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Bulawayo records 70 home births in 2 months
BULAWAYO recorded more than 70 home births in two months with reports that these may result in the country failing to meet sustainable development goals on reducing maternal and neonatal deaths....Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 15:15hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
80% infants unregistered, says ZimStat
ONLY 19% of infants were registered at birth in the last 12 months prior to the 2022 census, Zimbabwe National Statistic Agency (ZimStat) preliminary results on fertility show.This means that ...Published: 05 Oct 2022 at 06:35hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo records an increase in home births
BULAWAYO recorded an increase in home deliveries since January this year, a development which experts say may reverse gains made in reducing maternal and neonatal mortality rates in Zimbabwe.R...Published: 06 Jun 2022 at 07:34hrs | 25 | by Staff Reporter
Mpilo gets state-of-the-art gadgets
MPILO Central Hospital yesterday received state-of-the-art machines from the Higher Life Foundation to help the hospital improve maternal and neo-natal health services. The equipment includes ...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 05:45hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
'2020 marks death of public health system'
In the midst of severe economic unrest, the Zimbabwean healthcare system has been disintegrating and coming apart at the seams over the years and 2020 took it a notch higher with the advent of COVID-1...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
378 Zimbabwean women die during child birth
A TOTAL of 378 women died while giving birth in Zimbabwe since January this year which translates to a maternal mortality ratio (MMR) of about 127 per 100 000 births. Of these women, 66 died at home w...Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man 'cuts open' wife's privates to assist home birth
A JOHANNE Marange Apostolic Sect member from Gutu in Masvingo province nearly killed his pregnant wife when he allegedly enlarged her birth canal using a home-made knife when she went into labour. ...Published: 08 Feb 2016 at 05:36hrs | | by Walter Mswazie
Gokwe women fined for giving birth at home
TRADITIONAL leaders in Sasame, Gokwe are fining women who give birth at home in an effort to combat maternal mortality.Chiefs are fining the women $25 while headmen are charging $5 or two goat...Published: 09 Aug 2015 at 08:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Danger as women give birth at home, health officials raise alarm
MATABELELAND NORTH - LUPANE district has recorded 195 home births since January, and health officials say this is being replicated in other poor rural communities countrywide, driving up the country's...Published: 17 Nov 2014 at 06:15hrs | | by Court Reporter
Zim pregnant women to get solar car from Australian student
A high school student from Adelaide, Australia, has turned his talents to manufacturing cars - designing a solar powered vehicle for expecting mothers in Zimbabwe.Yahoo!7 News reports t...Published: 14 Aug 2013 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Woman strangled newborn and wrapped her in plastic
A Harare woman (30) has been arrested after she allegedly strangled her newborn girl with an umbilical code soon after a home birth on Tuesday night. She allegedly killed her newborn by tying he...Published: 06 Jun 2011 at 08:44hrs | 1 | by Moyo Roy
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