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Medtech officials in Mbare at the fake Satiskin production site. By Reginald Tapfumaneyi Medtech, the company behind the popular bath foam Satiskin, is urging consumers to be cautious after uncovering a counterfeiting operation in Harare’s Mbare district. CEO Mr. Afzal Motiwala issued a stern warning, following a tip off that their premium product was being…
Dr Mombeshora administering the polio vaccine By Lisca Philo The Ministry of Health and Child Care, in partnership with UNICEF, the World Health Organization, and various stakeholders, has announced the commencement of an expansive nationwide polio vaccination campaign in Zimbabwe. This ambitious campaign is designed to eradicate polio by deploying the novel OPV2 vaccine, specifically…
Minister of Health and Child Care Dr Douglas Mombeshora By Lisca Philo and Licious Mkuni Zimbabwe has registered a sharp decline in new cholera cases over the past two weeks following a multisectoral approach that has seen a myriad of interventions to contain the disease by government and its partners. Minister of Health and Child…
By Lisca Philo In a show of continued cooperation and solidarity between Japan and Zimbabwe, the Government of Japan has announced a grant of USD 774,000 for the emerging cholera response in Manicaland province, Zimbabwe through United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Zimbabwe is battling a cholera outbreak that has hit the country and statistics since…
Acting Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet, Dr Willard Manungo By Dickson Bandera President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed seven commissioners to the Health Service Commission (HSC) in terms of the Health Service Amendment Act of 2022. The mandate of the HSC, which is replacing the Health Services Board, is to administer the conditions of…
By Julius Manganda In a bid to interject the upsurge in cholera cases and improve the general hygiene and health in the city of Harare, government has launched “Operation Chenesa Harare (Clean Harare) which runs from the 5th to the 12th of January 2024. Government said residents of Harare have endured uncollected garbage, illegal dump…
By Dickson Bandera As Zimbabwe battle drug and substance abuse among the youth, the Islamic community has partnered government to fight the scourge by capacitating the youth with knowledge on the dangers of drug and substance abuse. Recently, the AN-NISSAH Women’s Association in Zimbabwe held a one week workshop in Epworth, Harare for young girls…
Ambassador Berna Kasnakli Versteden (centre) flanked by President Emmerson Mnangagwa(right) and Minister of Foreign Affairs Hon Fredrick Shava (left) at Zimbabwe State House when she presented her credentials to the president in January 2022- pic/The Herald By Dickson Bandera The Republic of Turkiye stands with Zimbabwe on its mission to combat Gender Based Violence (GBV),…
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his two Vice presidents together with Mozambique President Nyusi during the official Opening ceremony. By Dickson Bandera HARARE- The International Conference for AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA) 2023 kicked off yesterday at the Harare International Conference Centre in the capital with thousands of delegates from across the globe…
By Godwin Makoho Zimbabwe has scaled up the fight against Theileriosis disease, better known as the January disease, following the surge in the production of Bolvac vaccine by experts in the Zimbabwe Department of Veterinary Services (DVS). In the last two years, Zimbabwe has escalated work on the Bolvac vaccine production with an aim to…