Mortality - The Zimbabwe Independent

Topic : Mortality

Zim records surge in infant deaths: Report

Maternal mortality has declined from 652 maternal deaths per 100 000 live births in 2015 to 212 per 100 000 in 2024.

By Vanessa Gonye Mar. 5, 2026

Zim records surge in infant deaths: Report

Maternal mortality ratio drops in Mat South

Maternal deaths include those that occur while pregnant or within 42 days of the pregnancy ending, excluding deaths from accidental or incidental causes.

By Nizbert Moyo Nov. 3, 2025

Maternal mortality ratio drops in Mat South

Ipec introduces Mortality tables

The Mortality tables project spearheaded by the Insurance and Pension Commission (Ipec) sought to have mortality tables that speaks to the Zimbabwean situation.

By Loyola Nyangoni Jul. 31, 2023

Unfair tax burden for pregnant women: A cry for justice

Health professionals are dissatisfied with their working conditions and pay, and some have left the country in search of better opportunities elsewhere, notably in western nations.

By Mthandazo Nyoni Jul. 23, 2023

Unfair tax burden for pregnant women: A cry for justice

Insurance products prices to fall: Ipec

Ipec commissioned the Zimbabwe Mortality Tables Project in 2020 to develop specific tables for the country’s insurance and pensions industry.

By Melody Chikono Jul. 18, 2023

Young Masapa breaks barriers

In his speech at the launch, Masapa narrated how his writing journey had not been an easy stroll in the park,

By Fungayi Sox Mar. 19, 2023

Goat mortality on the decline

According to the report, the majority of the recorded goat deaths were due to diseases.

By Freeman Makopa Mar. 15, 2023

Antenatal mortality riles CSOs

Care International in Zimbabwe gender advisor Angeline Ndabaningi said it is sad to continue losing children due to pregnancy complications.

By Varaidzo Mudewairi and Vanessa Gonye Jan. 10, 2023

‘Zim likely to miss SDG target for reducing matenal mortality’

CWGH director Itai Rusike told NewsDay Weekender that the country remains off target towards meeting the 2030 United Nations (UN) goals to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality.

By Emma Nhancumba Jan. 7, 2023