Day: December 3, 2019

46 Fired Doctors Return To Work

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FORTY-six fired doctors have been reinstated after heeding to the moratorium extended to return to work without hassles, a Cabinet Minister has revealed. By Kudakwashe Pembere Addressing journalists at a Tuesday Post Cabinet Media Briefing, Health and Child Care Minister Dr Obadiah Moyo said 46 returned to work. “The situation with regards to those who listened to the call from His Excellency, we have 46 who came back,and these 46 if they were dismissed, they are no longer dismissed, they are now reinstated,” he said explaining the doctors had to…

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Pepfar Partners Increase ART Coverage In Masvingo District

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OVER the past few years, Masvingo district has scaled up efforts to increase access to Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) among its citizens. Situated 292 kilometres from the capital Harare, Masvingo is one of the districts performing well in reducing the HIV burden. By Kudakwashe Pembere Since 2006, the United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has provided over US$650 million to Zimbabwe towards the HIV/AIDS response. Through PEPFAR and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), a consortium of local partners- Families and Communities for the Elimination of…

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