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Typhoid outbreak triggers fears of cholera
Sat, Jan 28, 2012
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Doctors in Zimbabwe said more than 800 cases of typhoid have been reported in Harare, the capital, in an outbreak of the bacterial disease.
Oral sex linked to throat cancer
Fri, Jan 27, 2012
A virus contracted through oral sex is the cause of some throat cancers, say US scientists reports BBC
Biti makes a surplus budget announcement to counter spread of typhoid
Wed, Jan 25, 2012
(Harare)Zimbabwe’s Finance Minister Tendai Biti has made an emergency move to address the problem of the Typhoid disease outbreak which has seen hundreds being infected across the country.
Cases of Multi-Drug Resistant TB On Rise
Wed, Jan 18, 2012
CASES of multi-drug resistant TB continue to increase with 76 cases recorded so far, a senior health official has said.
Processed meat 'linked to pancreatic cancer'
Sat, Jan 14, 2012
A link between eating processed meat, such as bacon or sausages, and pancreatic cancer has been suggested by researchers in Sweden.
Anthrax outbreak claims lives of more than 165 wild animals in Zimbabwe
Tue, Jan 10, 2012
More than 165 wild animals including 88 hippopotamuses have died amid an outbreak of anthrax in Zimbabwe. The hippos were found dead alongside 45 buffaloes, 30 elephants and two kudos in the country's northern Mana Pools national park. Zimbabwean Parks and Wildlife Management Authority spokeswoman Caroline Washaya-Moyo told the state-owned Herald newspaper that tests had proved the hippos were killed by anthrax.
Govt suspends bonding of nurses with immediate effect
Fri, Jan 06, 2012
GOVERNMENT has, with immediate effect, suspended the bonding of nurses until it has the capacity to employ them, the state controlled Chronicle reported.
Sperm grown in a petri-dish give infertile men hope
Tue, Jan 03, 2012
Scientists created lab-grown sperm by successfully simulating the environment found in testicles with the jelly in a Petri dish — a “breakthrough in male fertility,” they say.
Zimbabwe - born nurse sacked from UK hospital
Tue, Jan 03, 2012
A Zimbabwean midwife has been sacked after making sarcastic comments to a mother over her stillborn baby.
Zimbabwe's Health Ministry Targets Diarrheal Diseases in New Year
Mon, Jan 02, 2012
Though the health care system has recovered to some extent and sanitary conditions are better in some locations, Harare says it now lacks funds to address the factors that caused the 2008-2009 cholera epidemic
Cervical cancer vaccine to be introduced in Zimbabwe
Mon, Jan 02, 2012
The proposed introduction of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in Zimbabwe will result in a marked reduction of women who develop cervical cancer, medical experts have said.
