Historic Homecoming: Zimbabwean Becomes First Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon to Return, Treat Children At CURE International Hospital

UK-trained doctor is the first native-born surgeon to return to practice pediatric orthopedics in the Sub-Saharan country CURE International has helped make history today for the people of Zimbabwe. Today at CURE Zimbabwe, Dr. Tongai Chitsamatanga became the country’s first Zimbabwean in history to return to the country to serve as a full-time fellowship trained pediatric orthopedic surgeon! “It is a personal milestone, as well as a proud professional achievement, for me to be able to return to my beloved Zimbabwe to improve the health of children. Pediatric Orthopedics is…

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Government, UN sign a new five-year cooperation framework

THE Zimbabwean Government and the United Nations signed a new five-year Zimbabwe UN Development Cooperation Framework (ZUNSDCF 2022-2026) that articulates the strategic engagement of the United Nations Country Team in Zimbabwe to support the country to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). HealthTimes Reporter The ZUNSDCF was signed by the Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet, Dr. Michek Sibanda and the UN Resident Coordinator, Ms. Maria Ribeiro. The Framework was also signed by a total of 25 UN entities committing the UN Development System to draw on the full…

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Up to 180.000 health workers may have died from COVID-19

BETWEEN 80,000 and 180,000 health and care workers may have died from COVID-19 between January of 2020 and May of this year, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. By Patricia Mashiri That grim estimate features in a new WHO working paper based on the 3.45 million coronavirus-related deaths reported globally to the UN health agency up to May; a figure that WHO said may well be at least 60 per cent lower than the actual number of victims. To highlight the need for better protection, WHO was joined by…

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#BREAKING: All 192 Nashville Students Test Negative For COVID-19

AN update by the Gweru COVID-19 task-force indicates that of all the 192 COVID-19 tests that were done on Nashiville Secondary School students, non of them came out positive. By Michael Gwarisa In an update by the task-force, they said, “Following reports circulating on social media on Nashville High school pupils alleging Covid 19 positive …and no reports being made to the responsible Ministry of Health. The following has been expeditiously done by the Response Team and Taskforce authorities headed by the DDC. 1. RRT dispatched by the Min of…

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#DEVELOPINGSTORY: Nashville Conducts Mass Testing For Pupils After Pictures Of Alleged COVID-19 Positive Students Go Viral

NASHVILE Secondary School in Gweru has started mass COVID-19 testing of students in response to circulating pictures on social media of pupils lying helplessly in the sun and alleged to be down with COVID-19. By Patricia Mashiri The testing exercise commenced last night with teams from the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) havig been deployed to investigate, screen and test the pupils. Speaking to HealthTimes, a Nashville Secondary staff member who refused to be named confirmed that there were massive testing going on. The Headmaster and other administration…

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Zim Citizens Warned against Complacency….As New Delta Sub-Variant Wreaks Havoc

NEW coronavirus strains including a Delta variant sub-strain are already giving the world headaches, amidst indications that countries such as Russia and United Kingdom and even China have started recording record high death tolls and new infections linked to new strains. By Michael Gwarisa According to the Russian federal agency inspecting consumer rights protection and human wellbeing, several cases of AY.4.2, a new Delta sub-variant of coronavirus were already being detected. A report by Russia’s coronavirus emergency task force, indicates that the COVID-19 cases went up by 36,339 over the…

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