News Zimbabwe Harare: New HIV drug arrives in Zimbabwe, promising protection but testing health systems after aid cuts
A new HIV drug has arrived in Zimbabwe, promising protection from the virus that has devastated the population in the past two decades. But there are concerns that testing health systems won't cope, after international aid cuts.
News Zimbabwe Harare: Zimbabwe’s ban on raw minerals exports puts Chinese firms under pressure
THE Chinese Embassy in Zimbabwe has warned its nationals and companies operating in the country to exercise caution and strengthen compliance measures following government policy shifts that include a ...
News Zimbabwe Harare: Zimbabwe: Top Us Diplomat Commends Zim Reforms
Former United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Mr Johnnie Carson has spoken highly of electoral and media reforms which President Mnangagwa's administration has undertaken since the July 2018 harmonised elections, saying Harare was on course to implementing recommendations made by poll observer missions.
News Zimbabwe Harare: Determinants of access and utilization of cervical cancer treatment and palliative care services in Harare, Zimbabwe
Cervical cancer treatment and care services have remained largely centralized in Zimbabwe thereby entrenching inequities to access amongst patients. The objective of this study was to investigate the determinants of access to treatment and care among women with cervical cancer in Harare, Zimbabwe. A sequential explanatory mixed methods design was used. In phase 1, three surveys (namely community, patient and health worker) were conducted with sample sizes of 143, 134 and 78 participants respectively. Validated structured questionnaires programmed in Android tablet with SurveytoGo software were used for data collection during the surveys. Univariate, bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyzes were conducted using STATA® version 14 to generate descriptive statistics and identify determinants of access to cervical cancer treatment and care. In phase 2, 16 in-depth interviews, 20 key informant interviews and 6 focus groups were conducted to explain quantitative data. Participants were purposively selected and saturation principle was used to guide sample sizes. Manually generated thematic codes were processed in Dedoose software to produce final outputs for qualitative study. Knowledge of causes (p = 0.046), perceptions of adequacy of specialists (p
News Zimbabwe Harare: Zimbabwe: Vendors Demand Clear Informal Sector Policy
Government and political parties should come up with clear policies on the management of the informal sector as well as strategies to incorporate it into the formal economy, vendors leaders have said.
News Zimbabwe Harare: Zimbabwe Declares Interim RTGS Dollar Its Sole Legal Currency
HARARE — Zimbabwe has declared its interim currency, the RTGS dollar, the country's sole legal tender with effect from Monday, according to a government notice published on Monday. "The British pound, ...
News Zimbabwe Harare: Zimbabwe Hikes Overnight Lending Rate to 50% After Ending Dollarisation
HARARE — Zimbabwe's central bank said on Monday it had raised its overnight lending rate to 50% from 15% to support the local currency, after the government banned the use of foreign currencies as ...
News Zimbabwe Harare: Zimbabwe cricketer Brendan Taylor's wife mugged outside home in Harare
"Fortunately she only lost her handbag and it could (have) been a lot worse," Taylor said in another tweet. He also urged residents to remain on guard against criminal activities in Zimbabwe Zimbabwe ...
News Zimbabwe Harare: Zimbabwe: Enzo Claims Victimisation By 'Jealous' Fellow Artists
Enzo, real name Stephen Mamhare, said he now turns down gigs held in Harare because of musicians and their 'minions' who have the motive of destroying his music career. Speaking to a local radio ...
News Zimbabwe Harare: Gold Miner Sues Zimbabwe Central Bank for Not Paying in Dollars
Zimbabwe’s biggest gold producer sued the country’s central ... A plan to build a new mine near the capital, Harare, was thwarted, leaving a $25 million processing plant built last year idle, after ...
News Zimbabwe Harare: Explainer: Why Zimbabwe faces worst power cuts in three years
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe is experiencing its worst power cuts in three years, lasting up to 10 hours daily in some areas and threatening mining output in one of the world’s biggest platinum and ...
