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Over 4 000 Malnourished Zim children Admitted In Hospital

Michael Gwarisa

INCREASING poverty levels coupled with shortages of Ready To Use Therapeutic Foods (RTUFs) like ‘Plumpy-Nut,’ has resulted in 4 300 children being admitted in hospital for wasting, a scenario which threatens to derail the gains made in reducing wasting amongst children under five years. By Kuda Pembere The World Health Organisation (WHO) describes wasting as

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NAC sponsored goat project helps feed Gwanda Prison inmates

Michael Gwarisa

A goat rearing project at the Gwanda Prison Farm in the Maphane area, sponsored by the National AIDS Council(NAC), is proving to be a force to reckon with as the project has grown to the extent of being expanded into prisons and correctional facilities. By Kudakwashe Pembere recently in Gwanda The goat-rearing project commenced in

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Five reasons why the next pandemic could come from bats

Michael Gwarisa

Viruses that jump from animals to humans are the likely sources of major health threats, say scientists, and bats are the number one suspect. By Priya Joi Viruses that spill over from bats to humans have caused some of the world’s deadliest outbreaks. The latest COVID-19 pandemic is potentially just one example, as a virus

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Zimbabwe Government Scraps Mandatory Wearing of Masks…Visitors No Longer Require Proof Of Vaccination

Michael Gwarisa

Zimbabwe has officially scrapped most of the COVID-19 mandatory measures such as mask wearing and others following an announcement by the World Health Organization (WHO) that the disease was no longer a public health emergency of international concern. By Staff Reporter In the Statutory Instrument 102 of 2023, the Vice President and Minister of Health

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