Reports

Highlights • A total of 4,295 children (2,355 girls and 1,940 boys), were treated for wasting during the first half of 2023. • A total of 1,772,979 people (418,216 males and 1,354,763 females) accessed essential primary health care…

Harare, 20 June 2023 - UNICEF and SPAR Zimbabwe have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to roll-out joint awareness and communication campaigns on child rights related issues. Through this collaboration UNICEF highlights how much the organization…

Description of the Event What happened, where and when? The cholera outbreak started on the 12th of February, in Chegutu town, which has a population of 66,258 within the Mashonaland West Province of Zimbabwe. The suspected case was…

Highlights A total of 4,295 children (2,355 girls and 1,940 boys), were treated for wasting between January and April 2023. A total of 1,096,416 people (264,717 males and 831,699 females) accessed essential primary health care against an annual…

By Vivian Mugarisi Harare, Zimbabwe- The World Health Organization (WHO) donated cholera kits and medical supplies to the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) in Zimbabwe as part of ongoing efforts to combat the cholera outbreak.…

A. SITUATION ANALYSIS Description of the disaster On 23 January 2022, the Zimbabwe Meteorological Services department issued an alert of the first Tropical weather system predicted to affect Zimbabwe. The system rapidly developed into a tropical storm code…

Glide number: DR-2021-000168-ZWE A. SITUATION ANALYSIS Description of the disaster The 2021 lean season experienced by Zimbabwe has severely influenced on food insecurity and deteriorating nutrition in some parts of the country’s low-lying areas an effect spread to May…

By Vivian Mugarisi Kadoma, Zimbabwe - To improve capacities for adequate prevention, readiness, early detection and timely response to cholera at community level, the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) conducted a cholera tabletop simulation exercise…

Zimbabwe is a landlocked country in southern Africa, the impact of climate change on Zimbabwe's water resources has exacerbated the frequency and intensity of droughts, especially due to deforestation, overgrazing, and poor land management practices. Thus,…

By Tatenda Chimbwanda Kadoma, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe is endemic to 14 Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), including bilharzia, intestinal worms, elephantiasis, blinding trachoma, rabies, leprosy, sleeping sickness, anthrax, plague, snake bite envenoming, Cysticercosis (Taeniasis) and Foodborne trematodes infections…