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13 Zim Private Doctors & Health Facilities Blacklisted For HealthCare Fraud

Michael Gwarisa

By Michael Gwarisa Zimbabwe is witnessing a sharp rise in healthcare fraud, particularly within the private healthcare sector, with an estimated 1,577 cases reported in 2024, the Association of Healthcare Funders of Zimbabwe (AHFoZ) has revealed. As a result, 13 service providers and medical doctors have been blacklisted, rendering them ineligible to offer services under

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Healing or Hustle? Smuggled Meds Are Big Draw in Zimbabwe’s Hidden Markets

Michael Gwarisa

By Gamuchirai Masiyiwa, GPJ Zimbabwe HARARE, ZIMBABWE — It’s possible to buy pretty much anything at the market in Hopley, an informal settlement south of this capital city: rat poison, mops — even medicine. That medicine is sold without prescriptions, to buyers who don’t have a diagnosis from a doctor in hand. Some vendors even

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New horizon beckons for Zim women…As Senate calls for Overhaul of existing Termination of Pregnancy Law

Michael Gwarisa

Health  Correspondent When schools reopened in January this year, a headmaster in Mbire District experienced the shock of his life. 16 girls dropped out. Upon further inquiry by the education ministry, it was revealed that the majority of these students had left due to pregnancy. Elsewhere, several girls failed to return to class at the

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