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In her home on the outskirts of Zimbabwe’s capital city, 48-year-old Mary Marizani says that, although she recently became the first Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) patient in the country to conquer multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB),…
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Forty healthcare workers have fanned out across Zimbabwe equipped with best practices in the provision of emergency obstetrical care. "Moved by the dire statistics on maternal and infant mortality in Zimbabwe, HPIC brought together a whole network…
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(CNS): With diabetes largely associated with over-consumption of sugar by many Zimbabweans, it is hardly surprising that its link to tuberculosis (TB) is hardly a public health matter. TB kills more than 3,500 people each day…
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by Zwanai Sithole Harare As a result of critical food shortages at Lusulu Clinic, the staff will only admit pregnant women if they bring their own food supplies. The MDC-T councilor for the area, Themba Munkombwe, made the startling…
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by Edgar Gweshe The erratic water supplies that have characterized this satellite town have left young girls vulnerable to sexual abuse as they have to fetch the precious liquid late at night. A snap survey showed that as…
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by Thomas Madhuku The re-establishment of Zuwa Rabuda Irrigation Scheme in Mutandahwe has saved the community from persistent drought and hunger, villagers have said. Speaking to The Zimbabwean, one of the beneficiaries, Rhoda Sithole, said the initiative had…
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HIGHLIGHTS Food assistance programmes in direct response to the deteriorating food security situation have begun but face funding shortfalls. Government has availed $2 million for animal feed and veterinary medicines, which will alleviate the impact of drought on…
Zimbabwe
Tatenda Gumbo, Jonga Kandemiiri Civic organizations have commended the gazetting of the Human Rights Commission Act saying it is a necessary step towards the much-needed reforms in Zimbabwe. The Human Rights Commission Bill was signed into law last…
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HARARE, 16 October 2012 (PLUSNEWS) - Faced with the ambitious target of reaching 85 percent of people in need of HIV treatment by the end of 2012, the Zimbabwean government has announced that nurses will be…
Zimbabwe
The Ministry of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) honour World Food Day by reaffirming their dedication to work…