Fraudulent claims bleed Zim’s healthcare funders over US$500 000 every quarter

By Kuda Pembere The Association of Healthcare Funders of Zimbabwe (AHFoZ) is convinced that healthcare funders could be losing more than US$500 000 every quarter on the back of fraudulent claims made by some cartels in the health sector. The funds recovered in 2022, a period in which healthcare fund members collectively paid more than US$164 million towards settlements of claims by clients. In some cases, corrupt syndicates involving pharmacists and doctors would generate fraudulent medical aid claims and receive money for services not rendered AHFoZ board chair Mr Stanford…

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Psychosocial therapies important for diabetics’ caregivers

Kuda Pembere Taking care of a child with diabetes requires regular mental health therapies as it takes a huge toll on the caregiver. This was said by Thelma Roberts, a mother to a two year old son diagnosed with diabetes six months ago. She said this on the sidelines of a pediatric diabetes workshop held at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals recently. “Somehow I think it is a blessing because we managed to find out what he had and now I know what I am dealing with. It is unfortunate we…

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Zimbabwe Launches E-learning Platform For Midwifery

By Kuda Pembere in Chinhoyi CHINHOYI School of Midwifery is one of the six pilot nursing schools selected to conduct studies using an e-learning platform for midwifery. The platform, a first of its kind in the country and was created to close the gap created by the shortage of midwifery tutors in Zimbabwe due to brain drain. Officiating the launch, acting Health and Child Care Minister, Professor Paul Mavima said the e-learning platform for midwifery learning shows the Ministry of Health’s commitment to move towards improving learning experience through incorporating…

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