Delta Beverages boost health services

Tendai Gukutikwa Health Reporter MANICALAND’S major referral health institution, Victoria Chitepo Provincial Hospital, has embarked on an ambitious modernisation programme aimed at transforming patient care. The initiative includes replacing outdated…

Younger age groups getting ‘lifestyle diseases’

Dr Tendai Zuze Health Matters ONE of the biggest changes happening in healthcare today is the growing number of young people developing what were once considered diseases of old age.…

SYPHILIS, GONORRHOEA HIT RECORD LEVELS IN EUROPE

LONDON. — Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including gonorrhoea and syphilis have hit record levels in Europe, according to new data. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said…

Mutare District intensifies malaria elimination drive

Tendai Gukutikwa Health Reporter MALARIA remains a growing threat in hotspot communities across Mutare District, with health officials stepping up prevention and elimination campaigns in vulnerable areas. This was highlighted…

Delta donates 10 hospital beds to Victoria Chitepo Provincial Hospital

Tendai Gukutikwa Health Reporter DELTA Beverages through its Castle Lager brand, this morning donated 10 state-of-the-art hospital beds to Victoria Chitepo Provincial Hospital, in a move aimed at strengthening healthcare…

Matobo records a drop in HIV prevalence, but . . .

Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau THE National Aids Council (NAC) says it has recorded a decline in HIV prevalence from 12,2 percent in 2020 to 10,4 percent in 2024 in Matobo…

Employee wellness central to Vision 2030

Oliver Kazunga Senior Reporter GOVERNMENT has urged employers to prioritise workplace wellness, mental health and occupational safety, warning that employee wellbeing is now critical to productivity, economic transformation and the…

Hidden risky sexual behaviour among married couples, youths raises concern

Theseus Mauruki Shambare Herald Correspondent COMMUNITY health activists and sex worker organisations have raised concern over growing cases of unprotected sex among married people and youths in Harare and Bulawayo,…

NSSA to roll out maternity protection scheme

Theseus Mauruki Shambare THE National Social Security Authority (NSSA) is finalising a maternity protection scheme designed to provide income support and social security cover for women with no formal protection…

Appendicitis: The silent emergency that should never be ignored

Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Health Buzz Twenty-year-old Tapiwa thought it was just a stomach ache. The pain had started suddenly during the night, a dull discomfort around his belly button that he…

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