Is there anything unusual about Zimbabwe’s latest malaria infection rates?
A post by the Ministry of Health and Child Care that 131 people had died from malaria so far this year stoked social media speculation, with some users saying these…
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ANALYSIS: Yes, Imperial College model predicts thousands of COVID-19 deaths in Zimbabwe, but there’s more to the numbers
A COVID-19 epidemiological model developed by London’s Imperial College makes grave predictions about the pandemic’s final death toll, not just for Zimbabwe, but for the whole world. In the March…
FACTSHEET: Shifting positions on face masks
People wearing masks stand in a line to buy face masks at a drug store in Daegu, South Korea, March 3, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Globally, positions on the use of…
FACTSHEET: Labour rights during COVID-19 lockdown
A lone man walks in an unusually quiet central business district of Harare as Zimbabwe began a 21-day national lockdown on March 30 in a bid to stop the spread…
FACTSHEET: Doctors and nurses in Zimbabwe’s public hospitals
Some Zimbabwean health workers undergoing COVID-19 training Zimbabwe’s public health sector has suffered almost annual strikes by doctors and nurses in the last decade over issues of salaries and conditions…
