Herald Reporter
An 11-year-old Wedza girl who is suffering from a spinal disease is looking for assistance to enable her to buy medication and food. Primrose Jabangwe, who was orphaned when she was six years old, is

Health Reporter
VARICHEM Pharmaceuticals has stopped the production of life-prolonging anti-retroviral drugs owing to lack of support from the local market, a company official has said. The firm’s state-of-the-art machinery

Paidamoyo Chipunza Health Reporter
GOVERNMENT seeks to have 75 percent of the Aids Levy collections directed towards anti-retroviral drugs instead of the current 50 percent. The treatment gap for HIV and Aids continues to increase in

Herald Reporter
THE European Union has availed €4 million (US$ 5,2 million) to support the Zimbabwe’s health system.
The money is part of the Health Transition Fund managed by Unicef in Zimbabwe. HTF aims to eliminate

Health Reporter
THERE have been different outcomes from different laboratories on the quality of water from boreholes in Harare and even if the Harare City Council administers “shock chlorination”, emphasis

Paidamoyo Chipunza and Shiana Mhizha Health Reporters
IN an effort to promote menstrual hygiene among women and young girls from poor resource settings, a local non-governmental organisation is imparting skills in rural communities to make their

Health Reporter
GOVERNMENT has set up a committee to strategise the best way to scrap user fees for pregnant women.
Health and Child Welfare Minister Dr Henry Madzorera said following the launch Health Transition Fund,

Paidamoyo Chipunza Health Reporter
THE World Health Organisation has recommended that women continue using hormonal contraceptives in spite of revelations that their use doubles chances of uninfected women acquiring HIV. WHO, on the

Health Reporter
TOBACCO farmers bringing in their produce for sale at the country’s auction floors have given thumbs up to sanitary facilities there. Farmers interviewed yesterday said there are few informal food vendors,