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Overpopulation cripples Norton health sector

In a report at the weekend, Unicef said of those two million children who needed humanitarian aid, 1.1 million would be in need of lifesaving health, HIV and nutrition services.

HARARE – Over the years, the population of Norton — a town about 40 kilometres outside Harare — has risen from 45 000 to between 85 000 and 100 000 people as approximately 300 babies are born per month. And yet the small numbers of nurses at the town’s clinics and at the main Norton…

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