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Cyclone Idai has come and gone. But six months after the national disaster ravaged three Southern African neighbouring countries, Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe, a visit to one of the affected areas in Chimanimani still resembles a sad…

Medical doctors from Harare and Bulawayo have joined forces to demonstrate against the abduction of the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association president, Dr Peter Magombeyi and have vowed that they will not return to work until he is found.…

Gold rush in Cyclone Idai hit areas of Manicaland province has seen a drastic upsurge in Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), a health catastrophe that is likely to give the ministry of Health and Child Care severe headache,. The…

Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) have responded to the move by the government to bar doctors from engaging in industrial action saying they have labour rights just like other government employees. Addressing the post cabinet…

A local financial institution, Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe has donated RTGS$140 000 worth of goods to the Albino Charity Organisation of Zimbabwe (ALCOZ) to help reduce skin cancer risks among people with albinism. Speaking at the handover…

The Health Service Board (HSB) has announced an agreement with treasury for a cost of living allowance adjustment to mark the end of a countrywide strike by doctors that kick started yesterday.   According to the Zimbabwe Hospital…

The opposition Movement of Democratic Change (MDC) has urged top government leaders to seek medical attention locally as that will force them to improve the country's dilapidated healthcare system. In a press release earlier today, the…

Uptake of pharmaceutical products in Zimbabwe has drastically gone down, raising fears that some patients could be defaulting, a situation that is likely to complicate their medical condition, 263Chat has learnt. Pharmaceutical…

Despite getting a 60 percent salary increase,  have alerted government of their plan to embark on an industrial action starting from the 3rd of September saying delays by the Health Service Board to review their salaries has rendered them…

The Ministry of Health and Child Care noted that children ( 0-14) and adolescents are always left behind in terms of HIV prevention and treatment in Zimbabwe. Addressing an International AIDS Society meeting, Dr Owen Mugurungi said…