The Zimbabwean government with support from the World Health Organisation is moving towards implementing alternative non-chemical-based innovations for vector control such as house screening, to fight malaria. Malaria remains a public health threat in Zimbabwe, with more than half the population at risk of contracting malaria
Two years ago Maria Masauso (38) lost her three-year-old twins to what she believed was witchcraft in Chapoto village, Mbire district, a community in northern Zimbabwe. When her children fell ill she resorted to traditional herbs, including elephant dung, which she smeared on their body to
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged countries to move fast and distribute malaria prevention and treatment tools at this stage of the COVID-19 outbreak in sub-Saharan Africa, and to do their utmost to safely maintain these essential malaria control services. To date, the number of
Manicaland province has recorded an upsurge in Malaria cases this year largely due to the Cyclone Idai which left behind an increased number of pools with stagnant water- a conducive breeding environment for mosquito. A total of 49 665 cases have so far been reported in
20 September 2017, Harare - The United Nations Team in Zimbabwe, in support of national development priorities and in partnership with development partners, reiterates its commitments articulated under the 2016-2020 Zimbabwe United Nations Development Assistance Framework (ZUNDAF). The United Nations, through the ZUNDAF, continues its support
Malaria prevention and control remains a major United States foreign assistance objective, a United State official has said. Jennifer Savage, Chargé d’ Affaires at the United States Embassy made the remarks while presenting congratulatory remarks at the Africa University's 25thanniversary ceremony last week. Savage said that malaria prevention
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