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Time For Zimbabwe To Rope In Community Civil Society Organisations In AMR Fight
THE world is fast sleep walking towards another deadly pandemic that could wipe out an entire civilisation if something is not done urgently. Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) or the silent pandemic as many epidemiologist have dubbed it, is one of the top 10 global public health threats facing humanity, exposing both humans and animals to catastrophic
Read MoreZimbabwe Red Cross Deploys Support Team And Assistance To Floods Affected Areas
THE Zimbabwe Red Cross Society, ZRCS, has deployed surge support and started assessments in Mashonaland West, Mashonaland East, Mashonaland Central and Manicaland Provinces, while also distributing response materials to worst affected areas with the support of Danish Red Cross and Finish Red Cross. Own Correspondent Part of the response also includes offering first aid to
Read MoreEcobank Donates To Parirenyatwa Psychiatric Hospital
IN a move that is meant to raise awareness and help prevent non-communicable diseases including mental health challenges, Ecobank, one of the leading financial institutions in Zimbabwe has donated various items to help at Parirenyatwa Psychiatric Hospital. By Patricia Mashiri The donated goods include assorted medicines to last for a year, 40 medical beds, assorted
Read MorePSMAS Refurbishes Presidential Guard Hospital
ZIMBABWE’S leading medical aid firm, Premier Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS), has handed over a fully refurbished hospital to the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Presidential Guard in Dzivarasekwa, Harare. By Michael Gwarisa The refurbishment of the facility covered the main hospital and outpatients which consist of consulting rooms, pharmacy, optometry, rehabilitation, x- ray, ultrasound scan,
Read MoreYouth Aspire Partners Youth Council To Facilitate Formalization Of Businesses For Young People
YOUTH Aspire Development Trust (YADT), an organization that promotes youths rights and sexual reproductive health rights (SRHR), through capacity building, advocacy and community mobilization has partnered with Zimbabwe Youth Council (ZYC) with the aim of capacitating young people around business formalization skills. By Patricia Mashiri Speaking during the training of the trainers session of youths
Read MoreCommunity Health Workers Go Digital
WHEN Nelson Mwanawenyu, a nurse at a plantation estate clinic in Manicaland province applied for a position with a private health institution in the city of Mutare, he was told the interview would be conducted through the Skype social media platform. By Caiphas Chimhete, CWGH He innocently asked the secretary who had phoned him to
Read MoreWorld Vision and Partners Launch Project To Strengthen Community-led Actions On Education and disaster preparedness in five districts across Zimbabwe
HARARE, ZIMBABWE: Christian, child-focused humanitarian aid agency, World Vision collaborating with Welthungerhilfe, Christian Blind Mission and various Government of Zimbabwe departments, has launched a project titled Strengthening Community-Led Actions on Education and Disaster Preparedness also known as SCALE-DP project. Health Reporter With an estimated €2,7million euros (US$3,2 million) funding from the European Civil Protection and
Read MoreMukando Boost For People Living With HIV In Mash Central
THE Zimbabwe National Network of People Living With HIV (ZNNP+) has improved livelihoods of People Living With HIV (PLHIV) in Mashonaland Central through Internal Savings and Lending (ISAL) projects or Mukando. By Patricia Mashiri Through assistance from Troicare, ZNNP+ gave Kushinga group based in Nyakudya village, Masembura in Mashonaland Central a total of US$150 to
Read MoreBHASO’s Community Outreach Delivers ARVs To More Than 3000 Clients
THE Batanai HIV and AIDS Service Organisation (BHASO), a community based HIV and AIDS civil society organisation based in Masvingo has delivered Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) to not less than 3000 clients at the back of its community outreach programs. Staff Reporter Through their official page, BHASO said the, “Community Outreach is one form of decentralizing
Read MoreCeSHHAR Awarded Templeton World Charity Foundation Grant To Implement Zvandiri Project
Dr. Webster Mavhu, CeSHHAR Deputy Director, has been competitively awarded a three-year grant from the Templeton World Charity Foundation to implement the project “The Zvandiri (As I am) character strength and its constructs among adolescents living with HIV in Zimbabwe”. This project will examine and measure how the Zvandiri programme can sustainably engage adolescents living
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