Health Articles

Lack of sanitary wear forces girls out of schools in rural areas

Tafadzwa Nyikadzino The unavailability of sanitary towels and pads in rural areas is forcing female students to drop out of school at the onset of menstruation, a parliament official has revealed. The Director of the Parliament’s budget office Pepukai Chikovore said...

Zimbabwe approves use of Ivermectin for research based Covid 19 treatment

Tafadzwa Nyikadzino The Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) has allowed the use of Ivermectin to treat Covid 19 patients for research purposes following global reports that the drug can reduce the viral load, amount of virus in the respiratory tract and the...

Zim at risk of S. A Coronavirus varient, as thousands return for Christmas celebrations

Tafadzwa Nyikadzino Zimbabwe is at a high risk of receiving a big surge of new Covid 19 infections and the new coronavirus variant which scientists have traced its roots to South Africa following the influx of returning Zimbabwean citizens from the country for...

Zimbabwe, UNICEF win global award for mobile innovation in rural WASH

The Government of Zimbabwe and UNICEF have become an official member of the Million Lives Club, an initiative that celebrates innovators and social entrepreneurs who are scaling up impact and improving the lives of those living on less than US$5 a day. The Government...