Street food vendors in Harare have refused to obey a government ban on the selling of vegetables and fruits, saying that the state must first give them jobs Vendors point ...
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Typhoid outbreak: Parirenyatwa fumes
Health and Child Care Minister Dr. David Parirenyatwa blasted the Harare City Council for allowing the typhoid outbreak to happen, accusing them of neglecting their duties to the city
Read moreTyphoid menace… 76% cases reported in Harare
Harare has contributed 76% of overall typhoid cases countrywide in Zimbabwe
Read moreNGO drills 13 boreholes for residents
The Community Working Group on Health (CWGH) has drilled 13 chlorinated boreholes in Harare’s Hatcliffe high-density suburb to curb the spread of typhoid that hit the area early this year
Read more‘Borehole water could be contaminated’
Health Minister David Parirenyatwa warned that water from boreholes in Harare must be tested for contamination
Read moreNigeria: Changing Lives With Safe Water Supply – Story of Akwa Ibom Communities
The Niger Delta Support Programme (NDSP) of the European Union and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) are bringing clean piped water to Nigerian villages The WASH Chairman in the community ...
Read moreTyphoid hits Masvingo city, days after Zanu Pf conference
An outbreak of typhoid has hospitalized at least 10 people in Masvingo, Zimbabwe, days after a Zanu PF conference that may have ignited the outbreak The conference, which hosted over ...
Read moreMore typhoid cases feared
At least 19 people with typhoid admitted into clinics in Harare this year, following two deaths in the city No apparent end to upsurge At least 2,160 suspected cases reported ...
Read moreThe Typhoid Vaccine Acceleration Consortium (TyVAC): Vaccine effectiveness study designs: Accelerating the introduction of typhoid conjugate vaccines and reducing the global burden of enteric fever. Report from a meeting held on 26–27 October 2016, Oxford, UK
AUTHORS James E. Meiring, Malick Gibani, the TyVAC Consortium Meeting Group ABSTRACT Typhoid fever is estimated to cause between 11.9–26.9 million infections globally each year with 129,000–216,510 deaths. Access to ...
Read morePreparedness of adolescents departing from Athens International Airport to Africa or Asia: A five-year airport-based prospective study
AUTHORS Maltezou HC, Pavli A, Theodoridou K, Bournousouzis E, Minitsios A, Katerelos P, Lymperi I, Theodoridou M ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The number of adolescents who travel has increased. We estimated the preparedness of adolescents (12-18 years) departing from ...
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