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Health Experts Advise Gogo Gwena To ‘Close Shop’

Fadzai Ndangana Nov 22, 2019

Popular Mbare-based traditional midwife, Gogo Gwena, who for the past days hogged lime light for running a backyard maternity ward at her house has been advised to 'close shop' or risk facing legal actions. Gogo Gwena, real name, Esther…

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Mbuya Gwena’s Backyard Maternity Ward: A Health Time Bomb

Fadzai Ndangana Nov 20, 2019

As one approaches Mbuya Gwena's place of residents in Mbare, one would be hoodwinked to believe its a private hospital located right in the heart of a high density suburb due to the number of people that frequent her in search of labour…

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Zimbabwe Hit By Shortage Of ARVs

Fadzai Ndangana Jul 1, 2019

Zimbabwe AIDS Network (ZAN) has petitioned the government over the shortage of Antiretroviral drugs in the country. This comes after the failure by the Reserve Bank Zimbabwe (RBZ) to release money that was set aside by the Global Fund to…

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Investment in Hygiene Promotion Essential for Human Dignity: World Vision

Shorai Murwira Aug 15, 2018

Water Aid’s recently released State of Hygiene in Southern Africa report argues that poor hygiene is a major contributor to several hygiene-related diseases in the Southern Africa region. Most prominently are the endemic cholera outbreaks…

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New Vaccine to Eradicate Cervical Cancer Causing Infection

Faith Zvorufura Apr 4, 2018

The risk factors for HPV infection and cervical cancer include early sexual debut and multiple sex partners...

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Zim on High Alert as Cholera Ravages Zambia

Staff Reporter Jan 19, 2018

Government has declared war on typhoid and cholera saying they are engaging in preparatory measures to battle the water borne diseases which they fear might spread into the country from neighboring Zambia where an outbreak has been…

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Chimanimani Health Workers Helping Mothers To Fight Acute Malnutrition

Lovejoy Mutongwiza Jun 30, 2017

Owing to the recent El Nino Draught during the 2015/16 farming season, many children suffered from Acute Malnutrition. Consequently, village health workers have been trying to help children suffering from acute malnutrition using the little…

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Pollution: 300 million children breathing toxic air – UNICEF report

Samuel Takawira Nov 1, 2016

UN Children’s Fund calls for urgent action at upcoming COP 22 NEW YORK 31 October 2016 – Almost one in seven of the world’s children, 300 million, live in areas with the most toxic levels of outdoor air pollution – six or more times…