Health Sector Gets Additional ZW$352 Million From Mid Term Budget
FINANCE Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has given the Health Ministry an additional ZW$352 million. By Kudakwashe Pembere Presenting the 2019 Mid Term Fiscal Policy Review and Supplementary Budget, Prof Ncube said the supplementary budget proposed additional provisions and reforms mainly related to social services delivery and social protection among other things. He also said there
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Open Defecation Highest in Mat North
MATEBELELAND North recorded the highest number of households still practicing open defecation in the period 2018 to 2019, a Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee (ZimVAC) survey has reported. By Michael Gwarisa According to the report, 60% of households in Mat North practice open defecation against a 33% national defecation rate. Open defecation was practiced by 33%
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UAE To Build Pharmaceutical Plant In Zim
THE United Arab Emirates (UAE) Government has pledged to build a pharmaceutical plant in the country. By Kudakwashe Pembere This was said by UAE Ambassador to South Africa and Zimbabwe Mahash Saeed Alhameli at the handover of medical equipment at NatPharm in Harare on Thursday. “We are here for the handover in Harare and also
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Zim Among Countries With High HIV Drug Resistance- WHO
ZIMBABWE is among one of the 18 countries that recorded HIV drug resistance above 10% percent amidst indications that more women showed resistance to first line regimens efavirenz/nevirapine. In the SADC region, South Africa tops the list with a 23.6% Pretreatment Drug Resistance (PDR) to efavirenz/nevirapine followed by Namibia which has a 13.8% PDR to EFV/NVP
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