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230 000 Zimbabweans to benefit from USAID, WFP 2024 lean season assistance

Michael Gwarisa

By Kuda Pembere About 230 000 Zimbabweans are set to benefit from the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) US$11.3 million food support to cushion against the January to March 2024 lean season. The World Food Programme (WFP) will be coordinating the distribution of this assistance which comes at the nick of time when

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362 Million Adults Use Smokeless Tobacco-WHO Report

Michael Gwarisa

By Michael Gwarisa Latest data on the prevalence of smokeless tobacco use and several users aged 15 years and older from 89 countries between 2012 and 2022 shows a 6.3 percent – 9.0 percent prevalence among males and 3.5% among females. Smokeless tobacco is a tobacco product that is used by means other than smoking.

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