Day: March 12, 2024

Save the Children Launches Major Business Development Hub for Local and National NGOs

Healthtimes

By Own Correspondent More than fifty local organisations working to improve the lives of children in Zimbabwe will benefit from capacity strengthening and knowledge sharing under a Business Development Hub launched by Save the Children. The child rights organisation is seeking to strengthen the capacity of local and national actors to better support children. The “Akwande-Tuvule Business Development Hub” a name derived from the indigenous languages meaning “let there be growth”, is a platform for knowledge exchange and synergy. Local organisations will receive training and support in areas such as…

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Mothers’ Waiting Shelters Reduce Maternal Mortality Rates In Mat South

Kuda Pembere

By Kuda Pembere recently in Mat South Province Driven by the need to address challenges faced with expecting mothers during childbirth, maternity waiting homes have contributed to a reduction in the number women who die whilst giving birth in Matabeleland South province. The shelters are being established through financial support from the Health Resilience Fund (HRF) with the purposes of reducing maternal mortality from 462 to 240 per 100 000 live births and neonatal mortality from 32 to 20 per 1000 live births by 2025. HRF is funded by the…

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Bulilima Malnutrition Cure Rate Jumps To 74 Percent

Kuda Pembere

By Kuda Pembere in Bulilima Bulilima has been the most improved district in the country raising its malnutrition cure rate from 39 percent in 2022 leaping to 74 percent the following year,  HealthTimes has learned. In an exclusive interview during a Mat South Health Resilience Fund (HRF) impact assessment media tour, Matabeleland South Provincial Nutrition officer, Innocent Mazarura said the district used to record a poor cure rate over the years. Cure rate is for all malnutrition cases including children under five. And actually, I want to zero in to…

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