Reports

Highlights UNICEF and partners screened 240,674 children for acute malnutrition and provided lifesaving treatment for severe acute malnutrition (SAM) to 10,020 children aged 0-59 months in 2017. The child protection sector reached a total of 20,741 children affected…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Zimbabwe Peace Project is worried by the nature of incidents recorded in December although the number of cases were in a downward trend, 124 from 190 recorded in November. It seems while the tension…

The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) monitors trends in staple food prices in countries vulnerable to food insecurity. For each FEWS NET country and region, the Price Bulletin provides a set of charts showing…

Most households in Southern Africa depend on maize as their main source of food and energy, given the high volumes and ease with which it is produced. Alternative food crops that are consumed as substitutes include…

HIV testing of exposed infants by 6–8 weeks of age is critical for preventing early morbidity and mortality among those who are HIV positive. When HIV-positive infants remain undiagnosed, they lose the opportunity to access antiretroviral…

Tawanda Majoni Author Note Part of a special project that explores the impact of climate change on the food security and livelihoods of small-scale farmers in Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal and Zimbabwe Laiza Mukute’s 14-hectare plot is a pale shadow…

by Andrew Mambondiyani Fall armyworm and other new pests are making life even harder for southern Africa's embattled farmers By Andrew Mambondiyani MAFUKE, Zimbabwe, Dec 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Farmers in Zimbabwe are anxiously watching their crops, fearing…

In 2018, the Zimbabwean government will fully take over the World Bank financed and Cordaid implemented health program in Zimbabwe. “We helped to revitalize the national health system”, says Arjanne Rietsema, Cordaid’s Country director in Zimbabwe.…

Critics argue the centralised subsidy scheme has some major gaps and is unsustainable By Tawanda Majoni Zimbabwe is expected to harvest 2.1 million metric tonnes of maize this year after good rains followed successive El Niño-induced droughts. For…

Executive summary This case study details the experiences of the emergency cash-based response to droughts in southern Zimbabwe from 2015 to 2017. CARE International in partnership with World Vision International (WVI) implemented a Department for International Development…