Day: September 5, 2024

DRC Receives First Shipment of Mpox Vaccines

Michael Gwarisa

By Michael Gwarisa The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) are pleased to announce the arrival of the first shipment of 99,100 doses of JYNNEOS mpox vaccine to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The shipment is expected to launch a critical vaccination campaign aimed at curbing the rising epidemic in the Democtratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The vaccine doses were officially received by the Minister of Health of the Democtratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Samuel Roger Kamba, alongside H.E. Dr.…

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Medical Aid Companies Urged To Be Innovative

Michael Gwarisa

By Michael Gwarisa Health and Child Care Minister, Dr Douglass Mombeshora has called Medical Aid and Health Insurance companies to provide services that respond directly to the ever-changing health landscape And emerging challenges. He said this while officially opening the 15th edition of the Association for Healthcare Funders of Zimbabwe (AHFoZ) Annual All Stakeholders Conference on Health IN Victoria Falls. The conference is running under the theme “Zooming in on Health Outcomes – “Making the Main Thing the Main Thing.” As you  gather at this year’s AHFoZ conference,  whose agenda…

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Minister Mombeshora to grace HIPH graduation ceremony tomorrow

Kuda Pembere

By Kuda Pembere Health and Child Care Minister Dr Douglas Mombeshora is expected to officiate the Harare Public Health Institute’s third graduation ceremony tomorrow. Over 300 graduands will be conferred with certificates and diplomas. “In my capacity as the Chairperson of the Harare Institute of Public Health, We are very excited to announce that on Friday 6th of September we will be hosting the class of 2023 graduation ceremony in Harare. Graduands from our different faculties will be awarded various national certificates and diplomas,” said HIPH chairperson Professor Simon Mukwembi…

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Zim scientists discover cancer cure

Kuda Pembere

By Kudakwashe Pembere As the search for a cancer cure is under way across the globe, a team of Zimbabwean born scientists say they discovered compounds  using artificial intelligence, mathematical modelling and machine learning. The algorithm targets cancer cells without interfering the normal healthy cells. These scientists are working alongside the University of Witwatersrand and the University of Johannesburg. The lead scientist for this project is Harare Institute of Public Health (HIPH) chairperson and Head of the Mathematics School at the University of Witwatersrand Professor Simon Mukwembi working with the…

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