Zimbabwe Dismisses False COVID-19 Claims
By Staff Reporter The Ministry of Health and Child Care has dismissed as false a social media message claiming that Zimbabwe is recording a resurgence in COVID-19 cases and deaths. The ministry said claims of COVID-19 deaths at Mpilo Central Hospital and alleged cases at Salem Gama Central Hospital were untrue and did not originate
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Nurses Threaten Another Strike as Government Fails to Honour Pay Deal
By Michael Gwarisa Another nurses’ strike could be looming in Zimbabwe after health workers accused Government of failing to honour agreements on the review of sector-specific allowances and the handling of a controversial job evaluation exercise. The Zimbabwe Nurses Association, ZINA, together with the Health Apex Team and other health worker representatives, says the continued
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DRC Ebola Outbreak May Be Far Bigger Than Official Figures, Africa CDC Warns
By Michael Gwarisa The scale of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) may be far greater than official figures suggest, with Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) warning that the disease was circulating for months before the outbreak was officially detected. Africa CDC Director-General Dr Jean Kaseya said
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US Announces Nearly US$2 Billion for Faith-Based Health and Humanitarian Organisations
By Michael Gwarisa The United States has announced nearly US$2 billion in new health and humanitarian assistance for faith-based and community organisations working across some of the world’s most difficult environments, in what Washington says is its largest allocation of global health foreign assistance to faith-based organisations in more than two decades. The funding, announced
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‘I have nowhere to start’: Abandoned and pregnant, Sarudzai seeks an abortion
By Kuda Pembere When Sarudzai walked into a youth centre in Hurungwe, she was not looking for a debate about Zimbabwe’s abortion laws. She was looking for help. Four months pregnant with her third child, the 22-year-old mother of two had already made up her mind that she wanted to terminate the pregnancy. Her husband
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