MSF Trains Cholera Response Team In Chegutu
Doctors without Borders, MSF is currently training not less than 50 community health workers in Chegutu to enable them to fight Cholera at community level. By Michael Gwarisa Speaking through their Micro-blogging site, Twitter @MSF_Zimbabwe, the organisation said they were ramping up efforts to contain and combat the Cholera pandemic which has hit the Mashonaland
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#BREAKING: Cholera Could Be In Harare Already?
CHOLERA might have found its way into Harare already following indications that a sizable number of people from Harare attended a funeral of an 80 year old woman who died from Cholera in Chegutu last week. By Michael Gwarisa Briefing Journalists in Harare this afternoon, Health and Child Care Minister, Dr David Parirenyatwa said the
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#BREAKING: Cholera Kills Five In Chegutu
AT least five people were confirmed dead due to Cholera complications in Chegutu yesterday. This was confirmed by government on Star FM last night. More details to follow…..
Read MoreZimbabwe On High Alert Over Cholera…As Cholera Terrorises Zambia/Malawi
HEALTH and Child Care Minister Dr David Parirenaytwa says Zimbabwe is on high alert over the prevailing Cholera outbreak obtaining in Zambia and Malawi with Zambia having recorded more than 2000 cases already. By Michael Gwarisa In an Interview with HealthTimes, Minister Parirenaytwa said Zimbabweans need not panic over the prevailing cholera crisis in Zambia
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City Of Harare Fires Top Health Execs
Harare City Council (HCC) yesterday suspended four top officials for awarding themselves “fat cat” salaries above government-imposed caps. Acting town clerk Josephine Ncube, health services director Prosper Chonzi, finance director Tendai Kwenda and human capital director Cainos Chingombe were suspended after a special council meeting yesterday called to receive a report by the Justice George
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“Chigubhu Gear”, Tackling Water and Sanitation At Grassroots Level
By Michael Gwarisa recently in Siakobvu, Kariba GOVERNMENT in partnership with Save the Children and other non governmental organizations has embarked on widespread Nutrition, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) projects in various districts around the country. According to Water and Sanitation experts, poor adherence to sanitation and hygiene expectations could lead to serious malnutrition cases
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Typhoid under control: Minister
By HealthTimes Correspondent The Ministry of health has allayed fears of a possible typhoid outbreak following reported cases in Harare, insisting that mechanisms have been put in place to curb the spreading of the disease. In an interview yesterday after touring Matapi Clinic in Harare where 123 typhoid patients were screened, Minister of Health and
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Harare Now an Ancient City…As Harare Tops In Typhoid Cases
By Michael Gwarisa THE city of Harare now resembles an ancient town as it lacks the characteristics and requisites of a modern day city due to poor planning and recurrent diarrheal diseases like Typhoid and Cholera which were most prominent during ancient times. Typhoid was first discovered in 1880 in New York City but is
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ZITF Postpones WASHen Expo
HealthTimes Reporter THE Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) company has postponed the Water, Sanitation , Hygiene and Energy (WASHen) expo which was scheduled for 21 September in the Bulawayo. In a statement, ZITF General Manager Mrs Nomathemba Ndlovu confirmed the development. “Kindly be advised that the 2017 of the Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Energy confex,
Read MoreHatcliff Residents Use Chlorine Tablets For Washing Clothes
“We thank CWHG and the City Health department for installing these inline chlorinates, we are now assured that we wont have abuse of tablets as they are enclosed in the Chlorinators…..” By Michael Gwarisa RESIDENTS in Hatcliff area in Harare are using Chlorine tablets meant for purifying water as washing soap despite the area having
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