BACKGROUND Mental health service resources are inadequate in low-income countries, and families are frequently expected to provide care for their relative with a mental disorder. However, research on the consequences of caregiving has been limited in low-income countries, including Zimbabwe. OBJECTIVE The study explored the perceived impact of mental illness, reported coping strategies and re...

BACKGROUND The current shortage of human resources for health threatens the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals. There is currently limited published evidence of health-related training programmes in Africa that have produced graduates, who remain and work in their countries after graduation. However, anecdotal evidence suggests that the majority of graduates of field epidemiology tr...

BACKGROUND Zimbabwe aims to increase circumcision coverage to 80% among 13- to 29-year-olds. However, implementation data suggest that high coverage among men ages 20 and older may not be achievable without efforts specifically targeted to these men, incurring additional costs per circumcision. Scale-up scenarios were created based on trends in implementation data in Zimbabwe, and the cost-effe...

Background Hypertension is the most prevalent cardiovascular disease in Zimbabwe. The prevalence of Hypertension in the country is above 30% regardless of the cut off used. Currently, majority of patients in Zimbabwe seek health care from the private sector due to limited government funding for the public health sector. However, Standard treatment guidelines for hypertension are only available ...

317 Evidence of severe torture in Zimbabwe, which is experiencing unrest in the weeks leading up to the country’s presidential election in March, has been uncovered by a human rights organisation. A delegation from Physicians for Human Rights, Denmark, which visited Zimbabwe last month, has reported finding “a series of persons who gave consistent and similar accounts of exposure to torture.” M...

Purpose Democratic countries all over the world are embarking on initiatives to empower citizens through public participation. One of tools used by promote participation is enactment and implementation freedom information (FOI) legislation, as it case with South Africa Zimbabwe. Despite having legislation reaffirming need for people’s right know, practices in Zimbabwe indicate opposite. The pur...

Background Epidemiological data on stroke in Zimbabwe are scarce and few clinical studies have been performed to date. Methods A retrospective review of the medical records of patients admitted for stroke during the year 2012 was performed at three tertiary hospitals. Sociodemographic data were recorded alongside with comorbidities and outcomes. Scoping over a period of one year using records o...