Health

Macron and African leaders push for vaccines for Africa after COVID-19 exposed inequalities

By Associated Press PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron joined several African leaders on Thursday to kick off a planned $1
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IN-DEPTH: Zimbabwe faces endless exodus of health workers amid poor salaries and worsening conditions

By Jeffrey Moyo for Health Policy Watch HARARE: After a decade of service as a nurse in the public sector
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In South Africa, traditional healers join the fight against HIV; stigma remains high in rural

By Associated Press BUSHBUCKRIDGE, South Africa: The walls of Shadrack Mashabane’s hut in the rural South African town of Bushbuckridge
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Zimbabwe struggles with rising diabetes – and lack of data

By Jeffrey Moyo HARARE: Ten-year-old Tadisa Sayi already contends with diabetes and when his blood sugar levels spike his mother,
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UK: Zim-born lecturer and politician becomes first patient to trial ‘landmark’ cancer care

By UK Media UNITED KINGDOM: Thousands of National Health Service (NHS) patients in England are expected to get access to
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SA: Ramaphosa unveils National Health Insurance; law targets quality health care for all

By Associated Press JOHANNESBURG: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday signed into law a bill that aims to overhaul
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Using WhatsApp to access health care in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwean innovators have built a chatbot connecting pharmaceutical drug vendors and registered health-service providers to customers. It is used via
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Inside makeshift maternity wards of Harare; one shrine in Hopley houses 24 pregnant women

Although medical professionals warn about risks, DIY midwifery remains alive and well in a country where affordable and accessible institutional
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Tanzania, Rwanda, Zimbabwe join African recall of J&J cough syrup

By Reuters KIGALI: Drug regulators in Tanzania, Rwanda and Zimbabwe have recalled a batch of Johnson & Johnson children’s cough
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Zimbabwe introduces HIV prevention injection that lasts for 2 Months

By Agencies A new drug has been introduced by Zimbabwe that can prevent HIV for 2 months. The revolutionary HIV
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