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Claire Webster receives cancer treatment at a hospital in Harare

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ZIMBABWE: Free cancer screenings widely available – but treatment isn’t

By Linda Mujuru I Global Press Journal HARARE: In 2018, Pelagia Chikwera, a soft-spoken mother of three, attended a free

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Zimbabwe medical students flee; choose to train in Zambia instead – here is why

By Global Press Journal HARARE: At a nursing school in Zambia, many of the students aren’t from Zambia at all.

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A bench and a grandmother’s ear: Zimbabwe’s novel mental health therapy spreads overseas

By Associated Press HARARE: After her son, the family’s shining light and only breadwinner, was arrested last year, Tambudzai Tembo

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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

A health worker tests a patient for diabetes.

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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