As the world marks World Polio Day 2024, Zimbabwe faces both progress and challenges in its fight against polio, having recently recorded several cases of vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV) in 2023. Despite these setbacks, the country is committed to eradicating this debilitating disease through robust vaccination
At least 12 people in Cambodia have now been tested for infection with H5N1 following the girl’s death, WHO officials said at a press briefing on Friday.
Government is tracking all people who had contact with a United Kingdom tourist who visited Victoria Falls and later tested positive to coronavirus on her return back home. Addressing a press briefing yesterday, the Ministry of Health and Child Care, Dr Obadiah Moyo said the woman
The government has advised the nation to keep calm, insisting the country had confirmed any COVID-19 cases to date. This follows widespread rumors that government was covering up confirmed coronavirus cases including that of a Mutare woman who returned home from China, got admitted at Wilkins
A second person in Senegal has tested positive for coronavirus, the country's health ministry confirms. It says the patient is an 80-year-old French national who arrived in the West African country on 29 February. He is being treated at the same hospital for infectious diseases in the
In a suspected case of typhoid outbreak, Gweru City Council has confirmed two deaths as a result of the water borne disease. In an interview, City Council Spokesperson, Vimbai Chingwaramutse confirmed that two people from Mkoba Infill had died from diarrhea. "We received information through our Weekly
The Parliamentary Committee on Health and Child Care has slammed the government for crippling the already deteriorating health delivery system by dismissing doctors without a continuity plan. Addressing the permanent secretary in the ministry of health and child care Dr Agnes Mahomva who appeared before the
A research conducted by the Ministry of Health and Child Care has concluded that people with bilharzia have a high risk of contracting HIV, 263Chat has learnt. This was said during the stakeholders meeting for the feedback on the results of Impact Assessment of six rounds
Government doctors have appealed to the World Health Organisation (WHO) and United Nations (UN) to bail out the Zimbabwean government and supplement the salaries of more than 1800 incapacitated doctors who have not been reporting for duty for over 35 days now. In a statement yesterday,
Fifteen out of 20 District Medical Officers graduated after completing studies in Field Epidemiology amid calls for successful personnel to apply basic public health skills at their stations. This translates to 75 percent pass rate while the remaining percentage failed to make it. Speaking at the graduation
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