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Tuesday, 14 May 2013 15:41
LOS ANGELES - Angelina Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast cancer. The Oscar-winning actress and partner to Brad Pitt made the announcement...Read More
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Monday, 13 May 2013 10:35
HARARE - Poor funding by government is fuelling high incidences of cervical cancer cases and fatalities, a Cancer Association of Zimbabwe (Caz) official has said. Caz programmes general manager Junior Mavu said government should prioritise the preventable and curable disease that...Read More
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News » Gugulethu Nyazema, Staff Writer
Sunday, 14 April 2013 15:04
HARARE - Government needs to shift focus if the fight against cancer is to be won, a health specialist has said. Inam Chitsike, a medical doctor, said government’s failure to prioritise the prevention of cancer in children was worsening a scourge...Read More
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News » Gugulethu Nyazema, Staff Writer
Friday, 12 April 2013 12:41
HARARE - Government is not giving priority to preventing cancers in children, a cancer specialist has said. A local medical doctor, Inam Chitsike said the low prioritisation in fighting the preventable diseases was causing serious child mortality in under-five-year-olds. Chitsike said...Read More
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Sunday, 04 November 2012 13:40
HARARE - Civil servant Resinita Dhemba is full of regret but has dedicated her life to ensuring that other women do not fall in the same trap. “I got to know about it early last year but somehow I thought it...Read More
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Sunday, 04 November 2012 12:54
HARARE - Cancer and HIV treatment interventions should be integrated to provide broader health prevention and management services for the two diseases, Health and Child Welfare minister Henry Madzorera has said. “There is need to integrate cancer services with HIV and...Read More
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Saturday, 27 October 2012 12:02
HARARE - Thokozani Khupe, the Zimbabwean Deputy Prime Minister, says cancer treatment in the country is not only expensive, but inaccessible and her newly-launched foundation would transform this. In launching her Thokozani Khupe Cancer Foundation on Wednesday, the Movement for Democratic...Read More
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Saturday, 27 October 2012 11:59
HARARE - Cancer Association of Zimbabwe (Caz) yesterday received a $10 000 cash boost from delegates who attended a “Pink Breakfast” meeting in Harare yesterday. The well-attended female-dominated fundraising breakfast meeting was sponsored by Old Mutual and organised by Competitive Edge...Read More
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Friday, 26 October 2012 13:15
HARARE - Government should give cancer due prominence to stop people from dying, deputy Prime Minister Thokozani Khupe has said. Addressing delegates at the launch of the Thokozani Khupe Cancer Foundation, Khupe challenged government to seriously put in place cancer support...Read More
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Monday, 22 October 2012 09:46
HARARE - Zimbabwean golfer Ryan Cairns initiated a breast cancer awareness campaign at the BMG Classic that ended yesterday at Glendower Golf Club in South Africa. Cairns together with South African golfers Dean Burmester, Mathew Carvell and Irvin Mazibuko all wore...Read More
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Wednesday, 26 September 2012 13:25
HARARE - The exorbitant cancer treatment fees have become a serious cause of concern among the ordinary Zimbabweans. Cancer kills more people globally than tuberculosis, HIV and malaria combined, and the number is growing quickly, adding to the disease burden of...Read More
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