Why Cancer Remains a Silent Killer in Zimbabwe

Why cancer remains a silent killer in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe’s battle against cancer has taken a grim turn as Treasury delays the release of funds meant for life-saving machines. For more than three years, the country’s two largest referral hospitals, Parirenyatwa in Harare and Mpilo in Bulawayo, have been operating without critical cancer treatment equipment, reports New Zimbabwe. This has left thousands of patients stranded. Funds stuck in Treasury Zimbabwe’s Health and Child Care Minister Doug…

Sugar tax: Govt fails to buy cancer machines  - Zimbabwe Situation

Source: Sugar tax: Govt fails to buy cancer machines – The Standard The government has failed to purchase life-saving cancer treatment machines despite claiming to have mobilised as much as US$30 million as of December last year for the procurement of the machines. In June this year, reports emerged that a company owned by controversial tenderpreneur Wicknell Chivhayo was awarded a nearly half a billion US dollar contract for cancer treatment eq…