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Zimbabwe Catholic bishops urge Senate to reject abortion bill
06 Feb 2026 23:05 GMT
… Senators to reject the Medical Services Amendment Bill ahead … Assembly, seeks to expand abortion access, including without parental … abortion. They warn this bill undermines Zimbabwe’s moral heritage, African … unheard.” They decry abortion as the elimination of …
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Minister John Steenhuisen hails breakthrough as South Africa resumes local FMD vaccine production
06 Feb 2026 17:46 GMT
… compliance in terms of the Fertilizers, Farm Feeds, Agricultural Remedies and … the World Organisation for Animal Health, South Africa must prove there has … entire vaccination strategy. Through the Botswana Vaccine Institute, the State has …
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Catholic bishops oppose proposed abortion law, say it violates right to life
06 Feb 2026 05:52 GMT
… runs contrary to both African heritage and Christian … abortion in Zimbabwe is governed by the 1977 Termination of Pregnancy … Medical Services Amendment Bill.
The Bill proposes that abortion … protect women’s reproductive health.
Critics, including religious …
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Southern Africa: In loving memory of Nothabo Sibanda
04 Feb 2026 13:28 GMT
… health and rights, and on confronting the urgent challenge of teenage pregnancy … Zimbabwe for the first time to attend the African … organisations across Zimbabwe, Malawi, Eswatini, Zambia, and Lesotho.
In … the WOSSO Southern Africa graduation in Antananarivo …
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Women’s rights groups urge Senate to pass abortion law reform
05 Feb 2026 16:52 GMT
… , the Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) and Women and Law in Southern Africa (WLSA … does not permit abortion at will. It allows for pregnancy terminations in … to rely on medical evidence, survivor testimonies and maternal health data when …
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Researchers in Africa are using AI to fill the global health care gap
05 Feb 2026 12:19 GMT
… obstetric ultrasound tools that enable nonspecialists, including community health … screening program in Zambia, which showed … , or paediatric pneumonia in African children are … including misinterpretation of medical information, inappropriate recommendations …
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Malawi launches health survey
05 Feb 2026 12:28 GMT
… has launched the 2024 Malawi Demographic and Health Survey (MDHS) Main Report … of Malawi’s demographic trends and health outcomes. They provide insights into fertility … in maternal deaths during childbirth.
African Institute for Development Policy (Afidep …
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Zambia's Farmers Are Working In Dangerous Heat How They Can Protect Themselves
05 Feb 2026 02:53 GMT
… : Heat exposure during pregnancy can lead to a lifetime of health problems
I also … and sanitation conditions.
The public health system in Zambia must track cases of heat … people and climate change in Africa
The Zambian healthcare system tends to focus …
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Zambia’s farmers are working in dangerous heat – how they can protect themselves
04 Feb 2026 14:11 GMT
… an emerging public health crisis for Zambia’s small-scale … during pregnancy can lead to a lifetime of health problems
… conditions.
The public health system in Zambia must track cases of … and climate change in Africa
The Zambian healthcare system tends to …
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Cancer: Merck Foundation, African First Ladies Fill Africa’s Oncologist Gap
04 Feb 2026 14:36 GMT
… Conakry, the Central African Republic, Chad, Niger, Malawi and Zambia, there was previously … in sub-specialities such as medical, surgical, paediatric, gynaecological and breast oncology … from the World Health Organisation show that Africa records about 1.1 …