Zimbabwe: MSF teams help tackle cholera in Buhera district

It’s swelteringly hot under the midday sun in Chapanduka village in Buhera, a district of Manicaland province in south-eastern Zimbabwe, where a cholera outbreak has been raging since October 2023. A vehicle belonging to Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is navigating the bumpy road, heading to a local clinic to help treat patients and support local health staff in the management of the deadly waterborne disease. Suddenly the MSF vehicle draws to a halt. A man is lying on the roadside, drawing a crowd of onlookers, many of whom…

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ZESA donates 200 wheelchairs to Zim Hospitals

By Kuda Pembere The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) has donated over 200 wheelchairs to hospitals countrywide with Sally Mugabe Central Hospital, Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals and Chitungwiza Central Hospital getting 15. Speaking at the handing over of wheelchairs to Hospitals under the Harare Provincial Medical Directorate at Sally Mugabe Hospital, the Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution for Harare Metropolitan Province Charles Tavengwa said it was pleasing to notice ZESA giving back to the Hospitals. “I stand before you today with great pride and a sense of responsibility…

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