Understanding the growing burden of rheumatism

Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Health Buzz The first signs are often so subtle that they are easy to ignore. A slight stiffness in the fingers after waking up, an aching knee that…

Healers appeal for HIV testing kits

Trust Freddy Herald Correspondent TRADITIONAL medical practitioners and herbalists have appealed to the National AIDS Council (NAC) to be supplied with HIV rapid testing kits to enhance early diagnosis and…

Health workers to converge for inaugural national wellness festival

Health Reporter ZIMBABWE’S public health sector will next week launch the inaugural National Health Sector Wellness Festival, a first-of-its-kind initiative aimed at improving the physical, mental and financial well-being of…

SIRDC partners Government to develop Newcastle disease vaccine

Sifelani Tsiko Fact Check Editor SCIENTIFIC and Industrial Research and Development Centre (SIRDC) has partnered the Ministry of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Water Resources Development to develop innovative animal health technologies…

Private health providers key to Vision 2030

Tendai Gukutikwa Health Reporter GOVERNMENT views the private healthcare sector as a critical partner in achieving universal health coverage under Vision 2030, Health and Child Care Minister, Dr Douglas Mombeshora…

Government expands Lenacapavir rollout in Manicaland

Tendai Gukutikwa Health Reporter GOVERNMENT is set to significantly expand access to the new HIV prevention drug, Lenacapavir in Manicaland, with Mutare, Chipinge and Buhera among the districts earmarked for…

Unheard voices demand attention

Lloyd Makonya Correspondent A NEW survey reveals that nearly eight in 10 Zimbabwean men and seven in 10 women with symptoms of anxiety or depression never seek professional help, raising…

Yes, we saw you running . . .

Dr Tendai Zuze Health Matters LAST weekend, social media was flooded with photos and videos of people taking part in a popular local half marathon. There were smiling faces crossing…

WHO donates US$350 000 cancer equipment

Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Senior Health Reporter ZIMBABWE’s drive to eliminate cervical cancer has received a major boost following the handover of cancer screening, diagnostic and treatment equipment and supplies by the…

Zimbabwe joins global elite as MCAZ attains WHO Maturity Level 4 status

Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Senior Health Reporter ZIMBABWE has become only the fourth country in the world to have its medicines regulator, the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ), attain the World…

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