So you want a baby?

Go around town any day, any time, lots of expectant mothers around. Legend even has it that it gets worse soon after winter.

Last week an old friend-we lost contact a couple of years ago when she packed her bags and abruptly went abroad- asked me a very candid question.  We are almost the same age and back in the days, we were very close even at tertiary.

But now my old friend is home after more than a decade of self-imposed exile. I call it exile because she keeps calling and asking for directions every time she is lost in town. As is the norm with people who leave for greener pastures only to later return, by the time they do, life as they knew it in this country, is not what they envisioned at all.

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Routine child vaccination imperative

The recent Vaccination Day in Motokwe, orchestrated through collaborative efforts between UNICEF, USAID, BRCS, and the Ministry of Health, underscores a commendable stride towards fortifying child health services.The painful reality as reflected by the Ministry of Health's data regarding the decline in routine immunisation coverage since the onset of the pandemic, is a cause for concern.It underscores the urgent need to address the...

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