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Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Health Buzz Sexual reproductive health is a fundamental human right that every individual should have access to. Unfortunately, in many countries, including Zimbabwe, there are still significant gaps in providing comprehensive sexual reproductive health services to all citizens. As Zimbabwe prepares to join global leaders at the International Conference on Population and Development […]
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Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Health Buzz As the 2024 Zimbabwe Livelihoods Assessment kicks off today, a crucial element takes centre stage: nutrition. While the assessment aims to gauge overall well-being across the urban population, it would be prudent to focus on how this can influence the formulation of interventions that can address challenges that are being faced […]
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Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Health Buzz This week we continue with our series of cancer awareness articles and our focus is on one of the deadliest cancers affecting women the world over: cervical cancer. Globally, cervical cancer is the fourth most frequent cancer in women. About 604 000 new cases were recorded in 2020 alone while an […]
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Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Health Buzz Tuberculosis remains one of the leading killer diseases in Zimbabwe and other African countries. There were an estimated 2.5 million TB cases in the African Region in 2019, accounting for 25 percent of the global burden. More than 500 000 African lives are lost to this disease every year. In Zimbabwe, […]
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Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Health Buzz Back in the day, it was all up to fate how many kids a couple could have. A woman would bear 10 children and there would be nothing amiss. In fact, women who had more children were considerably valued by the family than those who chose to have one or two […]
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Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Health Buzz Kids running naked along the banks of the river before they dive head first into the cooling water is not an unusual site in rural Zimbabwe. After a long, hot day spent herding cattle, swimming in the river will be the ultimate way to cool down and have fun. Not many […]
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Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Health Buzz After decades of fighting against HIV and AIDS, and making good progress, Zimbabwe could be faced with a major challenge that could derail the gains so far made. Identifying people with HIV and initiating them on treatment has seen the country getting recognition for being on track to attaining the UNAIDS […]
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Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Health Buzz Hundreds of Zimbabwean small scale business people traverse the 1 500 kilometres between Harare and the Tanzanian city of Dar es Salaam every month. While the nature of their businesses will differ, their travel requirements are the same. None of them can enter Tanzania without a yellow fever vaccination card. Many […]
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Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Health Buzz As a child, Mary (not her real name) was almost always tired and would have trouble sleeping and doing a lot of things other children her age were doing. Instead of going to play after school, she would just lie down on her bed and go to sleep. For her parents […]
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Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Senior Reporter A church service was held yesterday for national hero Cde Abraham Kabasa at the family’s Waterfalls home in Harare ahead of his burial today at the National Heroes Acre. Speakers described Cde Kabasa as a God-fearing man who loved his country and always strived to help the less privileged in the […]
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The pilot national telemedicine project will be rolled out by the Ministry of Health and Child Care next month as the Second Republic moves to ensure universal access to health services, in this case through smartphones, as enshrined in the National Development Strategy 1.
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Rumbidzayi Zinyuke-Health Buzz ABOUT three months ago, Zimbabwe recorded its first cholera case since the 2018 outbreak. Since then, a cumulative total of 598 suspected cholera cases have been reported with 127 of those confirmed. At least 14 people are suspected to have died from the disease and four of the deaths have so far […]
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Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Health Buzz Zimbabwe this week joins the world in commemorating World Immunisation week, amid calls for countries to increase targeted interventions to boost vaccination among children following the declines driven by the Covid-19 pandemic. Immunisation remains one of the most effective interventions to save lives of millions of people across the world and […]
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Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Health Buzz Four years ago, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and parts of Malawi were plunged into crisis when Cyclone Idai hit several provinces of these countries. The result was a humanitarian crisis of huge magnitude. Not only did people lose their lives, thousands of homes were destroyed, including the livestock and the fields, leaving families […]
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Since February 12, Zimbabwe has recorded 257 suspected cholera cases, 31 confirmed cases, 221 recoveries and two deaths (as at March 27).