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Pharmacies suspended for flouting Govt’s exchange control regulation

Michael Gwarisa

SEVENTEEN pharmacies were caught red-handed using exhorbitant exchange rates ranging from ZWL$8 500 to ZWL$11 000 which will see their operating licenses forfeited, the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development said. By Kuda Pembere A majority of these pharmacies operating in Kadoma and Mutare were found flouting exchange control directives by the Financial Intelligence Unit

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Study finds 20% of Zimbabwean Youth have STIs

Michael Gwarisa

Epidemiologist and Sexual Reproductive Health Expert, Dr Chido Dziva Chikwari has warned of a high prevalence of three Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Trichomonas amongst Zimbabwe’s young and youthful population. By Michael Gwarisa The data was revealed during a door-to-door Population Based Prevalence Survey that was conducted between 2020 and 22 in 16

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Ministry of Health Reads Riot Act To Pharmacies Dispensing Antibiotics Without Prescriptions

Michael Gwarisa

To curb to the proliferation of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) related infections, the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) has warned pharmacies to stop the selling or dispensing antibiotics to patients without prescriptions. By Michael Gwarisa This follows scientific data which affirms that Antibiotic dispensing without prescriptions is a major determinant of the emergence of

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Three Neglected Tropical Diseases Pose Health Threat To Over 5 Million Zimbabweans

Michael Gwarisa

The Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) Principal Director Public Health, Dr Munyaradzi Dobbie says Zimbabwe is still saddled with the burden of three Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs, namely Schistosomiasis (SCH) & Soil Transmitted Helminthiasis (STH) and lymphatic filariasis. By Michael Gwarisa This was revealed during a Results dissemination Workshop for the 2021 National

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