Poor funding for the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission initiative (PMTCT) is threatening to derail efforts to attain the newly set Sustainable Development Goals which among other things aims to eliminate new HIV infections among children, a senior health official says. Read More

There should be closer collaboration between immunologists in African medical health institutions and those abroad to conduct research on the development and transmission of HIV variants resistant to anti-retroviral drugs that continue to limit the effectiveness of treatments for HIV infection, an immunologist says. Read More

For Melanie Mavhume, 33, of Harare, being diabetic has not only brought pain and misery but it has peeled her eyes too. Read More

Mashonaland Central has the highest adolescent pregnancies in the country, a report has shown. According to the latest report titled: “National Adolescent Fertility Study,” adolescent pregnancy was highest in Mashonaland Central at 28 percent and lowest in Harare at 7 percent. Read More

Cancer is on the rise in Zimbabwe - especially those linked to bad habits associated with the modern lifestyle, infections including smoking and eating too much. Read More