Health

“I strive to be part of the solution”: meet the nurses staffing the cholera frontline

By Sally Nyakanyanga Zimbabwe, long plagued by political and economic turmoil, has been battling a recurring cholera epidemic for the
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‘Disruptive, unfair and cruel’: jobs lost and treatment stopped as USAid freeze hits HIV care

By Farai Shawn Matiashe I The Guardian Chiedza Makura only learned she had been dismissed from her nursing job when
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Tuberculosis treatment in jeopardy as Zimbabwe loses US aid; thousands of patients at risk

By Global Press Journal HARARE: Natasha Gwashure watches as tuberculosis ravages her 1-year-old son Anashe’s frail body. He has been
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TRUMP AID FREEZE: Zim sex workers feel impact as free condom and treatement clinics vanish

By Global Press Journal  HARARE, ZIMBABWE — Rumbidzai, a sex worker from the bustling settlement of Epworth in Harare, has
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HIV infections could jump over 6 times if US support is dropped and not replaced,

By Associated Press LONDON: The head of the U.N. AIDS agency said Monday the number of new HIV infections could
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UK’s Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust goes into partnership with Zim hospital

A maternity team is set to support communities in Zimbabwe through an educational exchange programme. By bucksfreepress.co.uk LONDON: The Buckinghamshire
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DIASPORA? They earn more money, but some migrant health workers say it’s not worth it

By Gamuchirai Masiyiwa – Global Press Journal HARARE: When Tanya moved to Ireland for care work in 2022, she was
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SA nurse backed by unions over row with Zim nurse

By Agencies A recent incident involving a clash between a South African nurse and a Zimbabwean patient at a Midrand
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Zimbabwe fears reduction in HIV/Aids funding after US withdrawal from WHO

By Reuters Zimbabwe’s finance minister Mthuli Ncube expressed concern on Wednesday that the US’s withdrawal from the World Health Organisation
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Zim-born nurse in UK first operation; brain tumour removed through her eye socket

By BBC News LONDON: A nurse has become the first person in the UK to undergo an operation that saw
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