_{^{By Dr Tapfumaneyi Mashe}}

Kigoma - Kigoma region is among the five regions with the highest number of maternal deaths in the country. For the year 2022, the region reported 102 maternal deaths and 757 perinatal deaths. In the past three years maternal deaths fluctuated from 110 deaths in 2020, down to 75 in 2021 to 102 in 2022.

Harare, Zimbabwe - Tuberculosis (TB) is the ninth leading cause of death worldwide, ranking above HIV/AIDS. Globally, 10.6 million people developed TB while an estimated 1.6 million people died of TB in 2021 alone. Despite progress made in the last two decades, the incidence of TB is not declining fast enough to end the disease. In Zimbabwe an estimated 29,945 people developed active TB in 2021 and only 16,541 were diagnosed and put on treatment.

African Heads of State and Government declared their commitment to increase domestic and external investments in routine immunization programs in Africa and consequently to promote, provide and protect health for all the people in Africa.

The World Health Organization (WHO) Mauritius Country Office handed over nine vehicles to the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW) on Saturday 17 February during a ceremony which took place at Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam National Hospital. Four of these minivans will be converted into ambulances (including one for Rodrigues), while the remaining five will primarily be used for Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT), such as the transportation of patients suffering from diabetes and other chronic illnesses.

Lusaka – A year since Malawi confirmed its first case of wild poliovirus type 1 in 30 years, more than 33 million children across five southern African countries have been vaccinated against the virus, with over 80 million vaccine doses administered over the past year.