CWGH Urges Government to Prioritise Health Workforce and Primary Care on Workers’ Day
By Staff Reporter As Zimbabwe joins the rest of the world in commemorating International Workers’ Day, the Community Working Group on Health (CWGH) has called on the government to urgently address the deteriorating state of the health sector, particularly the plight of health workers and the country’s neglected primary health care (PHC) system. In a
Read MoreBudget line to operationalize Public Health Emergency Operation Centres on cards
By Kuda Pembere Zimbabwe is working on establishing a dedicated budget line for the operationalization of the country’s Public Health Emergency Operation Centres (PHEOCs), amid dwindling external financial resources both globally and regionally. Speaking to journalists after officiating the ongoing Public Health Emergency Management Executive-Level Training, the Minister of Health and Child Care, Dr. Douglas
Read MoreMultimorbidity in Zimbabwe: A Wake-Up Call for Health System Reform
By Michael Gwarisa A landmark ethnographic study has raised urgent questions about Zimbabwe’s capacity to manage rising rates of multimorbidity, a growing health challenge defined as the coexistence of two or more chronic conditions in a single individual. Conducted by a multidisciplinary team of researchers from Zimbabwe and the United Kingdom, the study explores how
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