When did you last check your blood pressure?
1 in 3
adults screened in Zimbabwe in 2021 had high blood pressure. Half of them didn't know.
May Measurement Month 2021, 2,094 adults. European Heart Journal Supplements, 2024.
Mazowe Health Clinic
A new dawn for healthcare.
A new medical centre, built in Zimbabwe for Zimbabwe. Coming to Mazowe District, north of Harare.
Healthcare designed here, for the people in Zimbabwe. Doctors with time to listen. Scans and a pharmacy under one roof. Prevention at the heart of everything. A new chapter for Mazowe is on its way.
Questions worth asking.
About health in Zimbabwe, and who medicine is really made for.
Isn't high blood pressure an older person's problem?
1 in 5
18 to 24 year olds surveyed in Harare, Bulawayo and Mashonaland East had high or high-normal blood pressure.
CHIEDZA population survey, 2021–22. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health.
What's really making us ill?
4 in 10
deaths in Zimbabwe in 2024 were from conditions like heart disease, diabetes and cancer. Many can be caught early.
Ministry of Health and Child Care, reported in The Herald.
What will Zimbabwe's health look like in 30 years?
41%
of Zimbabweans are under 15. The checks and habits we start now shape the next generation.
World Bank, World Development Indicators, 2024.
Who was your medicine designed for?
2%
of people in the world's large genetic studies have African ancestry, though Africa holds more human genetic diversity than anywhere else. Most medicine is built on someone else's data.
Sirugo, Williams and Tishkoff, Cell, 2019.
Mazowe Health Clinic is built to answer them.
See what we're building
Everything you need. Under one roof.
Doctors with time for you.
Appointments long enough to talk properly, examine you fully and agree a plan you understand.
Scans, on site.
No trips across town. Images go straight to your doctor.
Your own pharmacy.
Collect your prescription on the way out.
Health checks.
Preventive check-ups that catch problems early, while they're easiest to treat.
beds, coming next.
A hospital on the same site, for care that needs an overnight stay.
A garden at the heart of it all.
Wait in the shade, looking out over the garden, along open-air covered walkways.
One way through.
Designed so you never walk back on yourself. Staff move along their own corridor, out of sight.
Arrive. Check in, then wait inside or on the covered veranda overlooking the garden.
See your doctor. An unhurried appointment, a proper examination and a clear plan.
Scans, if you need them. Ultrasound and X-ray are a few steps along the corridor.
Pharmacy. Collect your prescription on your way out.
Home. Leave through the far exit without retracing a step. We follow up with your results.
Medicine has a default patient. Too often, it isn't us.
Most of what doctors learn comes from research on people in Europe and North America. Writing Mind the Gap, a handbook on how clinical signs appear on Black and brown skin, showed me how much that leaves out. This clinic is a chance to build care the other way round: here, for the people who live here, with prevention at its heart.
Your questions, answered.
When will the clinic open?
We'll share opening dates with the waitlist first, before we announce them anywhere else.
Where will it be?
In Mazowe District, north of Harare. We'll share the exact location with everyone on the waitlist.
Can I sign up for my parents or family?
Yes. When you join, tell us who the care is for and whether you're in Zimbabwe or abroad.
Will you accept medical aid?
We'll confirm which medical aid schemes we accept before we open, and the waitlist will hear first.
Does joining cost anything?
No. Joining is free and doesn't commit you to anything.
Be first through the door.
Join the waitlist to hear our opening dates before anyone else and get first access to appointments.