#JUSTIN: Harare Council Clinics Peg Consultation Fees In USD
CITY of Harare health institutions have announced a new United States Dollars (USD) based payment regime for clinical and hospital consultations. HealthTimes Reporter Through their official micro-blogging platform, City of Harare said its clinic and hospital consultation fees will now be pegged against the prevailing inter-bank or an unequal in USD. Adults pay an equivalent
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Zim Reports Steady Improvement In Uptake of Maternal, Reproductive & Adolescents Health Services Under Lockdown
THE ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) says there has been a steady improvement in the uptake of Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) for the first time since the national lockdown was effected in March this year. HealthTimes Reporter According to the health ministry, there was a decline in the utilization
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#BREAKING: Gvt Hospitals Bosses Fired, HSB Says Its Restructuring
ZIMBABWE’S public health institutions could be running on auto pilot amidst indications that all Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) in government hospitals have been dismissed under what the Health Services Board (HSB) has described as a restructuring exercise. By Michael Gwarisa In an interview with HealthTimes, HSB Board Chair Paulinos Sikhosana said the restructuring was meant
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#JUSTIN: Two Parirenyatwa Hospital Employees Test Positive For COVID-19
TWO out of 26 members of staff at Parirenyatwa Hospital, who had just completed their shifts in the institution’s COVID-19 center have tested positive for COVID-19, HealthTimes has learnt. By Michael Gwarisa In a statement, the institution said those who tested positive were immediately quarantined to avoid further spreading the disease. Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals
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Dark Week For Zimbabwe, As COVID-19 Kills 5 Within A Few Days
ZIMBABWE has recorded another COVID-19 fatality, this time a 63 year old woman from Matabeleland North Province , bringing the total number of coranavirus deaths recorded this week to five, the highest weekly death toll the country has recorded since the pandemic was recorded in the country. By Michael Gwarisa The cumulative total number of
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#JUSTIN: Mnangagwa Hints On Lockdown Review
PRESIDENT Emerson says there is need for a review of lockdown measures in a bid to curb the spread of COVID-19. By Michael Gwarisa The announcement comes after the country has recorded its darkest week since the COVID-19 was reported in the country. Speaking during a Politburo Meeting, President Mnangagwa said, “The recent rapid spike
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#BREAKING: Free Blood Initiative Under Siege As NBSZ Suspends Blood Coupons
PATIENTS in need of blood and blood products in both public and private health institutions will likely be forced to pay in United States Dollars (USD) or an exchange rate equivalent to the Old Mutual implied rate or other comparable exchange rates, following the suspension of the coupon facility which would see health institutions access
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#BREAKING: Health Minister Obadiah Moyo Fired
PRESIDENT Emerson Mnangagwa has fired health and child care minister Obhadiah Moyo. By Michael Gwarisa According to Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet, Dr Misheck Sibanda, the President has in terms of Section 340, Subsection, paragraph (f) as read with Section 104 subsection (1) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe, removed from the office of
Read More#JUSTIN: 11 Nurses Released On ZW$1000 Bail
MBARE Magistrate Court, ZLHR lawyers Rudo Bere and Tinashe Chinopfukutwa have ended the detention of 11 nurses arrested Monday and charged for allegedly violating some national lockdown regulations after securing their release on RTGS$1 000 bail. The nurses have been ordered to report once a week at various Zimbabwe Republic Police stations. SOURCE: ZLHR NEWSDEK
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UNFPA, Partners Call For Eradication Of Early Marriages and Other Harmful Practices In Zim
THE United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has called for collective effort in ending the growing burden of early marriages and other harmful practices which compromise the health and future of young people especially girls and women. By Michael Gwarisa Every year, millions of girls are subjected to practices that harm them physically and emotionally with
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