The Avenues Clinic Escapes US$520,000 Medical Negligence Claim Over Patient’s Death
By Michael Gwarisa The High Court has absolved the Avenues Clinic from a US$520,000 medical negligence claim brought by the family of a patient who died after allegedly falling from his hospital bed, ruling that the family failed to provide expert evidence linking the hospital’s conduct to his death. Justice Dube granted the clinic’s
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Gates Foundation, Wellcome Leap Commit US$100 Million to Cut Global Stillbirths by Half
World Health Summit Signature Event brings together global leaders, civil society, and philanthropy to move from crisis response to lasting resilience By Michael Gwarisa Wellcome Leap and the Gates Foundation will commit $100 million to Uzima, a new stillbirth prevention initiative that aims to show stillbirth rates can be cut in half within a decade
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Women urged to screen for breast cancer as cases emerge among younger women
By Kuda Pembere Zimbabwe recorded an estimated 2,483 new breast cancer cases among women in 2024, making it the country’s second most common cancer among women after cervical cancer, which accounted for an estimated 5,194 cases, according to the International Agency for Research on Cancer’s Global Cancer Observatory. The figures have renewed calls for greater
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