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Women holding babies take their places on wooden benches at a clinic in Harare, Zimbabwe, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. Church members in Zimbabwe are getting their children vaccinated against measles in secret amid a deadly outbreak. It's to avoid being shunned by religious leaders who are opposed to modern medicine. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

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Secret vaccinations help Zimbabwe mothers protect children
By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press
Thu,09/22/22-2:11AM , 297 Reads
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Dozens of women holding babies rushed to take their places on wooden benches at a clinic in Zimbabwe while a nurse took a separate group of anxious mothers and their children through a back door and into another room. The nurse quickly closed the door behind them.
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Tracy Carlos uses a candlelight to do her homework in Mabvuku on the outskirts of Harare on Wednesday, Aug, 3, 2022.Because of lengthy power cuts, the children do their homework by a candle, although their parents press them to use it sparingly. Her father Jeff Carlos says he gets about $100 dollars a month from his job as an overnight security guard for a church and the bar next door. Rising prices and a fast-depreciating currency have pushed many Zimbabweans to the brink, reminding people of when the southern African country faced world-record inflation of 5 billion % in 2008.(AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

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Zimbabweans hit by 257% inflation: Will gold coins help?
By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press
Fri,08/19/22-3:11AM , 307 Reads
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — After working as an overnight security guard at a church in Harare's impoverished Mabvuku township, Jeffrey Carlos rushes home to help his wife fetch water to sell.
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Street vendors take off their shoes to show their toes on the streets of Harare, Zimbabwe, Thursday, June, 9, 2022. Rampant inflation is making it increasingly difficult for people in Zimbabwe to make ends meet. Since the start of Russia’s war in Ukraine, official statistics show that Zimbabwe’s inflation rate has shot up from 66% to more than 130%. The country's finance minister says the impact of the Ukraine war is heaping problems on the already fragile economy. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

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Toes-for-cash hoax reflects Zimbabwe fears of soaring prices
By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press
Fri,06/10/22-3:17AM , 410 Reads
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Battling rampant inflation, Zimbabweans are counting their toes as they struggle to buy food for their families.
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A man takes cough medicine used as a drug in Mbare, Harare, in this Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021. In Zimbabwe, the COVID-19 pandemic has driven up mental health problems caused by substance abuse. Health professionals are seeing a marked rise in crises caused by drug use. Authorities and campaigners attribute the rise in drug abuse to loss of employment, prolonged school closures, stress and anxiety resulting from COVID-19. ( AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

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Zimbabwe grapples with substance abuse problems in pandemic
By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press
Thu,02/17/22-2:08AM , 433 Reads
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Tucked in a corner of a dimly-lit hallway of a rundown block of flats in Zimbabwe’s Mbare township, a few drug users desperate for recovery prayed and encouraged each other to reduce their habits. They passed around a plate of cookies.
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