Universal Health Coverage Push: Zimbabwe’s Health and Child Care Minister Dr Douglas Mombeshora says a National Health Fund Bill will soon entitle all Zimbabweans to free treatment at government hospitals, with financing partly from taxes on cigarettes and alcohol. Cancer Care Upgrade: The Senate questioned access to newly procured cancer machines for Parirenyatwa and Mpilo, highlighting the need for better reach for patients from remote areas. Clean Water for Health: China’s handover of 300 boreholes is delivering safe water to over 75,000 people across 300 villages, with officials linking the project to lower waterborne disease risk and stronger farming resilience. Medicine Shortage Alarm: Government continues to scramble to avert a medicine crisis as public facilities face intermittent stock problems. Child Health Protection: Senators called for tougher enforcement against child marriage and teenage pregnancy, warning exploitation of girls is harming education and long-term wellbeing. Prison Health & Rehab: Plumtree Prison held Culture Day while officials pointed to rising mental health and substance-abuse challenges among inmates, alongside rehabilitation programmes. Waterborne Risk in Displacement: Malawians sheltering at Durban’s Sherwood Hall face overcrowding and rising health risks as numbers surge. Rural Livestock Health: Farmers report cattle losses from January tick-borne disease as dipping chemicals are in short supply, forcing hand-tilling and raising hunger fears.