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From Crisis Response to Lasting Reform: How Zimbabwe Is Building a Stronger Health System from COVID-19 Investments

From Crisis Response to Lasting Reform: How Zimbabwe Is Building a Stronger Health System from COVID-19 Investments

Michael Gwarisa in Mahusekwa At Mahusekwa Hospital, what once passed for a pharmacy was a cramped room that struggled to serve an entire district. Medicines were often in short supply, storage conditions were far from ideal, and patients frequently travelled long distances only to leave empty-handed or be referred to

May 4, 2026
Africa Launchs First Bilingual Open-Access Journal to Strengthen Health Policy and Financing

Africa Launchs First Bilingual Open-Access Journal to Strengthen Health Policy and Financing

Michael Gwarisa Africa’s research and policy community is marking a major milestone with the launch of the African Journal of Health Economics, Systems and Policy (AJHESP), a continent-led, bilingual, fully open-access journal designed to strengthen evidence-based decision-making in health. The journal, which officially launches on May 4, 2026, brings together

May 4, 2026
Will Zambia Succumb to US Pressure Over Health Aid and Minerals?

Will Zambia Succumb to US Pressure Over Health Aid and Minerals?

Michael Gwarisa Zambia finds itself at the centre of a high stakes geopolitical and public health dilemma as pressure from the United States intensifies over a proposed agreement linking health funding to economic concessions. While April 30 has circulated widely as a decisive deadline, it is not an official contractual

April 30, 2026
Ghana rejects proposed US health aid deal, citing data concerns, source says

Ghana rejects proposed US health aid deal, citing data concerns, source says

(Reuters) - Ghana has rejected a bilateral health deal with the U.S., a source ‌familiar with the negotiations told Reuters, the latest stumbling block to the Trump administration's effort to overhaul foreign aid. The government of President John Dramani Mahama balked at terms requiring the sharing of sensitive health data,

April 29, 2026
Zimbabwe’s Medical Aid Coverage Could Shrink Further Under Proposed Reforms

Zimbabwe’s Medical Aid Coverage Could Shrink Further Under Proposed Reforms

Michael Gwarisa Zimbabwe’s already fragile medical aid coverage could fall even further below the current 8 percent if proposed amendments to Statutory Instrument 330 of 2000 force medical aid societies to divest from healthcare service provision, stakeholders have warned. The proposed changes to Section 14 of SI 330 of 2000

April 29, 2026
First Possible HIV Cure Reported in Canada After Bone Marrow Transplant

First Possible HIV Cure Reported in Canada After Bone Marrow Transplant

Michael Gwarisa Canada has recorded its first possible HIV cure in a 62-year-old man who has remained in sustained remission following a bone marrow transplant, according to a report from the University of Toronto. The case, known as the “Toronto patient,” was developed through a collaboration between clinicians and researchers

April 28, 2026
Ministry of Health Bans Unauthorised Vehicles From Transporting Medicines to Curb Drug Leakages

Ministry of Health Bans Unauthorised Vehicles From Transporting Medicines to Curb Drug Leakages

Michael Gwarisa In the wake of rising cases of leakage and pilfering of public sector medicines within Zimbabwe’s healthcare supply chain, the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) has introduced stricter drug transportation and accountability measures aimed at closing existing loopholes. Appearing before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Health,

April 28, 2026
Mozambique Rolls Out Lenacapavir for HIV Prevention

Mozambique Rolls Out Lenacapavir for HIV Prevention

  Michael Gwarisa Mozambique yesterday joined other African countries that have introduced and added Lenacapavir, a long-acting injectable HIV prevention drug, into their biomedical prevention methods. Other countries that have introduced the HIV prevention drug include Eswatini, Kenya, Lesotho, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. In Mozambique, the official

April 28, 2026

Two LGBTIQ-Linked Zim NGOs Rejected Under New PVO Decisions

Michael Gwarisa Recent Private Voluntary Organisation (PVO) Board decisions show that most organisations seeking registration under Zimbabwe’s updated regulatory framework have been approved, while a small number have been rejected

Egyptian Cardiothoracic Surgeons Lead Zimbabwe’s Third Paediatric Heart Surgery Mission

Kuda PembereEgyptian cardiothoracic surgeons are returning to Zimbabwe for the third time to perform open-heart surgeries on 10 children.The procedures are set to begin next Monday at Parirenyatwa Group of

Burundi mystery outbreak remains unsolved after More Than 200 pathogen tests

Michael Gwarisa Health authorities are still searching for answers after a cluster of deaths and illnesses in Burundi that has so far defied diagnosis, despite extensive laboratory testing that has

Zimbabwe Moves to Tackle Climate-Health Crisis With New Adaptation Plan

By Kuda Pembere Zimbabwe has begun the process of developing a Health National Adaptation Plan (HNAP), a strategic framework aimed at addressing the impact of climate change on the health

Nationwide nurses’ strike slated for Monday after Government’s US$30 increment

By Kuda PembereThe Zimbabwe Nurses Association (ZINA) has announced a nationwide three-day strike beginning next Monday after Government failed to deliver on a promised salary increase.The industrial action follows what

Dr Nonhlanhla Zwangobani Appointed New ZACH Executive Director

Ntokozo Gudu The Zimbabwe Association of Church-Related Hospitals (ZACH) has appointed Dr Nonhlanhla Zwangobani as its new Executive Director. Her appointment follows the retirement of Mrs Vuyelwa Chitimbire, who has

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