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Masiyiwas, Gates Foundation launch $500 million 'Beginnings Fund'
A new $500 million philanthropic initiative aimed at reducing maternal and newborn deaths in sub-Saharan Africa has been launched by a coalition of global donors, including Zimbabwean philanthropists ...Published: 12 May 2025 at 13:57hrs | 2031 | 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 | 405 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 generates numerous scams
COVID-19 scams have included supposed cures, fake testing sites and counterfeit personal protective equipment (PPE), Dr Katlego Mothudi, managing director of the Board of Healthcare Funders, a regiona...Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 12:46hrs | 1 | by Agencies
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
Open air churches banned
Mutare City Council (MCC) has banned open air church gatherings unless the churches provide ablution facilities and taped water as it moves to eliminate any risk of disease outbreaks.MCC publi...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 12:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Liberate and free the last colony of Africa
Dear Mr. S. Sibanda, "Very true that woman are marginalized" by S. Sibanda That was your article on the 8th of August 2018 on Bulawayo24: I wish to express my sincere gratitude for the...Published: 11 Aug 2018 at 17:45hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Investments in poor children save more lives per dollar spent, new UNICEF study says
Unless the world makes faster progress on reducing child mortality, by 2030 almost 70 million children will die before reaching their fifth birthdayUNICEF Communications Specialist Elizabeth B...Published: 30 Jun 2017 at 07:15hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Misplaced priorities: Mathebeleland is marginalized and abjectly poor
The seeking to restore a monarch in Mathebeleland never ceases to amaze most of us who come from the region. Is restoring a Khumalo clan indeed a priority for our region? What value is the King of Mat...Published: 11 Aug 2016 at 16:32hrs | 4 | by Nomazulu Thata
Chaka Rural Hospital to be electrified-MP
Funds for the electrification of Chaka Rural Hospital have been mobilised, Chirumanzu North constituency MP, Innocent Pedzisai Munanzvi has said.Masvingo Mirror reported that the electrification p...Published: 09 Mar 2016 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Eating isitshwala linked to poor pass rate in schools, increase in diabetes cases
THE rapid increase in diabetes cases and the poor pass rate in schools has been directly linked to the country's dietary staple — isitshwala/sadza.According to the Ministry of Health and Chi...Published: 28 Feb 2016 at 12:07hrs | | by Musah Gwaunza
Myths, truths about Mugabe's Zimbabwe
Disembarking from the plane at Harare International Airport in Harare last week, a passenger standing next to me uttered what sounded like a Swahili word: "Tuonane." This article was first published i...Published: 18 May 2015 at 13:23hrs | 3 | by Mohamed Guleid
Local ideas shaping national health agendas to reduce child deaths in developing countries
LONDON, United-Kingdom - GSK and Save the Children continue to call for applications for their 2014 $1 million Healthcare Innovation Award, as previous winners attract interest and support from ...Published: 12 Aug 2014 at 10:49hrs | 1 | by APO
Plunder of timber and fisheries is holding Africa back - Kofi Annan
This year's Africa Progress Report calls on African leaders to tackle inequality and demands global community tackle plunder of continent's natural resources Afri...Published: 08 May 2014 at 07:11hrs | | by APP
HIV, Aids deaths drop
The number of people dying from HIV and Aids-related illnesses has significantly dropped from a high of 170 000 in 2003 to about 60 000 last year, a development attributed to Government programmes of...Published: 26 Mar 2014 at 00:30hrs | 2 | by Paidamoyo Chipunza
76% of people now have access to improved water sources - Report
A recent Zimbabwe Demographic Health Survey (ZDHS) has revealed that 76% of people in the country now have access to improved water sources, up from 46 percent in 2008, according to However...Published: 30 Apr 2013 at 02:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Africa's priorities for sustainable development
In preparation for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio, African heads of state and ministers have been meeting on a consensus response. Africa's priority areas are highlighted below....Published: 21 Jun 2012 at 19:47hrs | | by Africa Renewal
Malnutrition in Zimbabwe knows no class
A dossier "A Situational Analysis on the Status of Women's and Children's Rights in Zimbabwe, 2005-2010", made public recently reveals that up to 12000 children die of malnutrition each year in Zimba...Published: 24 Apr 2011 at 05:12hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
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