Zimbabwe Brain Tumour Association (ZBTA) is a registered welfare organisation (PVO 26/2005) that was born out of a Brain Tumour Support Group based in Harare. The group was initially composed of mainly parents of brain tumour patients, and adult survivors who came together to share experiences and information on challenges and problems faced by brain tumour patients, their relatives and caregivers. Problems faced by people with brain tumours are numerous but there is little knowledge and awareness about brain tumours in Zimbabwe leading to many misconceptions. In many cases, patients lose their lives largely due to a lack of knowledge as well as misconceptions and superstitious beliefs about brain tumours.

As a result of widespread ignorance about brain tumours, many people live with symptoms of brain tumours and leave it until too late for treatment. With adequate knowledge and early diagnosis, many lives can be saved. The nation and the world generally are seized with other, so-called major health challenges such as HIV/AIDS, and malaria to such an extent that brain tumour problems have been overshadowed and are treated as minor and peripheral issues. For this reason, the Zimbabwe Brain Tumour Association was set up and registered to raise awareness in Zimbabwe on brain tumours and to find ways of addressing the challenges posed by brain tumours.