Category: Health Jobs

Measles kills 750 children under five: Amnesty International

Kuda Pembere

MEASLES killed over 750 children under the age of five in Zimbabwe last year, an Amnesty International (AI) report states. By Kuda Pembere  With more than half of the deaths being community deaths mainly from from Manicaland province, the Measles virus spread to other parts of the country killing manly unvaccinated children. The first case was reported in Mutasa District amongst the Apostolic sects. In April, the Ministry of Health and Child Care declared a measles outbreak in Mutasa District in Manicaland province. The virus spread to other areas and…

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Malaria kills 151

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Malaria has to date reportedly killed more than 150 people in Zimbabwe with over 92 000 cases having thus far been recorded this year. By Staff Reporter The disease according to the Ministry of Health and Child Care Weekly Diseases Surveillance report for the period 17 to 23 October was endemic in Mashonaland East and Mashonaland Central as each provinces had more than 400 cases recorded. “Meanwhile, the 2022 cumulative cases for Malaria stand at 92 310 and 151 deaths,” the Ministry of Health and Child Care said The Health…

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Zb Life Assurance Launches Enhanced Cash Funeral Plan

Michael Gwarisa

The enhanced plan will provide post-burial benefits such as tombstone, memorial service, school fees and cash for groceries, among other funeral and burial costs.  ZB Life Assurance, a subsidiary of ZB Financial Holdings, has launched an enhanced ZB Cash Funeral Plan to provide post-burial benefits to the policyholder, in addition to the cash benefits that assist with the financing of funeral and burial costs. Staff Reporter The enhanced product will help bereaved families to cope with post-burial expenses that are often a huge burden for the surviving relatives. Announcing the…

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Zimbabwe Observes Week Long Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Campaign

Michael Gwarisa
AMR

ZIMBABWE has joined the rest of the world in commemorating the World Antibiotic week which is meant to increase awareness and educate communities on the dangers associated with Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in a bid to influence behavior change and attitudes towards antibiotics use, consumption and disposal. By Michael Gwarisa The Antibiotic awareness week is running from 18 to 24 November, 2020 and as part of the awareness raising efforts, the country has also come up with a Jingle that will be played on various radio stations as well as poems…

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#VACANCYALERT!!! ZNFPC Is Hiring: Do You Have 5 ‘O’ Levels, A First Aid or Home Nursing Certificate?

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5 ‘O’ Levels including English Language First Aid or Home Nursing Certificate At least one year experience in a similar position Applications including detailed CVs and certified copies of both academic and professional qualification certificates should be emailed to vacancies@znfpc.org.zw or hand delivered at Number 1 Swissway/ Highfield Road, Southerton Harare not later than 17 July 2020

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Ministry of Health Calls For September 2020 Nursing Applications

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Ministry of Health Calls For September 2020 Nursing Applications National eRecruitment of Registered General Nurse Training September 2020 Intake Applications for the three year Diploma in Registered General Nurse Training to be conducted by the Ministry of Health and Child Health Care (MoHCC) are invited from suitably qualified holders of the following qualifications; A minimum of 5 “O” Level subjects with passes in English Language, Mathematics and a Science subject and two others (that exclude practical subjects such as Fashion and Fabrics, Metal Work, Graphic Art, Art and Woodwork) at…

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Govt Considers Banning Public Gatherings

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DAILYNEWS:  Government is considering banning public gatherings until the world contains coronavirus, the Daily News can report. Although Zimbabwe is still to record any positive case of the deadly virus, authorities are not leaving anything to chance after the disease was confirmed in neighbouring South Africa where 13 people have been detected to have the killer disease so far. South Africa is Zimbabwe’s biggest trading partner. Health minister Dr  Obadiah Moyo told Senate on Tuesday that a meeting of Sadc ministers of Health held in Tanzania on Monday resolved that…

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Chinhoyi One Stop Centre For GBV Survivors Launched

Michael Gwarisa

THE United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has launched the One Stop center for  survivors of Gender Based Violence (GBV) in Chinhoyi in an effort to improve access to services for survivors of Gender Based Violence By Michael Gwarisa The GBV One-stop centre is part of the Zero Tolerance for GBV 365 National programme and has been birthed from a partnership between the UNFPA, the governments of Britain, Ireland, Sweden and the European Unione (EU) through support from the ministry of Gender and Community development. Speaking at the launch, UNFPA country…

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Children Tariro: Building Economic Resilience For HIV Epidemic Control

Michael Gwarisa

“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” This adage as cliché and old as it may sound is relevant and key to developing strong systems for better epidemic control and management. By Michael Gwarisa In Manicaland Province Many a times, young people especially girls, fall prey to cunning and daring men who use gifts to lure them into having sexual intercourse as a result of poverty. Since most of these victims are below…

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#JOBALERT: Oxfam is Hiring

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Consultancy to conduct the final evaluation of the WE-Care Work your Dreams Programme (INT5282)   Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty. The Role Since 2013, Oxfam’s Women’s Economic Empowerment and Care (WE-Care) initiative has worked to produce new methodologies and context-specific evidence about care work to enable development actors to address heavy and unequal care work for women in development initiatives and policy proposals.The Work your Dreams programme is a three year partnership(started in October 2016)between Oxfam GB, Unilever, the laundry…

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