March 6, 2019 - HealthTimes

MCAZ Engages SADC Nations To Curb Illicit Drugs Movement

March 6, 2019 NewsRoom

THE Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MACAZ), says they have been engagements with other nations in the region to address the growing and unwanted flow of illicit drugs, Through their micro-blogging site, MCAZ said, “At the regional level, we also note that it is not only a problem in Zimbabwe therefore there has been engagements with SADC Heads of Agencies (regulators), where we call for more stringent regulatory standards for such codeine containing products.”

Stanbic Donates $89 000 Worth Of Drugs To Harare Hospital

March 6, 2019 NewsRoom

STANBIC Bank Zimbabwe has donated pain relief medication to Harare Central Hospital worth $89 000 RTGS. HealthTimes Reporter The donation by Stanbic Bank comes at a time there is a shortage of drugs and will see the hospital’s pediatric, maternity and adult wards receiving an assortment pain relief medication to cover the next three months. Head of Marketing and Communications for Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe, Palmer Mugavha said while the institution’s Corporate Social Investment (CSI) program focuses on public health infrastructure and educational bursaries, the bank was moved to bridge the…

How Early Cervical Cancer Diagnosis Saved Gutu Woman’s Life

March 6, 2019March 6, 2019 NewsRoom

HiCERVICAL cancer has become one of the leading causes of death in women in the 21st century. According to Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) statistics, cervical cancer kills not less than 2000 women annually in Zimbabwe. HealthTimes Repoter Unlike other diseases which attack the elderly and the advanced in age, new trends show that cervical cancer is fast becoming a huge burden among young girls owing to a plethora of factors chief among them being early sexual debut, inserting foreign objects in the privates among a host of…

Zim’s Community Health Strategy Nears Completion

March 6, 2019March 6, 2019 NewsRoom

THE Health and Childcare Ministry will complete the National Community Health Draft Strategy next week which will provide community health workers with guidelines on how they should work while on the ground. By Kudakwashe Pembere The team working on the draft expects to present it to the Health ministry in a fortnight amidst indications that wokers have all along been working been working without guidelines. Dr Stanley Midzi from Zimbabwe’s World Health Organisation office said they realised that all along there were no benchmarks on how community health workers are…