- Burundi mystery outbreak remains unsolved after More Than 200 pathogen tests
- Zimbabwe Moves to Tackle Climate-Health Crisis With New Adaptation Plan
- Nationwide nurses’ strike slated for Monday after Government’s US$30 increment
- Dr Nonhlanhla Zwangobani Appointed New ZACH Executive Director
- PEPFAR, Global Fund Expand Lenacapavir Access to Reach 3 Million in HIV Prevention Push
Zimbabwe Slashes Import Tariffs on E-Cigarettes
By Michael Gwarisa Harare, Zimbabwe – The Ministry of Finance, Economic Development, and Investment Promotion, has introduced significant amendments to the customs and excise tariffs on electronic cigarettes and related devices. The changes were formalised in Statutory Instrument 11 of 2025 and are part of the government’s broader strategy to boost revenue through sin taxes
Read MoreAll Set For 2025 Health Tech Connect Conference
By Staff Reporter The 2025 Health Tech Connect Conference, scheduled for February 27-28, is set to attract stakeholders from across the medical and technology industries. Hosted by the Entrepreneurs Network of Zimbabwe (ENZ), the event comes at a time when Zimbabwe is accelerating its adoption of digital health services, including e-learning, telemedicine, and the electronic
Read MoreCDC Pilots Tool That Can Predict Diseases Outbreak Ahead Of Time
Can we predict the ebb and flow of infectious disease the way meteorologists predict the weather? The federal government has bet big on the concept with a new nationwide network called Insight Net, which links academic disease modelers with public health practitioners. The network comprises 13 research consortia with participants in 24 states and is
Read MoreZimbabwean Innovators Win Cimas Healthathon with Epilepsy Monitoring App
By Michael Gwarisa Two young Zimbabweans have embarked on a mission to transform the nation’s healthcare landscape with a new digital tool, the Epi App. The innovation aims to provide real-time monitoring for epilepsy patients, potentially reducing the life-altering risks associated with the disorder. The mobile application, developed by Munashe Dube, a Bioengineering student at
Read MoreLocal telehealth service provider teams up with US based company
By Kuda Pembere Zimsmart Villages, a telehealth service provider and an American based company, the Samp Group have signed a partnership dubbed The Samp Zimsmart Villages Initiative in a move that is set improve health service delivery via telehealth services in Zimbabwean. The partnership will see the establishment of 150 telehealth kiosks and 750 booths
Read MoreZim scientists discover cancer cure
By Kudakwashe Pembere As the search for a cancer cure is under way across the globe, a team of Zimbabwean born scientists say they discovered compounds using artificial intelligence, mathematical modelling and machine learning. The algorithm targets cancer cells without interfering the normal healthy cells. These scientists are working alongside the University of Witwatersrand and
Read MoreMajor Boost For Harare Cholera Fight As Red Cross Donates Aqua Safe Water Quality Testing Kits and Gadgets
By Michael Gwarisa The City of Harare health department has received five Aqua Safe Water Quality Testing Kits and gadgets from the Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS), to strengthen the City’s water testing capacity and Diarrhoeal disease surveillance in Harare, HealthTimes has learnt. The donation is a brainchild of the  “Integrated Strategy for Cholera Risk
Read MoreZimbabwe Developer Launches Whatsapp Chatbot To Connect Zimbabweans To Pharmacies
By Michael Gwarisa In a move that is set to ease hurdles associated with accessing medicines and other essential drugs at community level, a Zimbabwean Chatbot Engineer, Blessing Museki and his team, have developed Cloomi, a Whatsapp Chatbot that is set to link millions of Zimbabweans to pharmacies. To date, 60 pharmacies across Harare have
Read MoreGetting Tough On Vaping Drives People Into Smoking Combustible Tobacco
Despite the massive crackdown on smoking in the form of bans and taxes, coupled with well-coordinated misinformation around emerging Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) alternatives, World Health Organisation (WHO) data shows that at least 8 million smokers continue to die from smoking-related diseases on an annual basis while one million non-smokers who are exposed to second-hand
Read MoreZim startup’s Cancer diagnostic application wins Cyber Cybertech Africa Security and Blockchain Hackathon
A Zimbabwean startup company which developed a computer application that detects cancers emerged the winner of this year’s Cyber Cybertech Africa Security and Blockchain Hackathon competition held in Kigali, Rwanda. By Kuda Pembere The application was developed by Clarity Technologies which comprises of four persons namely Collins Jimu and Zvikomborero Duri who are software engineers,
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