BACKGROUND Traditional medicine has remained as the most affordable and easily accessible source of treatment in the primary healthcare system of resource poor communities in Zimbabwe. The local people have a long history of traditional plant usage for medicinal purposes. Despite the increasing acceptance of traditional medicine in Zimbabwe, this rich indigenous knowledge is not adequately docu...

INTRODUCTION Anecdotal and published reports suggest that ocular tumours are on the increase in Zimbabwe. OBJECTIVES To determine the trends in incidence rates of common malignant ocular tumours registered with the Zimbabwe Cancer Registry during the last decade (1990 to 1999). DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING Data were collected from the Zimbabwe National Cancer Registry, the Zimbabwe...

Incidence of cholera outbreak is a serious issue in underdeveloped and developing countries. In Zimbabwe, after the massive outbreak in 2008-09, cholera cases and deaths are reported every year from some provinces. Substantial number of reported cholera cases in some provinces during and after the epidemic in 2008-09 indicates a plausible presence of seasonality in cholera incidence in those re...

In comparison to the other continents where rabies is endemic, the history of rabies in Africa before the 19 th century, is rather fragmentary and largely anecdotal. There are no definite reports to indicate that rabies was present in Zimbabwe before 1902, although Edmonds (as cited by Foggin, 1988 and Swanepoel et al., 1993) reports anecdotal evidence from older members of the population who c...

This research uses data from the 1994-1995 Zimbabwe Aging Survey complemented by the 1999 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey to examine living arrangements and conditions of older people in Zimbabwe. Living arrangements in Zimbabwe are similar to those found in other sub-Saharan African countries. Older people are likely to be living with other kin and in a variety of arrangements involving...

BACKGROUND Scaling up voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) to 80% of men aged 15-49 within five years could avert 3.4 million new HIV infections in Eastern and Southern Africa by 2025. Since 2009, Tanzania and Zimbabwe have rapidly expanded VMMC services through different delivery (fixed, outreach or mobile) and intensity (routine services, campaign) models. This review describes the moda...

BACKGROUND Zimbabwe is the largest tobacco producer in Africa. Despite expressing opposition in the past, Zimbabwe recently acceded to the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). We explored why Zimbabwe acceded to the FCTC and the potential implications for tobacco control within Zimbabwe and globally. METHODS We conducted a qualitative archival case study...

BACKGROUND Gastrointestinal disorders, diarrhoea in particular remain a major concern in South Africa and Zimbabwe resulting in high mortality rates when left untreated. This investigation was aimed at documenting herbal medicines used in the treatment of diarrhoea in South Africa and Zimbabwe. MATERIALS AND METHODS A review of literature on plant species used as remedies for diarrhoea in Sou...

The diffusion and adoption of ICT innovations permeate through a social system that positively affects customer satisfaction and support customer service excellence. The three discourses with respect to information systems innovation are discussed in the context of Zimbabwe with particular reference to diffusion, social embeddedness, and the transformative nature of ICT interventions. The frame...

Zimbabwe does not feature much on the current debate of fertility transition in sub-Saharan Africa. This article is trying to fill this gap by analysing the ZDHS data. The total fertility rate of Zimbabwe was close to 7 births during independence in 1980. However, it has declined to 3.8 in 2006. This does not only show that fertility in Zimbabwe has been declining over the years, but it is one ...