Health

The Ministry of Health and Child Care has warned the public of potential safety issues affecting adolescents and women of child bearing age who are on Antiretroviral medication, Dolutegravir (DTG).

Government through the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) today launched a new HIV prevention initiative Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) a daily pill taken to reduce the risk of contracting HIV.

Globally  8.2 million people die from cancer every year and in Zimbabwe, over  7000 new cancer cases are being reported every year and more females are being affected by the disease as compared to men.

Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) AND Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education (MOPSE) yesterday launched the school health policy which is set to safe guard the health of learners and teachers in the school environment.

About 85% young girls across the country aged 10 to 14 years received the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine set out to prevent cervical cancer in women, Director Epidemiology and Disease Control Dr Portia Manangazira has said...

Childhood Tuberculosis which was previously a neglected disease is now getting attention with the introduction of a new project titled Catalyzing Pediatric Tuberculosis Innovation (CaP TB) funded through Unitaid...

United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) under the United Nations (UN) have discouraged the practice of Child marriages as young girls are prone to getting fistula injuries during birth...

Eliminating trans fats is key to protecting the health and saving lives: WHO estimates that every year, trans fat intake leads to more than 500,000 deaths of people from cardiovascular disease

Local Mutoko women have raised concerns over the refusal of their husbands to go for HIV couple testing stating that it is putting their lives at risk, 263Chat can reveal...

Three of the 32 cases were among healthcare workers. The patients presented with fever, diarrhoea, abdominal pain, myalgia and arthralgia, and some also showed haemorrhagic signs and symptoms.