Day: June 24, 2024

Calls to remove duty on sunscreen products grow louder

Kuda Pembere

By Kudakwashe Pembere Calls to remove duty for the production and importation of sunscreen lotions are growing louder by the day at a time when persons living with albinism are having to fork out around US$20 for a tube. A person living with albinism requires four to five tubes per month which add to 125 ml. This emerged during an International Day of Albinism Awareness Day celebrations organized by the Albinism Empowerment Coalition (AEC) held recently in the capital. In an interview, Former Kambuzuma Legislator Willias Madzimure said manufacturers of…

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Stop TB Partnership Sensitizes New Parliamentarians On Tuberculosis Advocacy

Michael Gwarisa

By Michael Gwarisa in Kadoma IN a bid to capacitate new parliamentarians on advocacy issues regarding Tuberculosis (TB), the Stop TB Partnership in Zimbabwe recently held a one day TB orientation meeting with newly elected members of parliament mainly from the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee (PPC) on health. The orientation meeting follows the holding of the 2023 harmonized elections in Zimbabwe which ushered in new Members of Parliament (MPs) who now hold key positions. Speaking in an interview with HealthTimes on the side-lines of the orientation meeting Kadoma, Honourable Josiah Makumbe…

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