Dr Ramathuba should understand that she should be highly ethical and professional in front of patients irrespective of age, disease or disability, creed, ethnic origin, sex, nationality, political affiliation, race, sexual orientation and social standing. 

More than 140 000 people died of measles in 2018. The overwhelming majority of those who die of measles are from countries with low per capita incomes and weak health infrastructures. Countries that top measles outbreaks in the world include Nigeria, India, Pakistan, Liberia, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, DRC, Indonesia and Ivory Coast.

The calamitous nature of the virus was appreciated in the year 2020 when in January, the beta variant wreaked havoc.

Antimicrobial resistance occurs when microbes evolve mechanisms that protect them from the effects of antimicrobials. The term antibiotic resistance applies to bacteria that become resistant to antibiotics.

During the past two weeks the power utility company has been imposing lengthy load shedding schedules, a development which is detrimental to economic growth.

Monkey pox virus has been shown to have two distinct modes of transmission, animal to human transmission and human to human transmission.

Masvingo will open a school of medicine in August 2022, Simon Mazorodze School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Special mention goes to renowned academic, Professor Rungano Zvobgo who is the Vice Chancellor and Professor Jacob Mufunda, the Dean of Medicine at the new university.

Prominent people lost their lives including renowned doctors who tried their best to subdue the toxic effects of the virus.

At least 60% of our citizens cannot access adequate health care, a phenomenon which is quite unfortunate. Many lives are being lost on a daily basis yet better medical services can be offered to salvage the horrendous situation.

Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS) has been integral in all these disasters through augmenting the country’s disaster management systems, thanks to a myriad of their volunteers dotted across the country.

The United Kingdom had its index case May 6, after its citizen had returned from Nigeria on May 4. Since then, Europe has been witnessing an outbreak of the monkey pox with countries like Germany, Italy, Belgium, Portugal, Netherlands, Sweden and France recording cases.

The first patient in the current outbreak had returned to the United Kingdom from travels to Nigeria where monkeypox is endemic.

It is unfortunate that South Africa has entered the fifth wave of the pandemic, with many new cases now dominating the country.

Testing should be increased in suspected hotspots so that early cases can be detected if containment is to be archived.

Three years ago, a campaign dubbed Let’s Talk EUP [early and unintended pregnancy] was launched in 21 countries in East and Southern Africa, Zimbabwe included, with the aim of advocating for action to eliminate EUP at both regional and national levels through to the grassroots.

A lot of resources were used in the fight against Covid-19 and the global health order was altered significantly.

Many people came to master medical terms and diagnoses were made quickly even by the layman. Zimbabwe lost over 5 400 people from the deadly virus and prominent people succumbed to the heinous virus within a short period of time.

Illicit drug use is directly and indirectly responsible for over 750 000 deaths per year with more than 166 000 people dying from drug overdoses.

The country has embarked on an aggressive vaccination blitz, mainly targeting school kids who are above 12 years of age. 

There were plenty of these measures which include carrying a Covid-19 certificate for travellers, routine tests at some workplaces, sanitisation at public places, social gatherings, masking up to mention just but a few.

Pathways is being implemented by Catholic Relief Services (CRS) in partnership with Caritas Harare in Mbare, Stoneridge and Hopley Farm; with various other partners in eight other districts across Zimbabwe.

Covid-19 contributed significantly to the obtaining drug scourge in Zimbabwe  and elsewhere, having been the only passtime for most youth when virtually all activities were brought to a standstill.

There have been at least 4 waves now from the Covid-19 of which the second and third waves were a thorn in the flesh for our country in terms of virulence if morbidity is talked about.

Public health measures are being thrown into dustbins with many people snubbing vaccinations up to this day. This is calamitous and no one knows what strain will be dominant in the next wave.

Many schools are clearly extorting parents as they force them to buy uniforms at unprecedently high prices from their respective school.

It is time that Zimbabwe health system adopts medical E-cards that Tres Group International (TGI) is spearheading.

Resistance can appear spontaneously because of random mutations; However, extended use of antimicrobials appears to encourage selection for mutations which can render antimicrobials ineffective.

There are many forms of mental health disorders which include depression, anxiety, bipolar, eating disorders and schizophrenia.

In reality, the first genetic sequence of Omicron was produced on November 24 2021 by the Botswana-based Zimbabwean researcher Sikhulile Moyo, director at the Havard AIDS Institute Partnership (BHP).

We need to pay tribute to the few remaining health personnel who stood tall to contain the dreaded Covid-19 as we became more victorious than many of the developed countries that lost thousands of their people.

Having many sexual partners and engaging in unprotected sex exposes one to sexually transmitted illnesses (STIs), among them HIV.

These symptoms can occur even in people who did not have Covid-19 symptoms when they were infected, those who had a mild SARS-COV2 infection or in patients who do not have any underlying medical condition. 

The year 2021 had three intertwined waves of the Covid-19 with the second wave extending from December 2020 and lasting up to March of 2021 while the third wave had the delta variant strangulating people from end of June to end of August.

Zimbabwe has entered the 4th wave of Covid-19 with South Africa leading in terms of both incidence and prevalence.

Our country broke its incidence record on Friday when 6 181 new cases were recorded in one day. The rate of transmission seems higher than before.

The number of hospital admissions has just gone up in the last few days. That is gut-wrenching to everyone who has faced the heinous virus before. The Covid-19 scourge seems far from being over as  South Africa announced that it had discovered another mutant strain of Covid-19, the B1.1.529, code named Omicron.

Moyo was doing genomic sequencing of Covid-19 samples at his lab in Botswana two weeks ago and noticed three cases that seemed dramatically different, with an unusual pattern showing multiple mutations.

Speaking during the launch of the World Aids Campaign theme and logo, NAC’s Mashonaland West provincial manager, David Nyamurera confirmed that all was set for the commemorations.

The strain, B1.1.529 was found in South Africa. However, people should realise that strains found in South Africa may not mean that they originated in South Africa

Prostate cancer is cancer that occurs in the prostate. The prostate is a small walnut-shaped gland in males that produces the seminal fluid that nourishes and transports sperm.

Heat waves or hot weather than can last for several days, can have significant impact on society, including a rise in heat related deaths.

We are facing the fourth wave now if the trend analysis is to be believed. Many lives were lost before because of shortage of resources, delayed treatment, shortage of admitting space amongst other reasons.

Many people do not know that influenza can come with outbreaks as well, affecting many people at one time and causing symptoms similar to Covid-19.

Pregnant women who get an mRNA vaccine against Covid-19 pass high levels of protective antibodies on to their babies, new research shows. Doctors analysed umbilical cord blood from 36 newborns whose mothers had received at least one dose of an mRNA vaccine from Pfizer (PFE.N)/BioNTech or Moderna (MRNA.O). All 36 babies had high levels of […]