#BREAKING: Global Fund Avails $500 million Funding To Zimbabwe’s Health Sector
THE Global Fund has availed an additional $502 million towards Zimbabwe’s healthcare which will go towards supporting HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria programmes for the next three years. By Michael Gwarisa The grants will be implemented by the Ministry of Health and Child and Child Care (MOHCC) and UNDP in collaboration with Civil Society Organizations and
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Esigodini Hospital Ambulance Being Used As Staff Bus
ESIGODINI District Hospital has allegedly been using its ambulance to transport its workers to and from the institution for a fee of $5 per month each, a move that has been described as misplaced and out of order by health officials. SOURCE: SUNDAYNEWS ROBIN MUCHETU Workers at the hospital who spoke to Sunday News said
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Public Health Bill now before Parliament
THE long-awaited Public Health Bill is now before Parliament for crafting and went through its First Reading Stage in the National Assembly on Thursday. SOURCE: NEWSDAYÂ Health minister David Parirenyatwa brought the Bill for the First Reading, where he told legislators that the new Health law will, among other things provide for the conditions of
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WHO Calls For Strict Tobacco Regulation
THE WORLD Health Organisation (WHO) Director General, Dr Tedros Adhomon has called for strict regulation and control of the tobacco industry so as to reduce tobacco harm which includes death and the risk of Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs), HealthTimes has learnt. By Michael Gwarisa The call comes at the back of revelations that tobacco currently
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Retailers, Mobile Phone Companies Invade Medical Aid Sector
ZIMBABWE Medical Association (ZiMA) secretary-general Dr Shingi Bopoto has raised concern over the increased proliferation of retailers and businesses in the health insurance services territory saying it goes against the ethics and expectations of the sector. By Michael Gwarisa Speaking during a CWGH hosted Post Budget meeting in Harare, Dr Bopoto said the biggest challenge
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Drug Stock Levels To Go Up- Minister
DRUG stock levels at all hospitals and health institutions are set to normalise at the back increased efforts to ramp up production at a local level as well as imporved financial support from the $18 million that was realised from air time health levy. By Michael Gwarisa Speaking during a tour of NATPHARM Pharmaceuticals yesterday,
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Low levels of reporting on sexual violence causing severe health consequences – MSF
Low levels of awareness about medical impact of sexual violence is causing severe health consequences, the international medical humanitarian organization, Medecins Sans Frontieres/ Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said today. HealthTimes Reporter Of the 7,400 survivors of sexual violence who received free, confidential medical treatment and psycho-social support from MSF at the Edith Opperman clinic in
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Tobacco Smoking Increases In Teenagers
…Experts Call For New Technologies To Fight Tobacco Harm… By Michael Gwarisa from Nairobi, Kenya AFRICA is recording a massive increase in cases of child smokers with children between the ages of 13 and 15 being the biggest victims owing to peer pressure as well as the cheap pricing of cigarettes in most African markets.
Read MoreHIV/AIDS Mortality Still High Despite Prevention Efforts- MSF
Staff Reporter Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says despite the significant progress that has been made in preventing HIV infection, South Africa is still struggling to reduce HIV/AIDS mortality in the country. (MSF) Medical Coordinator for South Africa, Dr. Amir Shroufi said, “Despite significantly improved access to ARVs, major challenges remain to reduce HIV/AIDS mortality in
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AHF Zimbabwe puts 15 000 Zimbabweans on Free ART in just 1 year
By Kudakwashe Pembere Originally from USA, a non-profit organisation which set base in Zimbabwe last year in September called Aids Healthcare Foundation has put over 16 000 Zimbabweans on free antiretroviral treatment. The organisation built centres of excellence which are treatment facilities for those with the disease at Parirenyatwa Hospital in Harare and Mpilo Hospital
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