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Zimbabwe Red Cross Holds NCDs Awareness Schools Competition

Michael Gwarisa

THE Zimbabwe Red Cross Society has successfully hosted the Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) Arts Festival with the aim of raising awareness and teaching children on the dangers of leading sedentary lifestyles and adopting dangerous habits that could lead to a high NCDs burden in the future. By Michael Gwarisa The competitions were in two phase with

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Health News

Restart Whole Vaccination Process, COVAXIN Recipients Told

Michael Gwarisa

THE COVID-19 Chief Coordinator in the President’s Office, Dr Agness Mahomva has urged Zimbabweans who received their first jabs of COVAXIN vaccine but failed to get their second doses to start afresh with a different one. By Patricia Mashiri She made this plea following indications that thousands of people who received their first doses of

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Health News

Capacity Woes Hinder Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Rollout in Zim

Michael Gwarisa

COLD chain and logistical issues could hinder Zimbabwe’s plans to deploy and administer the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine in the short distant future, a top health official has said. By Michael Gwarisa The development comes at the back of indications that the Southern African country also encountered capacity challenges during their rollout of

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Health News WATER AND SANITATION

Ruwa Springvale Residents Go For 9 Years Without Running Water

Michael Gwarisa

…ZB Holdings Say they have done their part …Ruwa Local Board mum on the matter RESIDENTS under Springvale, a ZB Financial Holdings Housing project in Ruwa have gone for close to a decade without running tap water, a situation that might soon expose residents to health hazards as some are now getting water from shallow

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