Health

9 years ago | November 2, 2014

Doctors: ‘High costs choking us’

Doctors want medical aid societies to pay gazetted consultation fees to ensure health service providers remain viable, ...

DRUGS: Facts about ‘nyaope’

Nyaope, also known as whoonga, a dangerous and highly addictive street drug made from a cocktail of hard and ...

Regulate health funders under insurance statutes: Experts

Shamiso Yikoniko and Debra Matabvu Medical aid societies should be treated as full-fledged insurance companies regulated ...

9 years ago | October 26, 2014

Government mulls high-tech Ebola testing centre

Shamiso Yikoniko – Health Reporter The Ministry of Health and Child Care intends to construct a US$7 million ...

Ebola: Wake-up call for Africa to build its own institutions

  by Brian Sedze There have been instances where l have been inclined to agree with the ideals, principles and ...

10 years ago | October 19, 2014

DR. CHIMEDZA: Winning the fight against Ebola

I hope I find you in good health. Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a severe, often fatal illness.

Ebola screening targets foreign students

The Government has intensified the screening and monitoring process of students

HEALTH: Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), an HIV time-bomb

The rise in sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Harare points to the indulgence in unprotected sex despite the ...

Medical aid bosses, doctors draw battle lines

The Association of Healthcare Funders of Zimbabwe (Ahfoz) has directed members to disregard gazetted consultation fees ...

10 years ago | October 12, 2014

Ebola: Only thing to fear is fear

The Ebola epidemic in, mainly, West Africa is the largest, most widespread, and complicated the modern world has ever faced.

10 years ago | October 5, 2014

70 doctors face negligence charges

Seventy doctors at various health centres countrywide allegedly displayed negligence and incompetence, which, in some ...

Of Ebola, Anthrax and bio-terrorism in Africa

Sifelani Tsiko – Under The Baobab Tree Fear of the deadly Ebola virus has scared Africans out of their wits and ...

Time to heal the healing industry

Sharon Kavhu – Extra Correspondent Zimbabwe’s pharmaceutical industry has potential to supply some 70 percent of ...

10 years ago | September 28, 2014

A brave new era of men’s health!

Thanks to the Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision, awareness of male reproductive health issues is gaining momentum and ...