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MCAZ Public Relations Manager Davidson Kaiyo addresses content creators during a training session on medicines advertising laws in Zimbabwe.
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MCAZ Trains Content Creators on Medicines Advertising Laws

Kuda Pembere

By Kuda Pembere The Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) has engaged social media content creators to help curb the illegal advertising of medicines, warning that influencers increasingly shape public health decisions. The awareness meeting, held on Wednesday, brought together creators from Facebook, X, TikTok, Instagram and YouTube amid growing concern over the promotion of

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First Trial to Prevent Bundibugyo Ebola After Exposure Begins as Outbreak Claims 600 Lives

Michael Gwarisa

By Michael Gwarisa Scientists have launched the world’s first clinical trial to determine whether an experimental antiviral drug can prevent people exposed to the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola virus from developing the deadly disease, offering new hope as an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda continues to spread. The EBO-PEP

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