 Mar 2015 at 14:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Living in dread of sex, cellphones
Zimbabwe is fast hurtling into a state of anarchy. The desire to appear modern, democratic and progressive appears to have been hijacked by nihilistic, iconoclastic forces whose sinister agenda is ye...Published: 08 Feb 2015 at 10:53hrs | | by Joram Nyathi
'School children should be given contraceptives'
School children should be given contraceptives, the Government body charged with family planning said yesterday, in a move likely to torch a storm.The Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council...Published: 29 Jan 2015 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Women refuse to use condoms'
Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC) has expressed concern at the continued resistance by most women to use the female condom. Statistics availed by ZNFPC revealed that in every 40 male...Published: 14 Jan 2015 at 18:07hrs | | by Loveness Bepete
Nurses 'steal' drugs, operate private clinic
FOUR registered nurses from the Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC) appeared at the Harare Magistrates' Court on allegations of stealing drugs worth over $91 000 from their employer...Published: 11 Oct 2014 at 12:58hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
'Mudede must zip-up and avoid making reckless statements'
THE Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC) has appealed to the government to order some of its top officials such as Registrar-General Tobaiwa Mudede to zip-up and avoid making "reckless" s...Published: 22 Sep 2014 at 12:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo register high condom uptake, high HIV rate
THE contentious 2012 census results showing Bulawayo's population in decline could be accurate if the city's high uptake of condoms is anything to go by.Out of a staggering 300 million male an...Published: 03 Aug 2014 at 20:21hrs | | by Tinomuda Chakanyuka
Zim hospitals fail to pay for contraceptives
GOVERNMENT health institutions and council clinics across the country are reportedly failing to pay the Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC) for supplies of contraceptives since 2010, wit...Published: 27 Jul 2014 at 13:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Family Planning Council blasts attention-seeking Mudede
The Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC) on Wednesday accused Registrar General Tobaiwa Mudede of sabotaging its work after he called on Zimbabweans to shun contraceptives. Mu...Published: 17 Jul 2014 at 07:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Condoms, birth control pills to be distributed to 10 year olds
The Ministry of Health and Child Care is pushing for the introduction of a legal framework to support the distribution of contraceptives to "adolescents" aged between 10 and 24 under an ongoing initia...Published: 22 Sep 2013 at 09:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Less women countrywide using condoms
LESS than one percent of women in the country use the female condom, an official has said.Responding to written questions, Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC) acting director for...Published: 07 Jun 2013 at 04:00hrs | | by Lorraine Phiri
Female condoms gaining popularity
The Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC) has said the distribution of female condoms rose sharply following the launch of a home meeting concept.A recent survey by ZNFPC revealed ...Published: 05 May 2013 at 09:35hrs | | by Own correspondent
Zimbabwe's economic stability triggers baby boom
Child births have risen in Zimbabwe from 3,8 to 4,1 births per woman since 2006 in what many experts believe is a result of the economic stability the country is enjoying, a recent study has revealed....Published: 14 Jul 2012 at 14:26hrs | | by Senior Health Reporter
Uptake of female condom is significantly low
The uptake of the female condom remains low compared to male condoms as women fail to negotiate safe sex, the Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council says.Speaking during a journalists' trai...Published: 28 Dec 2011 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
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