Zimbabwe: Condom Crisis Hits Sanyati District - NAC Intervenes to Ensure Product Availability
[New Zimbabwe] A critical shortage of condoms has reportedly hit Sanyati district, which incorporates the gold-mining city of Kadoma, where commercial sex work is rife. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 21, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Southern Africa Zimbabwe Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Govt to Remove Unregistered Artisanal Miners Along Mazowe River to Curb Cholera Spread
[New Zimbabwe] The government through cabinet has agreed to remove all unregistered artisanal miners along rivers the Mazowe River as part of its efforts to curb cholera spread. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 21, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Governance Health and Medicine Southern Africa Zimbabwe Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Ex-MP Temba Mliswa Confirms He Sired Son With Controversial Susan Mutami
[New Zimbabwe] Former Norton Member of Parliament, Temba Mliswa has come out publicly to announce that he indeed is the father to one of controversial socialite Susan Mutami's offspring. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - March 19, 2024 Category: OBGYN Tags: Health and Medicine Legal and Judicial Affairs Pregnancy and Childbirth Southern Africa Zimbabwe Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: 'I Grew Up in Ghetto Where Youths Took Drugs but This Is Worse' - - Says MP Mhangwa - Calls for Tighter Laws
[New Zimbabwe] By James Muonwa l Mashonaland West Correspondent (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 18, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Southern Africa Zimbabwe Source Type: news
‘We don’t know where the money is going’: the ‘carbon cowboys’ making millions from credit schemes
In the districts surrounding Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe, most people have little idea their villages were at the centre of a multimillion-dollar carbon boom. Punctuated by straw-thatched mud houses, the Miombo woodlands on the edge of the enormous artificial lake are mostly home to smallholder…#lakekariba #zimbabwe #hurungwe #kariba #puertorico #verra #kenya #rogerskavura #chikova #southpole (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Surpasses 4 Million Polio Vaccination Target
[263Chat] The Ministry of Health and Child Care (MOHCC) in collaboration with UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO), Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), US Centre for Disease Control (USCDC) and other partners have surpassed the four million target for polio vaccination using the nOPV2 vaccine. (Source: AllAfrica News: Polio)
Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - March 13, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Health and Medicine Polio Southern Africa Zimbabwe Source Type: news
Africa: What's Behind the Worldwide Shortage of Cholera Vaccines? for Starters, They're Only Made By One Company
[The Conversation Africa] In February 2024 the World Health Organization announced southern Africa was suffering the deadliest regional outbreak of cholera in at least a decade. At the epicentre of the disaster were Malawi, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, where cholera cases surged more than four-fold between 2022 and 2023. Over 1,600 deaths were reported in the three countries. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 13, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Malawi Mozambique Southern Africa Zimbabwe Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Massive Increase in Suicidal Attempts Among Youths Below 30
[263Chat] Mpilo Central Hospital recently witnessed a startling surge in suicide attempts, particularly among individuals under the age of 30. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 13, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Legal and Judicial Affairs Southern Africa Zimbabwe Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: UK Bans Health Workers From Bringing Family Members
[263Chat] The UK Home Office announced a ban on health workers bringing dependants into the country. This decision comes amidst a backdrop of economic turmoil in Zimbabwe, which has seen a significant exodus of its citizens to the UK in search of better opportunities, particularly in the care sector. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 12, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Europe and Africa External Relations Health and Medicine Southern Africa Zimbabwe Source Type: news
Creative Art of Ageing competition proves hit with Zimbabwe and The Gambia communities
A creative arts competition giving older people in Zimbabwe and The Gambia a platform to express their experiences about ageing saw hundreds of entries showcase their artistic talent across four categories: music, dance, prose, and mixed media from across both countries. The competition, part of a University of Bristol led research project, hopes to improve the health and wellbeing of older people living in sub-Saharan Africa. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - March 11, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Health, International, Research; Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Population Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Translational Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, Institutes, Institutes, Bri Source Type: news
Adverse childhood experiences and mental distress among adolescents and youth in Zimbabwe - Chipalo E.
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are a global public health crisis associated with physical and poor mental health outcomes. The current study examined the prevalence and association between individual and cumulative ACEs with mental distress among ado... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Govt Interventions Lead to Cholera Cases Decline
[The Herald] Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Senior Reporter (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 7, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Southern Africa Zimbabwe Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Extends Cholera Vaccination Amid Declining New Cases
[New Zimbabwe] The Zimbabwean government on Tuesday extended oral cholera vaccination in the capital Harare amid a marked decline in new cases countrywide. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 6, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Southern Africa Zimbabwe Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Global Hunger Crisis Worsens, Report Warns
[263Chat] The world is facing a worsening hunger crisis, with millions of people suffering from severe food insecurity and malnutrition, according to a new report released on Tuesday. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 6, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Food and Agriculture Climate Environment Health and Medicine Southern Africa Zimbabwe Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Strives to Eliminate Cervical Cancer
[The Herald] Growing up in the dusty streets of Hurungwe, Juliet Chimedza was her father's trusted sidekick. The father was a well-known traditional healer, famous for 'treating' even the most serious diseases like cancer. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 5, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Southern Africa Zimbabwe Source Type: news
