Health

Government Partners with Supplier to Restore Cancer Treatment Equipment at Hospitals

ZIMBABWE | The Government, in collaboration with a supplier of cancer treatment equipment, is actively addressing the repair of machines at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals and Mpilo Central Hospital. This initiative, which has been in motion for about two years, is part

June 6, 2024

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Zimbabwe

Gweru Hospital Offers Free Orthopaedic Surgeries to Midlands Province Residents

ZIMBABWE | Gweru Hospital is providing a vital lifeline to patients in the Midlands province with a free orthopaedic surgery camp running this week. Over 30 patients have already benefitted from the camp, which started on Monday, showcasing the combined efforts of

May 30, 2024

Breaking News·Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe’s Parirenyatwa Hospital Resumes Free Open-Heart Surgeries

Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals in Harare has resumed offering free open-heart surgeries, aiming to address the significant backlog of patients in need of treatment. Led by veteran cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon Dr. Wilfred Muteweye, the team has already performed open-heart surgeries on

May 15, 2024

America·Featured

Pioneer of Pig Kidney Transplantation Passes Away Following Landmark Surgery

Richard Slayman, the first patient to receive a genetically edited kidney from a pig, has tragically passed away nearly two months following the milestone surgery. His demise, confirmed by both his family and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, marks a poignant moment

May 13, 2024

Malungwana village head Dumani and his wife Khulumoni Mhlanga get ready to dry their meat inside the kitchenin Esigodini Matabeleland South

Environment·Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe’s Underground Meat Trade in the Face of January Disease Crisis

January Disease, also known as Theileriosis, is a cattle ailment transmitted by ticks. Since the start of the year, farmers in Matabeleland South have lost a staggering 11,200 cattle. Desperate to salvage their dwindling assets, these farmers have forged an alliance with

April 19, 2024

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe surpasses global target on HIV treatment: report

Zimbabwe has achieved and surpassed the global target on HIV testing, treatment and viral suppression, three years ahead of the set time, state news agency New Ziana reported on Wednesday. The Joint UN Programme on HIV/Aids (UNAids) aims for HIV testing, treatment

November 9, 2022

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe renews COVID vaccination drive, targets school kids

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe has launched a new COVID-19 vaccination campaign that includes jabbing children aged 12 and above to rescue a drive faltering due to vaccine hesitancy and complacency. This week schools in the southern African country have become vaccination

March 24, 2022

Breaking News·Europe

Italians on high alert as coronavirus spreads south of the country

Italy’s coronavirus outbreak spread south on Tuesday to Tuscany and Sicily, as the civil protection agency reported a surge in the number of infected people and the death toll rose to 10. Officials reported 322 confirmed cases of the virus, 100 more

February 25, 2020

Africa·Health & Fitness

WHO likely to declare Ebola an international emergency -experts

The World Health Organization (WHO) should and is likely to declare an international emergency over the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has now spread to Uganda, experts said as a WHO advisory panel met on Friday. Congo’s epidemic

June 14, 2019

Zimbabwe

Mnangagwa promises to tackle funding for the Zimbabwe’s health system

On Wednesday President Emmerson Mnangagwa said his government was working on replacing the old sewer infrastructure installed by the Rhodesian regime, which was constantly bursting in Harare, leading to the outbreak of waterborne diseases such as the deadly cholera epidemic. He said

September 21, 2018

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