Reports

The city needs $13 million to upgrade its sewage system to meet international standards, a top official has said. Obert Muzawazi told journalists during a press club meeting that the current water and reticulation system could…

Many areas in Zimbabwe’s second largest city went for a fifth day without water on Friday as the Minister for Water Resources, Sam Sipepa Nkomo, was in Bulawayo for crisis meetings with the MDC-T Provincial Council. The…

By Michelle Scott Okabayashi* Access to clean water is essential to life, yet 884 million people around the world don't have it. UMCOR's water and sanitation programs are working with vulnerable communities to give them access to…

Friday 31 August 2012 IOM Zimbabwe has received EUR 1 million from the European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Department (ECHO) to implement a 12-month project to support emergency and early recovery aid to migration-affected communities…

Several suburbs across the city have experienced serious water shortages, raising fears that typhoid will continue to spread in the capital. Areas affected are Dzivarasekwa 2 and Crowborough where residents have resorted to fetching water from unhygienic…

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Dozens of civic organizations in Zimbabwe have petitioned the government to ensure all citizens in the southern African country have access to clean water. The protest comes amid continued outbreaks of waterborne diseases -…

More than 30 civil society organisations will on Wednesday petition the government of Zimbabwe over its failure to act on reports of typhoid disease and water issues in Harare and other parts of the country. “Deeply concerned…

HARARE, 27 July 2012 (IRIN) - More than 100 people in the Zimbabwean capital Harare and Chitungwiza, a dormitory town 35km southeast of the city, have contracted typhoid this month, and the dilapidated water and sanitation…

Prime Minister Julia Gillard and AusAID’s Director General Peter Baxter each met with the Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, Morgan Tsvangirai in Canberra this week. Prime Minister Gillard said Australia was proud to host the visit of Mr…

IMPLEMENTATION OF 2ND AFRICAN VACCINATION WEEK IN ZIMBABE:22-28 APRIL 2012. Zimbabwe Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) has been in operation for more than two decades during which it has registered a number of achievements in coverage and…