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Andile Tshuma I don’t know what’s happening with the weather in Bulawayo lately. Just the other Saturday, we were freezing in the cold and had to retrieve our winter wear. Sunday and Monday were relatively cold. But today, we’re experiencing very hot weather and the scorching sun is just unforgiving. Unfortunately such sudden extreme weather […]
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Health, Andile Tshuma SCHOOLS have closed once again and parents have been reunited with their children who have been away at boarding schools. However, the closure of schools in the past years has brought headaches as it heralds the infamous Vuzu parties characterised by risky behaviour and teen delinquency. While a number of stakeholders in society […]
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Andile Tshuma The first week of August signifies one of the most important events on the nutrition calendar. It is often believed that breastfeeding comes naturally to babies and mothers. However, despite many beliefs out there, the lactating practice can be difficult for many new mothers. Not only does it affect the baby, but it […]
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Thandeka Moyo, Health Reporter ZIMBABWE is among the top six countries in Africa with a high HIV drug resistance rate especially among women, the World Health Organisation (WHO) 2019 Drug Resistance report has revealed. South Africa tops the list with a 23.6 percent Pretreatment Drug Resistance (PDR) to Efavirenz or Nevirapine — components of antiretroviral drugs […]
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Elizabeth Andreya Although Zimbabwe has one of the highest rates of contraceptive use in Southern Africa, sexually active adolescents who wish to protect themselves against sexually transmitted illnesses and unwanted pregnancies are not accessing them because of inconsistencies with current laws and other social and economic barriers. Difficulties in accessing contraceptives had seen adolescent girls […]
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Andile Tshuma, Health The cases of hair loss may be many, sometimes it’s genetics and hormones, sometimes it’s a result of how we take care of our hair. Whatever the reason, no one enjoys watching their edges waste. We live in such an appearance-driven society that our looks often become one of the largest factors […]
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Pamela Shumba, Senior Reporter A TOTAL of nine prospective investors have been shortlisted to run Ekusileni Hospital as the Government steps up efforts to re-open the institution.
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Thandeka Moyo, Health Reporter BULAWAYO remains burdened by tuberculosis amid reports that multiple drug resistant TB which is costly to treat is on the rise.
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Thandeka Moyo, Health Matters On Thursday we celebrated Africa Day, a day set aside to acknowledge the heritage, culture and the liberation of the continent.
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Thandeka Moyo, Health Reporter I could hardly catch up with bitter comments from angry readers who could not stomach what an official HIV survey found about the prevalence of HIV in the Matabeleland region.
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Midlands Correspondent
MNENE Mission Hospital is reportedly facing a critical shortage of essential drugs as most of the hospital's drug stocks were burnt after they expired. -
Chronicle Reporter
THE Ministry of Health and Child Welfare has completed assessing the new circumcision method and is awaiting approval from the World Health Organisation (WHO) to adopt it, an official said yesterday.
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Court Reporter
A Bulawayo man who was allegedly left partially disabled and forced into early retirement after an operation at Mater Dei Hospital last year, has dragged the health institution to court. -
Makhosi Sibanda
REDUCING common diarrhoea cases is listed top of the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare’s priorities for 2013, after the disease accounted for up to five deaths per week last year.
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