Health

9 years ago | June 28, 2015

Working with kids at Island Hospice

Island Hospice has developed a successful children’s support programme, based on its many years of bereavement group ...

‘I no longer want to run away’

My name is Sekai (not real name) from Mabvuku, a high-density area in Harare, the capital city of Zimbabwe.

Dry intercourse: A hotbed for HIV

The methods of creating a dry environment for the organ on their own can causes several infections such as thrush or ...

9 years ago | June 21, 2015

Drug prices hindering early start on ART

Ish Mafundikwa The findings of the Strategic Timing of Anti-Retroviral Treatment (START) study started in March 2011 ...

The dust from Congo

The desire to sexually satisfy lovers has seen some men putting their health at risk as they search for that extra oomph ...

9 years ago | June 7, 2015

HEALTH: National Aids Council moves to tame cancer

Shamiso Yikoniko and Andrew Moyo The National Aids Council has expanded its scope to include cancer prevention and ...

HEALTH: Reducing cancer risk

Courtesy of Cancer Association of Zimbabwe Eat a variety of raw vegetables daily Mostly steam, stew or bake your food

9 years ago | May 31, 2015

HEALTH: Government to boost local drugs

Government will remove tariffs on raw materials and encourage public-private partnerships to rejuvenate local ...

HEALTH: Drug makers need shot in the arm

Edwin Mwase and Sharon Kavhu Data from the Ministry of Health and Child Care shows there is a huge shortage of essential ...

9 years ago | May 10, 2015

HEALTH: The grim reaper called obstetric fistula

The smell of an uncontrollable and unending flow of waste became the norm for 20-year-old Anesu Makova of Seke, Chitungwiza.

Nurses resume duties

Shamiso Yikoniko – Health Reporter Nurses who had embarked on a strike over on-call and night duty allowances have ...

9 years ago | May 3, 2015

Zim among top countries of pre-mature births

Prospective mothers should live healthy life styles in order to reduce the high number of pre-term births in the ...

9 years ago | April 19, 2015

Cheers to 35 years of good health

Despite the numerous challenges that the country has faced over the years, the health sector has remained one of the ...

9 years ago | April 12, 2015

Chipinge: And now the good news

Shamiso Yikoniko in Chipinge At the peak of the HIV scourge in Zimbabwe, Chipinge was riddled with a high incidence of ...

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