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Amid Ongoing Water Woes, Zimbabwe Orders Registration of Boreholes

Those who want to sink boreholes, companies and individuals alike, will now have to apply to get a license from the water ministry

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Fresh Cholera Outbreak Worries Residents of Zimbabwe's Chiredzi Town

About a 100 cases have been recorded in Chiredzi since Monday, and authorities are blaming the recurrence on serious water shortages

Zimbabwe Women Groups Demand Lawmaker Apology Over HIV Gaffe

Activists took to social networking sites attacking the lawmaker for the comments they say are irresponsible

Global Fund Avails $236 Million for Zimbabwe's HIV/Aids Programs

Programs funded through the global fund have been working to maximize donor assistance while adequately supporting those in need.

Maternal Deaths Surge in Zimbabwe; Deputy Prime Minister Urges Action

Alarm in Zimbabwe as the numbers of women dying during delivery continue to grow, raising the need for urgent government intervention

Water Situation Dire in Many Parts of Zimbabwe as World Marks Water Day

The country faces outbreaks of water-borne disease though not on the scale of the cholera epidemic of 2008 to 2009 which took 4300 lives

Zimbabwean PM Morgan Tsvangirai greets a mother and child in the children's wing of Harare Central Hospital. (File Photo)

Zimbabwe Awaits International Funding to Help Lower Maternal Mortality

UN says 8 women die in child birth mostly at home each day because they cannot afford hospital fee

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe (file)

Zimbabwe President Urge MPs to Reveal HIV Status to Fight Stigma

President Robert Mugabe says quite a number of his comrades, some from the cabinet, died of AIDS

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