A cholera alert shows how unlicensed gold-digging is poisoning more than the soil by STAFF WRITER Health authorities in Manicaland province have issued a cholera alert after a confirmed case was detected in Mutare, linked to a patient who had recently visited the gold-mining area of Penhalonga.
by NORMA TSOPO MINISTRY of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) will launch a five-day integrated vaccination campaign from June 15th to 19th 2026, targeting both the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and Tetanus-Diphtheria (Td) vaccines at schoolchildren and out-of-school youth.
Ebola’s latest flare-up tests a region already stretched by conflict and mistrust by STAFF WRITER A NEW Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organisation—the loudest alarm the agency can sound.
Minister labels drugs a security threat, but Zimbabwe’s real battle is only beginning by BERNARD CHIKETO“THIS problem is increasingly impacting our youth and not only undermining public health, safety and national productivity, but also becoming a security threat.”
by BERNARD CHIKETO THE air in Moffat Hall, a community centre in Mutare’s densely populated Sakubva suburb, was thick with more than just the heat of a hot summer day. It was charged with the quiet intensity of 75 schoolgirls, their uniforms a stark contrast to the gravity of the discussion.
