NEW YORK – A stark new alert from UNICEF reveals a silent pandemic affecting the world’s children and adolescents, with over 2.1 billion under the age of 20 impacted by non-communicable diseases (NCDs) or their risk factors, while a mental health crisis claims tens of thousands of young lives each…
Vigilance Against Cancer: Understanding One of the World’s Deadliest Diseases
Cancer is a group of over 100 diseases that have one critical feature in common: they begin when normal cells mutate and grow uncontrollably, often spreading to other parts of the body. Under normal conditions, our genes send instructions to cells on when to grow, divide, or die. Cancer cells…
After Years of Misdiagnosis, Chinhoyi Provincial Hospital Confirms the Parkinson’s Disease Others Missed
By Lloyd Gideon Makonese: Public Health Specialist An emerging body of research suggests that Parkinson’s disease (PD) may be significantly underdiagnosed within Zimbabwe’s ageing population. Elderly individuals, particularly those in their sixties and seventies, frequently undergo repeated clinical consultations for progressive motor symptoms but often receive incorrect or delayed diagnoses.…
New Covid ‘Stratus’ Strain Sweeps Across UK, Defies Immunity and Brings Unusual Symptoms
Tinotenda Hove - A newly emerging strain of Covid-19, known as Stratus, is rapidly spreading across the United Kingdom, raising concerns among health experts due to its apparent resistance to existing immunity and its unusual symptom profile. According to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), the Stratus strain is distinguishable…
Be Proactive, Not Silent: Free Prostate Cancer Screening and Consultation Now Available!”
Tinotenda Hove - PROSTATE CANCER CAMPAIGN – FREE BOOKING & CONSULTATION Are you waking up several times during the night to urinate and struggling to get back to sleep? Or are you dealing with low performance in bed and feeling embarrassed? If any of this sounds familiar, it's time to…
PrEP Choices: Daily Pills or Long-Acting Injections? The Ongoing Debate on HIV Prevention Strategies in Asia-Pacific
BY SHOBHA SHUKLA – CNS-To be or not to be? Daily oral versus long-acting injectable medicines for HIV prevention To be or not to be? Daily oral versus long-acting injectable medicines for HIV prevention BY SHOBHA SHUKLA – CNS A group of round objects AI-generated content may be…
Steering Clear for Better Health: Processed Foods to Avoid for Diabetes Management in 2025
Source: Glow Health Care Services - At Global Health Care Services, we are grateful to have you as a valued member of our community. As we enter 2025, we remain committed to bringing you more essential diabetic health tips and facts to help you live a healthier life. Managing diabetes…
Karoi District Hospital: Redefining Rest and Recovery
By Lloyd Makonese Who needs luxury mattresses when you can have iron grids and soiled duvets? At Karoi District Hospital, patients are now offered the full experience of institutional austerity, complete with torn linen and exposed metal frames. Who knew healing could be so character-building? Lying in agony on bare…
Zimbabwe’s ARV Crisis: A Humanitarian Emergency in the Shadow of Global Politics
By Lloyd Gideon Makonese - Public Health & HIV Intervention Specialist In early 2025, Zimbabwe’s HIV response stands at a perilous crossroads. The abrupt suspension of USAID and PEPFAR funding initiated during Donald Trump’s presidency and only partially lifted, has triggered a cascade of disruptions across the country’s HIV treatment…
Snake Bites On The Rise : Health Ministry Sounds Alarm
By Tinotenda Hove The Ministry of Health and Child Care has raised concerns over the steady increase in snake bite cases, according to its latest disease surveillance report for the week ending April 6, 2025. The report, which also includes updates on anthrax and dog bite cases, reveals troubling trends…