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Zimbabwe’s health workers on the pandemic front line
Health workers at the forefront of Zimbabwe’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign share their experiences.
"The boys are back in town": Sports and entertainment return in Zimbabwe
There is a glimmer of hope for Zimbabwe’s sports and entertainment.
The vaccine taxi: Going mobile in Zimbabwe
Distance and fear of the pandemic has put many parents off from taking their children to health clinics in Zimbabwe. So one converted taxi is taking the clinic to them.
Zimbabwe’s waste pickers waiting impatiently for COVID-19 vaccines
For the waster pickers of Bulawayo, COVID-19 has posed risks to both their health and their incomes. Hope for a vaccine is reaching fever pitch.
Clinics get routine immunisation back on track in Zimbabwe
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic hit routine immunisation hard in Zimbabwe, but thanks to the hard work of local health workers children are now getting the protection they need.
Solar Energy Helps Maintain Zimbabwe’s Vaccine Cold Chain
Persistent power cuts had hampered the provision of healthcare across Zimbabwe. Solar power systems are now offering a solution to ensure children continue to get their vaccines.
6 million children benefitting from the first ever multi-antigen vaccination campaign
UNICEF, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and WHO have partnered with the Ministry of Health and Child Care to launch a new vaccine campaign introducing typhoid conjugate vaccine into the routine immunisation schedule across Zimbabwe.
Tackling typhoid in Zimbabwe: “We have to be sure for ourselves that the water is safe”
After a devastating typhoid outbreak swept through Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, a new, more effective vaccine is bringing hope.
Name | Source | Date |
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Total population | United Nations, World Population Prospects (UN WPP), July 2022 release. | 2022-07-11 |
Birth cohort (Total number of live births) | United Nations, World Population Prospects (UN WPP), July 2022 release. | 2022-07-11 |
Surviving infants (# of children surviving to 1 year) | United Nations, World Population Prospects (UN WPP), July 2022 release. | 2022-07-11 |
Infant mortality rate (deaths < 1 year per 1000 births) | UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), December 2022 release. | 2021-12-20 |
Child mortality rate (deaths < 5 years per 1000 births) | UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), December 2022 release. | 2021-12-20 |
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) | World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files, July 2023 release. | 2022-07-01 |
Number of zero-dose children | WHO/UNICEF Estimates of National Immunization Coverage (WUENIC), July 2023 release; figures calculated using number of surviving infants from UN World Population Prospects (UN WPP) | 2022-07-15 |
% reduction in number of zero-dose children, 2019-2022 | WHO/UNICEF Estimates of National Immunization Coverage (WUENIC), July 2023 release. Figures calculated using number of surviving infants from UN World Population Prospects (UN WPP) | 2022-07-15 |
DTP1/DTP3/MCV1 coverage (%) | WHO/UNICEF Estimates of National Immunization Coverage (WUENIC), July 2023 release. | 2022-07-15 |
Drop out from DTP1 to DTP3 | WHO/UNICEF Estimates of National Immunization Coverage (WUENIC), July 2023 release | 2022-07-15 |
Drop out from DTP1 to last routine dose of MCV | WHO/UNICEF Estimates of National Immunization Coverage (WUENIC), July 2023 release. | 2022-07-15 |
Geographic equity of DTP3 coverage: DTP3 coverage in the 20% of districts with lowest coverage | WHO/UNICEF Joint Reporting Form (JRF), June 2023 release. | 2022-07-15 |