By Elizabeth Sitotombe
ZIMBABWE is struggling with high rates of deaths related to pregnancy and childbirth, a tragedy that emphasises the urgent need for improved healthcare access to pregnant women across the country.
As Zimbabwe commemorates Women’s Month, it is crucial to interrogate some of the...
By Elizabeth Sitotombe
LAST month, 60 cholera cases were reported at Mazoe Flowers Farm compound, of which one case proved fatal. The cause of the outbreak was blamed on raw sewage which contaminated the only reliable potable source of water.
However, the worst cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe was recorded in...
By Simon Ngena
TRADITIONAL medicines play an important role in health care provision in developing countries, Zimbabwe included, as primary therapies and/
or as complementary medicines. In Shona culture, practitioners of herbal medicine are called n’angas while in Ndebele they are referred to as san- gomas....
By Kundai Marunya
THE CIMAS Health Group has launched a well-equipped and professionally staffed mobile clinic to improve health care access in remote and underserved communities.
This comes at a time access to healthcare is still a major concern in the country, with some communities travelling...
By Elizabeth Sitotombe
THE Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has declared a public health emergency over the growing Mpox, formerly known as monkey pox, outbreak in Africa.
According to the CDC, 34 countries in Africa are either reporting infections or are considered...
By Elizabeth Sitotombe
SANDRA (not her real name) was involved in a near-fatal accident somewhere near Norton, along the Bulawayo road. Luckily for her, she was able to get help in time. At the hospital, she underwent a successful life-saving operation. According to her,...
By Elizabeth Sitotombe
ZIMBABWE had its first recipient of the HIV prevention injection this month — a more convenient alternative to the daily regimen.
The long-acting Cabotegravir PrEP medication (also known as CAB-LA) is an injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) drug that was recently added to the...
By Sheldon Hakata
HEALTH is a fundamental human right as enshrined in our Constitution.
The establishment of a Centre of Excellence at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison by the Aids Healthcare Foundation (AHF) in collaboration with the Government of Zimbabwe through the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service...
…use of diabetic injections to treat obesity
By Elizabeth Sitotombe
THERE appears to be in spike in chronic or lifestyle diseases — notably diabetes, hypertension (or high blood pressure) and obesity — in Zimbabwe.
It is estimated that 10 in every 100 people suffer from diabetes, while...
By Elizabeth Sitotombe
A VIDEO of vendors storing their vegetables and other items for sale in filthy public toilets and later selling them to the unsuspecting public is circulating on social media.
The city fathers have simply let the people down.
The opposition-led Council’s negligence in service...
By Kudzayi Gumbanjera
POST-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a complex psychological condition that can affect individuals of all ages and backgrounds.
While it is commonly associated with combat veterans and survivors of natural disasters, it can also impact children who have experienced traumatic events, such as...
“THE prevalence of diabetes in people 45 years and above is high since the improvement of life expectancy in Zimbabwe which is around 60 to 65 years,” said Dr Gerald Katsamba, a consultant at Morgenster Hospital Diabetes Clinic and Merck Foundation Alumni in Zimbabwe.
According...
