Rosemary Chinamasa Herald Reporter
THREE people died of common diarrhoea and more than 7 000 others, mostly children, were treated of the disease throughout the country last week alone. According to the latest weekly report from the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare, one of the dead was a child under five years. Of the 7 285

Obesity, physical inactivity and being overweight account for more than 88 000 breast cancer deaths each year.
Studies show 19 percent of breast cancer deaths are attributed to increased weight. Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, claiming 7,6 million people each year according to the World Health Organisation. Over 40 percent of all cancer can be prevented and some of the most common cancers — including breast, colorectal and cervical — are curable if detected early. According to WHO,

We have made great strides in the fight against HIV in the past decade and we are seeing the fruits of our labour paying off. HIV treatment has saved millions of lives around the world and, thanks to a range of effective prevention options, fewer people are becoming infected with HIV. But to

Paidamoyo Chipunza Health Reporter
WOMEN must time and space their pregnancies to save themselves from maternal-related deaths, a senior health expert has said. Usaid senior technical advisor Ms Maureen Norton said the number of children also determined the health status of a woman. She was speaking at a best practices

Paidamoyo Chipunza Health Reporter
A team of senior secretariat members from the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria arrived in Zimbabwe yesterday for a series of meetings to assess progress on projects. The team is expected to hold meetings with Government and partners in a bid to ensure smooth

Health Reporter
ABOUT 120 children with hernia are expected to undergo free corrective surgery this week at Harare Central Hospital, a senior official has said.
Cinical director Mr George Vera yesterday said the operations that started on Monday were expected to run until Friday. “The operations have been

Health Reporter
GOVERNMENT will next month embark on a massive nationwide drug administration programme to combat bilharzia following injection of drug supplies by health partners. Director of Epidemiology and Disease Control in the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare Dr Portia Manangazira said about 23

Health Reporter
THE Italian Embassy in Zimbabwe says it is committed to continue funding immunisation programmes in Zimbabwe to ensure a better future for children in the country. Commenting on the country’s immunisation programme, Italian Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mr Stefano Moscatelli said: “Italy

Paidamoyo Chipunza Health Reporter
It is a diary of events, for worst or best things that happen in one’s life. They can include even photographs of their departed loved ones or those of people still surviving. All this is done to provide a page when there is no shoulder to lean on for orphans and other vulnerable children. They call

Herald Reporter
More than 100 people will benefit from free surgical eye operations being undertaken by United States of America-based eye specialists and their local counterparts. The five-day surgery targets people with diabetic eye complications. The programme started yesterday and ends on Friday.

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