Day: February 14, 2024

Chipinge gets new ambulace from Japan

Kuda Pembere

By Kuda Pembere The Japanese Government through the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) has donated another ambulance to government for use at Chipinge District Hospital. The other two ambulances were handed over to Hauna and Chikore hospitals. All the ambulances worth over US$100 000 were donated to Manicaland province districts following a call for applications for Japan’s supplemental fund which UNOPS was awarded. Speaking during the donation Deputy Minister of Health and Child Care Sleiman Timios Kwidini commended UNOPS and Japan for the assistance to help in emergency…

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Zim Spectacles Medical Aid Claims Balloon To ZW$10 Billion

Michael Gwarisa

By Michael Gwarisa The prevailing inflationary environment has eroded the value of local currency-denominated medical aid packages, resulting in claims for Spectacles going through the ceiling over the past 12 months. While the volume of annual spectacle claims has been declining over the period 2021 to 2023, the same cannot be said about the values of both foreign currency and local currency-denominated spectacle claims. Speaking in an exclusive interview with HealthTimes, Association of Healthcare Funders Zimbabwe (AHFoZ) Chief Executive Officer, Ms Shylet Sanyanga said volumes of annual spectacles claims have…

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