Day: May 23, 2024

Malabo declaration target on stunting reduction unreachable for Zim

Kuda Pembere

By Kuda Pembere Zimbabwe is among 19 African Union (AU) member states that are off-track to reduce stunting prevalence to 10 percent by 2025 as ratified in the Malabo Declaration. This was said during a Resilient African Feed and Fodder Systems (RAFFS)workshop organized by the Africa Union InterAfrican  Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR). To eliminate child-undernutrition by 2025, Africa Union (AU) member states in 2014 promised to reduce stunting to 10 percent. “In the 2024 Cadebayanu Review Report, the data shows that 26.7% of Zimbabwean children are stunted. So Zimbabwe…

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Zim government committed to improve feed and fodder sector

Kuda Pembere

By Kudakwashe Pembere In its bid to improve the livestock sector at a time the El Nino induced drought claimed about 10 000 cattle, the Zimbabwean Government is seized with improving the feed and fodder sector having a cocktail of measures such as the Presidential Silage scheme and the Presidential legume pasture program (creation of fodder banks) to mention but these. This was said by Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development Deputy Minister Dr Davis Marapira during Resilient Feed and Fodder Systems (RAFFS) workshop in Harare. The RAFFS is an…

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Government of Zimbabwe and partners recognise midwives in Zimbabwe

Kuda Pembere

Harare, Zimbabwe, 22 May 2024 – The Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) through the Zimbabwe Confederation of Midwives (ZICOM) with support from the Embassy of Sweden and the United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) Wednesday commemorated the International Day of the Midwives with recognition of 15 midwives from Zimbabwe’s 10 provinces who have excelled in their work. The International Day of the Midwife (IDM) is an important calendar day for all midwives and partners worldwide. It was established in 1992 by the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) to honour…

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