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- [Once-Weekly HIV Pill Matches Daily Treatment in Landmark Phase III Trials Ahead of AIDS 2026](https://healthtimes.co.zw/once-weekly-hiv-pill-matches-daily-treatment-phase-3-trials/): A once-weekly pill for HIV treatment has performed as well as standard daily therapy in two landmark Phase III clinical trials, bringing researchers a step closer to offering people living with HIV the world's first complete once-weekly oral treatment regimen.
- [382 Students Hit by Respiratory Illness Outbreak at St Faith’s School in Manicaland](https://healthtimes.co.zw/382-students-hit-by-respiratory-illness-outbreak-at-st-faiths-school-in-manicaland/): More than 382 students at St Faith's High School in Makoni District, Manicaland Province, have been affected by an outbreak of an acute respiratory illness that has swept through the boarding school since Thursday, overwhelming the school's clinic and leaving eight learners admitted to hospital.
- [SI330 Deserves Parliament’s Toughest Questions](https://healthtimes.co.zw/si330-parliament-medical-aid-reforms-zimbabwe-opinion/): Good legislation is not measured by how quickly it is passed, but by how rigorously it is scrutinised. As Parliament considers the proposed SI330 amendments, its duty is not simply to approve or reject reform—it is to ensure that every significant legal, economic and healthcare consequence has been fully tested.
- [Men Embrace Family Planning Through Community and Workplace Engagements](https://healthtimes.co.zw/men-family-planning-shamva-bindura-znfpc/): SHAMVA/BINDURA – Recent male engagement initiatives on family planning and reproductive health conducted in Shamva and Bindura districts, as well as at workplaces in Bindura by the Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC), are beginning to transform men's perceptions of family planning and reproductive health. More men are recognising the value of their active participation in improving family wellbeing.
- [Harare’s Scabies Outbreak Started at Hopley Daycare, 70 Cases Now Reported](https://healthtimes.co.zw/harare-scabies-outbreak-70-cases-hopley-stoneridge/): A scabies outbreak has spread through Harare's overcrowded informal settlements, with health authorities confirming 70 cases in Hopley and Stoneridge, raising fresh concerns about the health risks posed by rapid urbanisation and poor living conditions.
- [Zimbabwe’s HPV Vaccine Coverage Soars From 6% to 90% in Three Years, Second Highest in SADC](https://healthtimes.co.zw/zimbabwe-hpv-vaccine-coverage-90-percent-second-highest-sadc/): Zimbabwe has staged one of the region's most remarkable immunisation recoveries, with HPV vaccine coverage soaring from just six percent in 2022 to 90 percent in 2025, making it the second-highest performer in the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
- [Zimbabwe Promises Free Caesarean Sections Once National Health Insurance Programme Takes Effect](https://healthtimes.co.zw/zimbabwe-free-caesarean-sections-national-health-insurance/): The Government has acknowledged that financial barriers are preventing some pregnant women from accessing life-saving maternal healthcare and says it is finalising legislation that will introduce free healthcare for every Zimbabwean citizen and resident.
- [Zimbabwe Lost 563 Mothers and 6,177 Newborns in 2025 as Maternal Health Challenges Persist](https://healthtimes.co.zw/zimbabwe-records-563-maternal-deaths-6177-newborn-deaths-2025/): Every day in 2025, nearly 17 Zimbabwean babies died every day before reaching one month of life.
- [MCAZ Trains Content Creators on Medicines Advertising Laws](https://healthtimes.co.zw/mcaz-trains-content-creators-medicines-advertising-laws/): 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.
- [First Trial to Prevent Bundibugyo Ebola After Exposure Begins as Outbreak Claims 600 Lives](https://healthtimes.co.zw/first-bundibugyo-ebola-prevention-trial-begins-drc/): The trial comes as the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak has infected 1,759 people and claimed 600 lives as of 9 July, according to the DRC's National Institute of Public Health (INSP). The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 17 May.
- [New Rotary Club of Chitungwiza President Pledges to Expand Community Health Programmes](https://healthtimes.co.zw/new-rotary-club-of-chitungwiza-president-pledges-to-expand-community-health-programmes/): By Kuda Pembere
- [Bundibugyo Ebola Cases Surge 25% in a Week as Africa CDC Warns Outbreak Is Accelerating](https://healthtimes.co.zw/bundibugyo-ebola-cases-surge-africa-cdc-warning/): The Democratic Republic of Congo's Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak is accelerating at an alarming pace, with infections surging by 25% in just one week as the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) warned that the virus is spreading faster than response efforts can keep up.
- [Women’s Leadership Vital to Zimbabwe’s Development, National Indaba Hears](https://healthtimes.co.zw/womens-leadership-zimbabwe-national-indaba/): Women’s leadership is not merely a matter of representation but a constitutional right and a critical driver of Zimbabwe’s development, delegates at the Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe (WCoZ) High-Level National Indaba heard.
- [Zimbabwe Unveils National Health Strategy 2026-2030, Targets Universal Health Coverage](https://healthtimes.co.zw/zimbabwe-launches-national-health-strategy-2026-2030/): Zimbabwe has launched its National Health Strategy (2026-2030), a five-year blueprint aimed at strengthening the country's health system, expanding access to quality healthcare and accelerating progress towards universal health coverage.
- [HealthTimes Editor Awarded Prestigious IAS Media Scholarship to Cover AIDS 2026 Conference in Brazil](https://healthtimes.co.zw/healthtimes-editor-ias-media-scholarship-aids-2026/): The IAS Media Scholarship Programme has become one of the society's flagship initiatives aimed at improving public understanding of HIV science by equipping journalists with direct access to researchers and scientific evidence. Recipients participate in scientific sessions, media briefings and interviews with global experts throughout the conference.
- [Zimbabwe Marks First International Paramedics Day as New Emergency Care Law Takes Effect](https://healthtimes.co.zw/zimbabwe-international-paramedics-day-emergency-care-law/): HARARE – Zimbabwe commemorated its first-ever International Paramedics Day on Tuesday, with health officials using the occasion to highlight the newly gazetted Medical Services Amendment Act, which makes the provision of emergency medical care a legal obligation for both public and private health institutions.
- [Zimbabwe Introduces Law Requiring Private Hospitals to Treat Emergency Patients Regardless of Ability to Pay](https://healthtimes.co.zw/zimbabwe-medical-services-amendment-act-emergency-treatment-private-hospitals/): Zimbabwe has enacted sweeping amendments to the Medical Services Act that will require private hospitals to provide life-saving emergency treatment to critically ill patients regardless of their ability to pay, marking one of the country's most significant health law reforms in recent years.
- [More Than a Courtesy Call: What Lydia Zigomo’s Zimbabwe Mission Means for Women and young people](https://healthtimes.co.zw/more-than-a-courtesy-call-what-lydia-zigomos-zimbabwe-mission-means-for-women-and-young-people/): When Lydia Zigomo, the UNFPA Regional Director for East and Southern Africa arrived in Zimbabwe for her recent high-level mission, her schedule appeared much like that of many senior United Nations officials. There were meetings with government ministers, engagements with development partners, discussions with young people, visits to key national institutions and participation in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Ministers of Health and Ministers of Finance Meeting.
- [Daily Pill Burden Fuels Demand for Long-Acting HIV Prevention in Zimbabwe, Survey Finds](https://healthtimes.co.zw/lenacapavir-zimbabwe-long-acting-hiv-prevention-survey/): Nearly seven in ten Zimbabweans who previously used daily oral HIV prevention pills abandoned treatment because of the burden of taking medication every day, a new survey has revealed, adding fresh evidence that long-acting injectable HIV prevention could transform the country's fight against new HIV infections.
- [How Gold Is Fueling a Teenage Pregnancy Crisis in Shamva](https://healthtimes.co.zw/gold-fueling-teenage-pregnancy-crisis-shamva/): On a chilly Tuesday morning at Wadzanayi Clinic in Shamva, Rhoda gently rocks her toddler as she recounts the decisions that changed her life forever. She has accompanied her mother, who is attending a routine blood pressure review.
- [Termination of Pregnancy after Rape: A Matter of Law, Health, Compassion and Justice](https://healthtimes.co.zw/termination-pregnancy-after-rape-zimbabwe-law-health-justice/): In Zimbabwe, conversations about termination of pregnancy often begin and end with moral discomfort. Too often, they are shaped by silence, fear, misinformation and stigma rather than by the law, medical evidence, constitutional values and compassion for survivors. Yet for a woman or girl who becomes pregnant as a result of rape, this is not an abstract debate. It is a deeply personal crisis involving trauma, bodily violation, health risks, legal rights, family pressure, spiritual pain and, in many cases, unbearable uncertainty.
- [38,000 Malawians to Receive Lenacapavir as First Shipment of HIV Prevention Doses Arrives](https://healthtimes.co.zw/malawi-lenacapavir-rollout-38000-doses/): Malawi has received its first shipment of lenacapavir, a long-acting injectable HIV prevention medicine, with enough doses expected to protect 38,000 people, marking another milestone in Africa's rollout of one of the most significant advances in HIV prevention in decades.
- [WHO Declares Hantavirus Outbreak Over After Final Contact Tests Negative](https://healthtimes.co.zw/who-declares-hantavirus-outbreak-over/): WHO has officially declared the recent hantavirus outbreak over after the last person known to have been exposed to the virus completed quarantine and tested negative.
- [WHO Donates US$350,000 Cervical Cancer, Cholera Equipment to Zimbabwe](https://healthtimes.co.zw/who-donates-cervical-cancer-equipment-cholera-tents-zimbabwe/): Zimbabwe has received cervical cancer diagnostic equipment and cholera treatment tents worth approximately US$350,000 from the World Health Organization (WHO), a major boost to the country's efforts to strengthen cancer care and emergency disease response.
- [Zimbabwe Becomes First in Africa, Fourth Globally to Attain WHO Maturity Level 4](https://healthtimes.co.zw/zimbabwe-who-medicines-regulation-maturity-level-4/): Zimbabwe has become the first country in Africa and only the fourth globally to attain the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Benchmarking Tool (GBT) Maturity Level 4, the highest international standard for medicines regulation.
- [Zimbabwe’s Family Planning Investment Unlocks Increased UNFPA Support](https://healthtimes.co.zw/zimbabwe-family-planning-unfpa-funding-compact/): HARARE – Zimbabwe's commitment to investing domestic resources in family planning is paying dividends, with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) increasing its financial support for reproductive health commodities under a financing arrangement now being recognised as a regional success story.
- [Zimbabwe to Use Sugar Tax Revenue to Fund Nutrition, Fight Obesity](https://healthtimes.co.zw/zimbabwe-sugar-tax-nutrition-strategy/): Zimbabwe will begin using revenue collected from sugar-sweetened beverages and fast-food taxes to finance nutrition programmes and tackle the growing burden of obesity and diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs) following Cabinet's approval of the National Nutrition Financing Strategy.
- [From One Mother to Another: How Sayana Press Is Spreading in Rural Zimbabwe](https://healthtimes.co.zw/sayana-press-zimbabwe-rural-family-planning/): When 23-year-old Mai Audrey switched to Sayana Press after struggling with side effects from another contraceptive, she simply wanted a family planning method that worked for her.
- [Morocco summit honors Gweru business couple](https://healthtimes.co.zw/morocco-summit-honors-gweru-business-couple/): The recognition, conferred by the Nigeria-based Davidian Peace and Advocacy Foundation, honoured the duo for their contributions to humanitarian work and business leadership across Africa. The awards ceremony was held at the Mövenpick Hotel following a conference attended by business leaders from the mining, property development, oil and gas, aviation and other sectors.
- [Zimbabwe to Host Continental Reproductive Justice Forum Focused on Age and Rights](https://healthtimes.co.zw/zimbabwe-reproductive-justice-forum-age-rights/): Zimbabwe will, for the first time, host the Fourth Annual Reproductive Justice Litigation Baraza, marking the first occasion the continental conference has been held outside Uganda since its inception four years ago.
- [Healthcare Fraud Costs Millions as Stakeholders Call for Joint Action](https://healthtimes.co.zw/healthcare-fraud-zimbabwe-stakeholders-call-for-action/): Stakeholders in Zimbabwe's healthcare sector have called for stronger collaboration among health insurers, healthcare providers, patients, regulators, government and law enforcement agencies to curb healthcare fraud, warning that fraudulent practices are draining resources meant for patient care.
- [Zimbabwe Study Finds Older People Living with HIV Face Hidden Bone Loss, Women at Greatest Risk](https://healthtimes.co.zw/zimbabwe-hiv-bone-loss-osteoporosis-study/): A groundbreaking Zimbabwean study has revealed that older people living with HIV have significantly poorer bone health than their HIV-negative peers, with women facing an even greater risk of developing osteoporosis and suffering debilitating fractures as they age.
- [NUST Wins 2026 SayWhat National Universities Quiz Challenge](https://healthtimes.co.zw/nust-wins-2026-saywhat-national-universities-quiz-challenge/): The National University of Science and Technology (NUST) has been crowned champions of the 2026 SayWhat National Universities Quiz Challenge after defeating teams from 16 other universities in a fiercely contested competition that brought together 34 students from across Zimbabwe.
- [A Voice From the Podium: Pregnant Teen’s Emotional Testimony Defines National Adolescent Pregnancy Launch](https://healthtimes.co.zw/pregnant-teens-testimony-adolescent-pregnancy-zimbabwe/): A hush settled over the grounds of Goromonzi High School on a chilly Monday morning in the third week of June 2026 as government officials, development partners, traditional leaders, health workers and students gathered to launch Zimbabwe's National Multi-Sectoral Framework for the Prevention and Management of Adolescent Pregnancies.
- [Amnesty International, Doctors for Human Rights Call for Urgent Protection of Migrants in South Africa as Violence Escalates](https://healthtimes.co.zw/amnesty-international-doctors-for-human-rights-call-for-urgent-protection-of-migrants-in-south-africa-as-violence-escalates/): The Southern African Doctors for Human Rights (SADHR) and Amnesty International have called for urgent protection of migrants, refugees and foreign nationals in South Africa amid escalating violence, discrimination and human rights violations.
- [Registration Opens for Cimas Healthathon 3.0 as Innovators Race to Transform Healthcare](https://healthtimes.co.zw/cimas-healthathon-3-0-2026-applications-zimbabwe/): By Staff Reporter
- [Child Marriage Suspects Walking Free in Court, Say Chiefs—Demand Tough Powers](https://healthtimes.co.zw/chiefs-demand-stronger-powers-child-marriages-zimbabwe/): Traditional leaders have called for the alignment of Zimbabwe’s laws with customary law, arguing that this would empower chiefs to take stronger action against child marriages in their communities.
- [South African Parliament clears Tobacco Bill for next stage but MPs demand major overhaul on cigarette and vaping rules](https://healthtimes.co.zw/south-african-parliament-clears-tobacco-bill-for-next-stage-but-mps-demand-major-overhaul-on-cigarette-and-vaping-rules/): After years of delays, debate and thousands of public submissions, the Portfolio Committee on Health on Wednesday voted in favour of the desirability of the Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill. However, several MPs made it clear their support is dependent on significant amendments, particularly around differentiating between combustible cigarettes and non-combustible nicotine products.
- [Record Turnout as SAYWHAT Universities Quiz Challenge Draws 17 Institutions](https://healthtimes.co.zw/saywhat-national-universities-quiz-challenge-record-turnout-zimbabwe/): By Alice Mudzingwa
- [Zimbabwean Chiefs Draw a Line on Child Marriage Through “Not In My Village”](https://healthtimes.co.zw/zimbabwean-chiefs-draw-a-line-on-child-marriage-through-not-in-my-village/): What began as a youth-led campaign in one province is increasingly evolving into a national movement reshaping how traditional leaders respond to child marriage across Zimbabwe.
- [At 17, Motherhood Changed Her Plans. Family Planning Helped Her Rewrite Them](https://healthtimes.co.zw/shamva-woman-family-planning-journey-contraceptive-choice-zimbabwe/): On a cool Monday morning, Christabel Chiweso arrives at Wadzanayi Clinic, a health facility run by the Shamva Rural District Council. This time, she is not seeking a family planning method for herself.
- [Zimbabwe Launches National Framework as Adolescent Pregnancies Surge to 22%](https://healthtimes.co.zw/zimbabwe-adolescent-pregnancy-framework-launch-2026/): The Government of Zimbabwe has launched a National Multi-Sectoral Framework for the Prevention and Management of Adolescent Pregnancies, describing the initiative as a decisive national response to one of the country’s most urgent public health and development challenges.
- [A Landmine Took Her Leg. Years Later, Another Accident Nearly Took Her Life](https://healthtimes.co.zw/karanda-hospital-regina-landmine-survivor-second-chance-zimbabwe/): One moment, Regina (not her real name) was helping her aunt carry a log of firewood in Rushinga. The next, she was lying on the ground in agony, her lower leg blown off by a landmine hidden beneath the soil.
- [Australia confirms suspected bird flu case in Western Australia amid global H5 outbreak – as authorities ramp up preparedness](https://healthtimes.co.zw/australia-suspected-bird-flu-western-australia-h5-outbreak/): Australian authorities are investigating a suspected case of bird flu in Western Australia after a wild migratory bird tested positive for a possible H5 avian influenza infection, raising fresh concerns about the global spread of the virus.
- [Clause 11 has been deleted. The conversation has not.](https://healthtimes.co.zw/clause-11-zimbabwe-reproductive-justice-debate/): The debate over Clause 11 should never have been reduced to a false choice between total prohibition and abortion on demand. Zimbabwe already recognises limited lawful grounds for termination; the real question is whether those rights can be made real for those who need them. The Termination of Pregnancy (ToP)Act of 1977 settled the legality decades ago, yet the recent framing of the contest as one between women’s rights and culture did real damage. Concerns about the sanctity of life deserve a serious response, but so do the lives of girls and women harmed by unsafe abortions and a system that fails to keep its constitutional promises. The challenge now is to build a national conversation serious enough to hold these complexities without collapsing into slogans.
- [African Leaders Pledge US$910 Million to Contain Ebola as Africa CDC Warns Time Is Running Out](https://healthtimes.co.zw/african-leaders-pledge-910-million-ebola-bundibugyo-response-drc-uganda/): African leaders, donors and international partners have pledged US$910 million towards containing the growing Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda, with health officials warning that delays in releasing funds could sharply escalate both infections and costs.
- [South Korea Donates US$170,000 Rehabilitation Equipment to Transform Care for Zimbabwean Children with Cerebral Palsy](https://healthtimes.co.zw/south-korea-donates-170000-childrens-rehabilitation-equipment-zimbabwe/): Zimbabwe has received specialised children's rehabilitation equipment worth more than US$170,000 from the Government of South Korea, a development expected to improve treatment and rehabilitation services for children living with cerebral palsy across the country.
- [Zimbabwean Students Find a Home Away from Home at Texila American University Zambia](https://healthtimes.co.zw/zimbabwean-students-texila-american-university-zambia-medical-education/): A growing number of Zimbabwean students are making a deliberate and confident choice when it comes to higher education - Texila American University Zambia (TAUZ) in Lusaka. What is particularly striking is not just the numbers, but the reasons behind this shift. For many Zimbabwean school leavers, TAUZ represents more than an academic institution; it is a place where ambition meets opportunity, and where students find a genuine sense of belonging away from home.
- [“Finish What We Started”: WHO and Brazil Urge Leaders to Finalise Pandemic Agreement](https://healthtimes.co.zw/who-brazil-pandemic-agreement-pabs-annex-finish-what-we-started/): The World Health Organization and the Government of Brazil have issued a joint appeal to global leaders, urging them to “finish what we started” by finalising the remaining piece of the WHO Pandemic Agreement, warning that the world remains dangerously exposed to the next health emergency.
- [Inside Khami Prison: The Inmate Called “The Headmaster” Transforming Education Behind Bars](https://healthtimes.co.zw/khami-prison-headmaster-moyo-80-percent-pass-rate/): Khami Prison officer in charge Chief Superintendent Panonetsa Chemugariri says overcrowding places pressure on accommodation, healthcare, food supply, security and rehabilitation programmes. Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service

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