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
Read MoreBy 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
Read MoreHealth  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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