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MCAZ issues urgent warning
The Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) has sounded the alarm over the distribution of counterfeit Cloxacillin 250mg capsules, warning that the falsified antibiotics pose a significant thre...Published: 26 Jul 2025 at 11:23hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to lead AU medicines body
The African Union in conjunction with the World Health Organisation and NEPAD has began the process of setting up a regional medicines control authority, with Zimbabwe leading the taskforce.Th...Published: 31 Aug 2017 at 06:29hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Health Care in Africa: What Next?
In the war between humanity and disease, perhaps the greatest victory of recent years took place in Africa. At the turn of the millennium, serious analysts expected HIV/AIDS to kill up to half the peo...Published: 12 Oct 2016 at 07:40hrs | 2 | by Robert Guest and Slavea Chankova
Govt warns against fake drugs
The government has warned members of the public against buying pharmaceutical products from unregistered dealers as they may cause serious side effects and drug resistance.This follows an oper...Published: 30 Aug 2015 at 16:47hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Abortion tablets a hit among Bulawayo school girls
Abortion tablets sourced from a South Africa-based online clinic - The Women's Faith Clinic have become a hit among school girls in Bulawayo.The tablets, known as Cytotec, cost $120 per sachet...Published: 16 Jul 2015 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
HIV+ patients warned against black market drugs
THE Government has warned people living with HIV and Aids against buying smuggled anti-retroviral (ARVs) drugs from the black market as this exposes them to complications.Responding to concer...Published: 10 Jul 2014 at 09:02hrs | | by Patrick Chitumba
Illegal ARVs flood Zim black market
ILLEGAL imports of the latest generation of anti-retroviral (ARVs) drugs from neighbouring South Africa and Zambia have flooded the local black market, exposing people living with HIV to health compli...Published: 06 Jul 2014 at 07:18hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Microsoft dismantle spam network
Microsoft on Thursday announced the dismantling of a "notorious and complex" network of virus-infected computers used to send billions of e-mail messages daily hawking fake drugs....Published: 18 Mar 2011 at 06:33hrs | 2 | by Byo24News
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