Government is mobilizing US$177 million towards the National Family Planning Strategy which seeks to increase the uptake of modern contraception from the current 2.4 million women to 2.7 million between 2016 and 2020. This could effectively mean that the average cost of reaching one woman of
HIV and Aids remains a major threat to adolescents and young people in Zimbabwe, with statistics pointing to unprotected sex and lack of information on the pandemic as the key driver, a report has revealed. According to a the National Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive
Zimbabwe needs to shift from depending on external support for Tuberculosis (TB) treatment and prevention programmes and come up with home grown solutions, Minister of Health and Child Care, Dr David Parirenyatwa has said. Speaking during the World TB Day commemorations held at Selukwe Primary School
Teenage pregnancies remain a huge problem in Zimbabwe with rural and apostolic sect girls the most affected, according to Minister of Health and Child Care, Dr David Parirenyatwa. Officiating at the launch of the National Teenage Fertility Study which coincided with the launch of National Adolescent
Harare Residents Trust Director, Precious Shumba has called Health and Child Care Minister, Dr David Parirenyatwa sick minded over his remarks that residents are responsible for the recent typhoid outbreak in Harare. Addressing a round table discussion in Harare on Thursday, Shumba said it is the
A partnership between the government of Zimbabwe and Cordaid could rescue Mutoko women who have over the years endured difficulties during delivery due to high maternal costs. Cordaid, a Non-Governmental Organization is implementing a program called Resource Based Finance, put in place to develop infrastructure at
The government of Zimbabwe has successfully reduced the frequency and magnitude of infectious diseases with the last polio case reported 25 years ago, Minister of Health and Child Care has said. In his speech read by Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals Chief Executive Officer, Mr Thomas Zigora,
Government will soon roll out a mandatory bio fortification program where food processors will be forced to add micro nutrients such as iron, zinc, vitamin A and vitamin B into their products, a senior government official has said. Speaking at the launch of widespread availability of
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