The emergence and rapid developments in information and communication technologies (ICTs) has remained at the centre of global socio-economic transformations. ICTs affect the performance, growth, expansion and new products/ services of any business or organization. Zimbabwe faces a sustainable economic development problem, where the GDP growth rate has been revised down from 6.1% in January to ...

BACKGROUND Verbal autopsy (VA) is a widely used method for analyzing cause of death in absence of vital registration systems. We adapted the InterVA method to extrapolate causes of death for stillbirths and neonatal deaths from verbal autopsy questionnaires, using data from Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Nepal. METHODS We obtained 734 stillbirth and neonatal VAs from recent community studies in rural ...

It is generally believed that Drosophila melanogaster has no closely related species with which it can produce the viable and fertile hybrids that are essential for the genetic analysis of speciation. Following the recent report of molecular differentiation between a Zimbabwe, Africa, population and two United States populations, we provide evidence that strong sexual isolation exists between t...

While the national lockdown has presented many challenges for both pharmacy education and practice in Zimbabwe, educators policymakers have risen to occasion, their response advanced profession. This editorial describes impact of COVID-19 on workforce highlights some pragmatic responses an outlook future Zimbabwe.

Background A growing number of drug development studies that include pharmacokinetic evaluations are conducted in regions lacking a specialised pharmacology laboratory. This necessitated the development of an International Pharmacology Specialty Laboratory (IPSL) in Zimbabwe. Objectives The aim of this article is to describe the development of an IPSL in Zimbabwe. Methods The IPSL was devel...

BACKGROUND Zimbabwe suffers from one of the greatest burdens of HIV/AIDS in the world that has been compounded by social and economic instability in the past decade. However, from 2001 to 2009 HIV prevalence among 15-49 year olds declined from 26% to approximately 14%. Behavior change and condom use may in part explain this decline.PSI-Zimbabwe socially markets the Protector Plus (P+) branded l...

Purpose – Building disaster-resilient communities is one of the strategies of reducing the impact of disasters in marginalised communities. In Zimbabwe, the role of Rural District Councils (RDCs) as facilitating agencies in the realisation of this agenda cannot be overemphasised. However, at present, RDCs are unlikely to be effective towards the realisation of the disaster risk reduction agenda...

This study looks at rural livelihoods in semi-arid and arid rural areas in post-2000 Zimbabwe. The decade-long socio-economic recession coupled with recurrent droughts presented a myriad of challenges to rural households in Zimbabwe. Taking Mudzi, a rural district in Zimbabwe, as a case study, the study explores the livelihood conditions and how households have managed to organize and cluster t...

BACKGROUND Zimbabwe underwent a socioeconomic crisis and resultant increase in food insecurity in 2008-9. The impact of the crisis on Tuberculosis (TB) incidence is unknown. METHODS Prospective databases from two mission hospitals, which were geographically widely separated, and remained open during the crisis, were reviewed. RESULTS At the Howard Hospital (HH) in northern Zimbabwe, TB inci...

BACKGROUND Recent data from antenatal clinic (ANC) surveillance and general population surveys suggest substantial declines in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevalence in Zimbabwe. We assessed the contributions of rising mortality, falling HIV incidence and sexual behaviour change to the decline in HIV prevalence. METHODS Comprehensive review and secondary analysis of national and local ...