Category: Health News

CIMAS Acquires Mobile Clinic

Michael Gwarisa

By Michael Gwairsa In a groundbreaking development, Cimas has acquired a mobile clinic, a customised motor vehicle that will be staffed by a combination of health experts to bring essential healthcare services on wheels directly to communities in need. The Cimas mobile clinic was being showcased at the just ended Zimbabwe Agricultural Society (ZAS) in Harare, an internationally recognised exhibition where industrial and agricultural trends, ideas, and innovative products are unveiled. This year’s theme was “Cultivating Prosperity: Growing Business. Innovating for Change. Nurturing our Future”. Cimas Health Group Chief Executive…

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Junk and processed Foods Driving Non-Communicable Diseases in Zimbabwe’s Young People

Michael Gwarisa

By Michael Gwarisa Zimbabwe is experiencing a surge in Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) linked to poor lifestyles and consumption of unhealthy diets, the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) has warned. Recent data from the annual Obesity Atlas shows that 2.9 million Zimbabwean children will be having high Body Mass Index (BMI) by year 2035 and the number of children who had high BMI in 2020 was 1,155,173. This according to the report will likely trigger an increase in stroke related health complications, diabetes linked to BMI among other conditions.…

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OPHID Hosts Workshop To Address Healthcare Infodemic in Zimbabwe

Michael Gwarisa

By Michael Gwarisa in Kadoma In a bid to capacitate health communicators from the government, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), local authorities and health media, the Organisation for Public Health Interventions and Development (OPHID), is holding a three-day Infodemic Management capacity-building workshop. The infodemic management workshop is happening in Kadoma in collaboration with Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) and project partner organisations, JFKapnek, and ZNNP+ – with technical support from USAID. An infodemic by definition is an excessive amount of information about a problem that is typically unreliable, spreads rapidly,…

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Unpaid Care Work Widens Economic Gap For Women In Zimbabwe- Report

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Musa Hove Safaids hands over SOF Report to Minister Mutsvangwa

By Ntokozo Gudu A new report, the State of The Father Report shows that men in Zimbabwe participate in more financially rewarding work while women struggle with the burden of unpaid work. The report was launched in Harare by SAfAIDS in partnership with ADA partners, Ministry of Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises (MWACSMED) and Sonke Gender Justice in a bid to improve their understanding on the state of fathers towards unpaid care work project. Findings from the report reveal a widening care-giving gap, as women in Zimbabwe take…

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“Straight from the Class to the Labour Ward,” Teen Mom Wishes “Not In My Village Campaign” Had Visited Her Village Earlier

Michael Gwarisa

By Michael Gwarisa in Chiweshe She is Forget Nyamukandenga (19) from Chiweshe, Mashonaland Central. At age 17, in 2022, she was impregnated by a 24-year-old man, a development she says completely changed the course of her life. When she fell pregnant, she was doing her Upper Sixth studies in Mt Darwin and was due to write her examinations in November of the same year. Left with no option, her parents had to send her away to stay with the man responsible for her pregnancy. This period marked the genesis of…

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High Prevalence Of Syphilis in Divorced Zimbabweans-New Study

Kuda Pembere

By Kudakwashe Pembere Zimbabwean individuals divorced, separated or widowed had high chances of contracting  active syphilis unlike the married or cohabiting couples, a study found. In a study published in The Lancet journal, it emerged the trend was not only common among Zimbabweans but Zambians and Ugandans as well. The study sought to ascertain the prevalence of syphilis in HIV positive and HIV negative persons in Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe from 2015 to 2018. Divorced, separated, or widowed individuals had significantly higher odds of active syphilis in Uganda,…

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WHO-Afro Calls For Collaborative Cross-Border Surveillance for Mpox In Africa

Michael Gwarisa

By Michael Gwarisa While Mpox cases have been on a downward trend in most World Health Organisation (WHO) regions, the same cannot be said for Africa as cases have been increasing every month since the beginning of 2024. With over 99,000 laboratory-confirmed cases, and 208 deaths having been confirmed globally since January 2024, the total number of cases reported in 12 African countries as of August 18, 2024, according to the WHO Afro Region is 4,562 and 35 lab-confirmed deaths. WHO has since declared Mpox a Public Health Emergency of…

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WHO declares mpox a global health emergency

Kuda Pembere

  The World Health Organization on Wednesday finally declared the spread of mpox in some African countries a public health emergency of international concern. The declaration comes hot on the heels after the Africa CDC declared the disease a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security (PHECS). The decision from WHO came following the advice the UN health arm’s Director General Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus got from a panel of experts on the disease. “Today, the Emergency Committee on #mpox met and advised me that in its view, the situation constitutes a…

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Free Body Scan or Free Body Scam? Health experts warn against unscrupulous herbal merchants offering Free Body Scan services

Michael Gwarisa

By Michael Gwarisa Could it be another version of E-Creator or any of those Ponzi schemes that have hogged the headlines in the past? Zimbabwe is witnessing a surge in Multi-level Marketing (MLM) or Network Marketing companies offering “Free Body Scan” services to convince unsuspecting and desperate health-seeking citizens to buy their herbal products. The collapse of the healthcare sector over the years largely characterised by massive skills flight, shortage of commodities and poor working and living standards for healthcare workers, has left citizens with no option but to seek…

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5 Unexpected Ways to Fall Asleep Quickly and Get a Good Night’s Sleep

Michael Gwarisa

5 Unexpected Ways to Fall Asleep Quickly and Get a Good Night’s Sleep If all the imaginary sheep have already been counted and it’s still unclear how to fall asleep quickly at night, you can use unusual methods. Here are five of them. Darken the Room The room should be dark. This is the main condition for the production of the “sleep hormone,” melatonin. If you’re suffering from insomnia, you can: Tightly shade the windows. Turn off all lights, including gadgets and nightlights. Wear a sleep mask. In this case,…

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