By Elizabeth Sitotombe
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) first declared COVID-19 a public health emergency of international concern in January 2020, and just last week declared that COVID-19 pandemic was no longer a public health emergency of international concern.
It has been a tough three years...
NO two children are the same and it is wise not to compare children’s milestones; each child is different.
Nevertheless, parents cannot help compare and therefore, tend to worry when a child does not reach his/her milestones at the same time as his/her siblings.
This was...
SOCIAL stigma and isolation affect many women whose children have cleft lip and cleft palate.
At a recently held workshop in Harare, organised by Smile Train, Sprout Women Empowerment Trust (SWET) and Shumiro Sarah Crystal Magandi Trust, women whose children have cleft lip...
By Shingirirai Mutonho and Regina Banda
THE birth of a child is news that is received with joy and jubilation in a family.
As each day passes parents keep track of changes and development in the child, which usually bring joy as they watch the...
THIS month, Zimbabwe joins the world in observing World Autism Awareness month.
This year's theme is: 'Transforming the narrative: Contributions at home, at work, in the arts and in policymaking', a call to bring up awareness about autism, accepting and supporting autistic people in the...
By Elizabeth Sitotombe
LAST WEEK, the Ministry of Health and Child Care expressed concern over the number of malaria infections and deaths.
39 people are believed to have lost their lives after contracting the disease following an outbreak which has affected 17 623 people to date,...
By Elizabeth Sitotombe
IN Zimbabwe, from a very young age, some girls are taught to pull the labia minora until they are as long as prescribed by their tutors.
The reason behind this is that puling one’s labia minora is a requisite for marriage, a rite...
By Elizabeth Sitotombe
ON February 15 2023, Zimbabwe confirmed a case of cholera in Chegutu Town, Mashonaland West Province, and on February 17 another was confirmed.
The first victim has since recovered but there is so much cause for concern.
Currently, there is a cholera outbreak in...
By Elizabeth Sitotombe
ZIMBABWEANS looking to travel abroad are, in some cases, required to take compulsory tuberculosis (TB) tests.
For instance, those planning to go to the UK and stay for over six months will need to have a TB test before entering that country.
Why?
Tuberculosis is...
By Elizabeth Sitotombe
JANUARY is cervical cancer awareness month.
Every two minutes a woman dies from cervical cancer.
The good news is that it is preventable and curable with early detection and treatment.
Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer among women globally, with an estimated 604...
By Elizabeth Sitotombe
THE new COVID-omicron XBB.1.5 variant is proof that the time to completely relax where the pandemic is concerned is not yet ripe.
The virus that causes COVID-19 continues to change and mutate and the latest one has caused some concern because of how...
HEALTH risk factors, such as smoking, alcohol and drug abuse, are considered to be among the dominant risk factors for both male and female infertility.
Zimbabwe is not spared among the countries battling an increased rate of youth who are abusing drugs and alcohol.
Commonly used...
