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The World Bank defines literacy as the “percentage of the population ages 15 and older that can, with understanding, both read and write a short simple statement on everyday life”. In 2021, Zimbabwe's literacy rate stood at 90%. ...

Between 2009 and 2018, cancer cases in Zimbabwe almost doubled, according to the national cancer registry. This has been due to drivers such as behavioural risk factors for cancer and poor access to screening, treatment and palliative care. According to the latest available statistics from the World...

Herd immunity is the indirect protection from an infectious disease when a population is immune either through vaccination or immunity developed through previous infection. The share of people who need to be immune in order to achieve herd immunity varies with each disease. The proportion of the pop...