A Decade Later: Siabuwa Health Centre Remains A Community Health Centre

Binga people mourn over poor health services ten years after Siabuwa clinic was designated as a district hospital. Image by Freeman Chari

BY LIZWE SEBATHA | @The_CBNews | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | JUN 25, 2021

Ten years after Siabuwa clinic was designated as a district hospital to cater for the constituency’s 12 wards Binga North villagers still cannot access special health care services offered by any other hospitals in the country.

Diaspora Community Props Up Bulilima’s Health Sector

Bulilima community has taken it upon themselves to build local clinics. Image by Bana Bengwana Development Trust

BY LIZWE SEBATHA | @The_CBNews | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | APR 15, 2021

COVID-19 has brought with it several challenges; however, for this community, it brought awareness of the severe difficulties of access to health care, promoting the diaspora community to post bail.

In Binga, Dangerous Canoe Trips Ensure Access To Healthcare

Binga villagers use canoes as mini-ambulances to cross to Zambia for health services. Image by Wikiwand

BY LIZWE SEBATHA | @The_CBNews | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | APR 1, 2021

Using canoes and other small boats, Binga residents frequently cross the crocodile-infested Zambezi River visiting relatives in Zambia. Beyond the social visits now, they go through the same danger to access healthcare.

Netball, A New Route To Keep Rural Women Healthy

Women in rural communities' lack of access to health care facilities has encouraged them to form health programs such as Netball. Image by Sportsmatik

Compared to women in urban areas, women in rural communities have less access to health care and healthy food, a situation which has motivated them to come up with community health programs like netball.

BY MELODY MPANDE | @The_CBNews | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | MAR 24, 2023

Training of Nurse Aides Promises Better Access To Health

Binga villagers welcome the training of nurse aides, a development they believe has a potential of saving many lives. Image by ZimFocus

BY VUSINDLU MAPHOSA | @The_CBNews | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | OCT 30, 2021

Binga's health facilities are few and far apart from each other, now a non-profit organisation is training nurse aides to bring help closer to communities.

Villagers Trek Binga's Rough Terrain For The Jab

Poor road networks have affected villagers to reach clinics safely and hindered health personnel to reach out to villagers.

BY CALVIN MANIKA | @The_CBNews | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | AUG 22, 2021

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the long-standing problems of access to quality healthcare in Binga have become more illuminated.