Govt Scraps Blood User Fee
The Ministry of Health and Child Care in partnership with the National Blood Services (NBSZ) have dropped blood costs to free amidst indications that the blood bank has enough stock
People With Disabilities at High Risk of HIV
Across the world People with Disabilities are at high risk of HIV due barriers they experience in accessing services that many have taken for granted, World Health Organization can reveal
Zim Politics Now ‘Good’ and ‘Positive’: Parirenyatwa
Minister of Health and Child Care, Dr David Parirenyatwa yesterday said the forthcoming elections are going to free and fair saying the politics in the country is positive and good
85% Of Zim Young Girls Receive HPV Vaccine
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
Zim Attains Family Planning 2020 Ahead of Schedule
Government through the Ministry of Health and Child Care attained the Family Planning (FP2020) ahead of its deadline which seeks to support the rights of women and girls to decide, freely, and for themselves, whether, when, and how many children they want to have
End Child Marriages to Prevent Obsteric Fistula: UNFPA
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
Ebola Virus Disease – Democratic Republic Of The Congo
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.
9 Out Of 10 People Worldwide Breathe Polluted Air
The highest ambient air pollution levels are in the Eastern Mediterranean Region and in South-East Asia, with annual mean levels often exceeding more than 5 times WHO limits, followed by low and middle-income cities in Africa and the Western Pacific.
Govt Allays ARV Shortages
In a statement the Health Ministry dismissed reports connoting a shortage. Slightly over one million clients on anti-retrovirals medicines are on different drug combinations the most common being Tenofovir/Lamivudine/Efavirenz or in short TLE
First Lady Bemoans The ‘Death’ Of Aunts and Uncles
According to the 2012 census, 56 799 children aged 15-17 years were married, with a greater proportion of girls (12 percent) having been married than boys (0.9 percent).