Health Gets US$694 million
TREASURY on Thursday allocated US$694, 5 million to the Ministry of Health and Childcare in the 2019 National Budget. By Kudakwashe Pembere In January, former minister of Finance and Economic Development Patrick Chinamasa buckled under the pressure of legislators to increase the allocation for Health to US$520 million from US$454 million. The Health Ministry during
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HIV+ Pastor Raps Bogus HIV Cure Claims
ONE of the first clerics to televise his HIV status in Zimbabwe Reverend Maxwell Kapachawo, on Tuesday, slated his pastoral counterparts for misleading their congregants by claiming they have HIV/AIDS cure. By Kudakwashe Pembere This blasting comes barely a month after PHD Ministries leader Prophet Walter Magaya’s proclamation during a Sunday Church Service that he
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Buy Medicines With RTGS…As PCD Comes To The Rescue
ZIMBABWE’S biggest pharmaceutical firm, Pharmaceutical and Chemical Distributors (PCD) has come to the aid of Zimbabweans bearing the brunt of paying medicines in United States Dollars through selling their supplies in local currencies such as RTGS and Bond notes. By Kudakwashe Pembere Effective yesterday, the company issued a statement noting how the ailing were
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Of Depression And The Rise Of Suicides In Zimbabwean Universities
Depression is increasingly becoming a killer. According to stats, NCDs such as accidents, cancers and even depression have been identified as leading killers globally. By Kudakwashe Pembere Matters of the heart a8re complex and can take a huge toll on a student’s mental faculties. Worse yet if coupled with academic pressures and financial crunches, the
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Magaya Yet To Submit Aguma For Registration
The Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) is yet to receive Aguma for registration amid indications that the process could take longer than expected, HealthTimes can reveal. By Kudakwashe Pembere It has been over two weeks since his ‘HIV Cure’ proclamation by Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries frontman Prophet Magaya which left many Zimbabweans, the
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Gweru Fish Contaminated…Anchor Yeast Distances Self From Poisoning Water
Lesaffre Zimbabwe (Formerly known as Anchor Yeast) says it is not responsible for the poisoning of fish at its Geluk Farm dam in Gweru which triggered a health scare in the city. By Kudakwashe Pembere This follows reports and social media messages claiming the company has been left counting loses after its supplying dam for
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Hospitals Reject PSMAS Cards…Teachers To Hold Demo
ZIMBABWE’s second largest teachers union, the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) will tomorrow hold a mass demonstration against the PSMAS medical aid which they believe is shortchanging them at a time when the health sector is on its knees. By Kudakwashe Pembere Majority of Zimbabwe’s civil servants are active PSMAS clients but indications on
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My Appointment Is Legit- Tendai Wenyika
HEALTH Professions Authority (HPA) Vice President Ms Tendai Wenyika has defended her appointment saying it was constitutionally above board and open. By Kudakwashe Pembere Her defense comes at the back of massive backlash of her appointment by public health expert, Mr Enock Musingwini who claims on Twitter that she was, “planted there by the
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Magaya Granted $300 Bail For HIV Cure Claims
Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries leader Prophet Magaya was on Friday given $300 bail and ordered to submit his Waterfalls house’s title deeds. By Kudakwashe Pembere He was told to reside at the same address given to the court and asked not to interfere with state witnesses. Prophet Magaya who was arrested this morning appeared
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NetOne Takes Cholera Cleanup Campaign To CBD
Zimbabwe’s second largest mobile network operator NetOne on Thursday held a clean-up campaign in Harare CBD as part of its efforts to intensify the fight against Cholera. By Kudakwashe Pembere This clean-up campaign comes hot on the heels of the first one done in Buduriro a month ago. The company having pledged a cent per
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