Reports

Harare, 15 March 2016: Zimbabwe is facing its worst malnutrition rates in 15 years, as nearly 33,000 children are in urgent need of treatment for severe acute malnutrition. As an El Nino-induced drought sweeps across large…

The UN System is deeply concerned by the severe drought caused by El Niño across the country and in southern Africa that is negatively impacting the lives and livelihoods of millions people in rural Zimbabwe and…

Highlights • Zimbabwe’s food insecure population at the current peak of the hunger season has increased from 1.5 million people to 2.8 million people based on the results of a rapid assessment that was conducted by the…

By Ignatius Banda BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Feb 23 2016 (IPS) - Sijabuliso Nleya has been kept busy in the past few weeks digging up sand. He is not a sand poacher like scores of people who local district…

Jonga Kandemiiri WASHINGTON D.C.— The Harare City Council says a local resident has died of typhoid while the number of those affected by the disease has risen to 23 since the first case was reported last month. Council spokesperson…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Project Description The Red Cross movement , United Nations (through UNICEF) and several other development agencies have identified Zimbabwe as a country where consolidated efforts are required to meet the MDGs (UN Millennium Development Goals)…

Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation - Tue, 2 Feb 2016 00:01 GMT By Ray Mwareya HARARE, Feb 2 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The joke in Harare these days is that more people per square metre are drinking bottled water…

Situation in Numbers 1.5 million people facing food and nutrition insecurity during the period January-March 2016 (ZimVAC, July 2015) 16,614 SAM children treated between Jan-Nov 2015 (NHMIS, 2015) 28,771 drought affected people reached with hygiene promotion to prevent water…

BY JEFFREY GOGO HARARE (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Health officials in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, have detected several cases of typhoid fever in the past week, adding to fears that a water crisis will fuel the spread of…

Total affected population: 1.5 million Total affected children (under 18): 720,000 Total people to be reached in 2016: 332,900 Total children to be reached in 2016:109,000 2016 programme targets Health and nutrition -20,400 children aged 6 to 59 months in humanitarian situations…