Medical professionals to review Medical Aid Society Regulatory Authority Bill

By Kudakwashe Pembere Medical professionals will tomorrow discuss the Medical Aid Society Regulatory Authority Bill draft which was designed to address the discord between medical insurers, doctors and patients. Zimbabwe Medical Association president Dr Agnes Mahovha told journalosts on the sidelines of the ongoing ZIMA congress that they recently received the draft bill for assessment. The association has for quite some time lobbying the government to craft such a bill. “We received the draft of the medical aid society regulatory authority bill. And we have started go through it very…

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WFP’s Nutritional support gives hope to Zim mothers

By Tatenda Rodney Macheka WFP is supporting more than 7000 children in Zimbabwe reap the long-term benefits of a healthy start to life. For Deladina Chiota, the anticipated joys of motherhood did not meet her exact expectations. When Deladina unexpectedly gave birth to twin girls — Gracious and Precious — her husband blamed her for bringing a double burden to his life, and left her. As a young, newly-single mother, Deladina braced herself and decided to embrace what life had offered.“There are two things in life for which we are never truly prepared: twins,” says…

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