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One Million Die From Drug Resistance as Experts Demand Action
 About one million people die every year from drug-resistant bacterial infections, health experts have warned, as they call for stronger laws, increased funding and tighter controls to tackle antimicr...
Zimbabwe’s Family Planning Gains Face Investment Test
 Zimbabwe’s relatively high use of modern contraception in the region is putting the spotlight on whether continued investment, access and informed choice can keep pace with the sexual and reproductiv...
HPA Closes 48 Health Facilities Over Bogus Practitioners, Safety Breaches
 By MunyaradziDoma Zimbabwe has closed 48 health facilities across the country this year for various violations, including operating without registration and employing bogus practitioners.The faciliti...
Zimbabwe commits US$250m to hospitals, targets maternal and child health
Zimbabwe has committed more than US$250 million towards upgrading hospital infrastructure nationwide by 2030, with about 30 percent of the investment earmarked for maternal and child health as the cou...
Contraception averts 815,000 unintended pregnancies in Zimbabwe — UNFPA
 Modern contraceptive use helped avert an estimated 815,000 unintended pregnancies, 204,000 unsafe abortions and 2,250 maternal deaths in Zimbabwe in 2025, with health authorities and partners increas...
Debt burden puts Zimbabwe’s health financing under pressure
AHF Country Program Director         Ernest Chikwati                    Picture credit- Daphne Machiri Zimbabwe’s growing debt burden is increasingly being felt beyond govern...
Zimbabwe Takes Aim at Period Poverty, Menstrual Health Gaps
Zimbabwe has launched a national educational package on menstrual health management as Government and development partners seek to tackle period poverty, stigma and inadequate menstrual-health informa...
Unpaid care work holding women back from economic progress
 Unpaid care work is increasingly being recognised as one of the hidden barriers limiting women’s participation in Zimbabwe’s productive economy, with calls for the country to develop policies that ac...
Pregnant at 16, Alone in the Dark: The Information Gap Driving Unsafe Choices
 Health Law and Policy Consortium Board Chairperson Tinashe Mundawarara Agnes, 30, was 16 and preparing for her Form Four examinations when she discovered she was two months pregnant.Her boyfriend, wh...
MCAZ Recalls Nifedipine, Levodopa/Carbidopa Tablets Over Quality Concerns
 The Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe has ordered the recall of specified batches of Nifedipine 10mg and Levodopa/Carbidopa tablets after the products failed quality tests.The Class II recall,...