China’s Zero-Tariff Push: Could Zimbabwe Turn Trade Ties into a Health Opportunity?
By Michael Gwarisa Zimbabwe imports about 88 percent of the medicines consumed in the country, while its pharmaceutical import bill has averaged roughly US$250 million a year. In 2025 alone, Zimbabwe imported pharmaceutical products worth about US$215 million. Yet China, despite being one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical and medical-technology manufacturing powers, accounted for only
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Where Do Zimbabwean Journalists Covering Traumatic Events Get Psychosocial Support?
By Michael Gwarisa When tragedy strikes, journalists are often among the first people to arrive. They enter accident scenes while bodies are still being recovered. They interview parents who have just lost children. They speak to survivors of sexual violence, report on murder and suicide, document disease outbreaks and travel to communities devastated by floods,
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If These Children Were on Planes, the World Would Never Look Away
Michael Gwarisa Visualise this: the world’s largest passenger plane, the Airbus A380, a double-deck giant capable of carrying more than 500 people. Now imagine one crashing, killing every child on board. Now imagine it happening again and again, more than thirty times. That is roughly the scale of the estimated 20,000 children killed across Gaza,
Read MoreBusinesses Fail when they Fail to Support Women Interests
By Professor Myriam Sidibe Amid predictions of Africa’s growth and the potential of its youth, one inconvenient statistic tells a different story. Africa has the highest rate of femicide worldwide [2.9 victims per 100,000 in 2023] – around 22,000 women and girls are killed every year by an intimate partner or family member. I spend
Read MoreCWGH Urges Transparency and Equity in Zimbabwe’s 2025 Budget Allocation
By Itai Rusike The 2025 Mid-Term Budget and Economic Review, presented by the Minister of Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion on 31 July 2025, comes at a time when Zimbabwe is recovering from a tough economic year. A projected economic rebound to 6.0% in 2025, from 1.7% in 2024, largely attributed to a strong
Read MoreProsecuting HIV Under a Repealed Law Will Take Zimbabwe 20 Years Back Into the Dark Ages
By Michael Gwarisa In May 2022, Zimbabwe took a bold and progressive step by repealing Section 79 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, which criminalised the deliberate transmission of HIV. This repeal was not merely a legislative change, it was a milestone in Zimbabwe’s HIV response, signaling a shift toward science, public health,
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Op-ed: Adolescents and young people today, leaders tomorrow: commemorating the Day of the African Child
Authored by: Mr Henry Damisoni, UNAIDS Representative, Ms Etona Ekole, UNICEF Representative, Mrs Miranda Tabifor, UNFPA Representative, Dr. Desta Tiruneh, WHO Representative In a local health clinic in Zimbabwe, Patience, a nurse and midwife, counsels and supports women and girls on a daily basis – some who are trying to prevent a pregnancy, those who are soon
Read MoreAddressing Zimbabwe’s Health System Demise and Brain Drain
By Itai Rusike Zimbabwe’s health sector has been on a downward trajectory for years, facing numerous systemic challenges that have significantly eroded the quality of service delivery. Among the most pressing issues is the brain drain, which has seen a mass exodus of health professionals seeking better opportunities abroad. This trend has left the nation’s
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Health Professions Authority Zimbabwe: Guardians of Healthcare Standards and Patient Rights
The Health Professions Authority of Zimbabwe (HPA) plays a crucial role in safeguarding the nation’s health by regulating private and public health institutions. Beyond its regulatory function, HPA is also instrumental in promoting and protecting patient rights through its oversight of the Patients Charter of Zimbabwe. This article unpacks HPA’s mandate and delves into the
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Will Zambia Succumb to US Pressure Over Health Aid and Minerals?
Michael Gwarisa Zambia finds itself at the centre of a high stakes geopolitical and public health dilemma as pressure from the United States intensifies over a proposed agreement linking health funding to economic concessions. While April 30 has circulated widely as a decisive deadline, it is not an official contractual cutoff. Instead, it reflects mounting
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