Tag: Bill and Melinda gates Foundation

Zim targets 4.2 million children in emergency polio vaccination

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By Kudakwashe Pembere Having detected some cases of vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV) in Harare, another has been identified in Sanyati, a district in Mashonaland West prompting Zimbabwe’s health authorities to activate an emergency vaccination campaign for children below 10 years of age this month. The vaccination blitz intends to vaccinate 4.2 million children across the country. Addressing journalists on Friday,Deputy Health and Child Care Minister Honorable Sleiman Timios Kwidini said through their surveillance mechanisms they identified a case which was confirmed via laboratory tests. “The Ministry of Health and…

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#EDITORIAL: COVID-19 Dead Bodies In Africa: Was Melinda Gates’s Predictions Correct?

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“Covid-19 will be horrible in the developing world. My heart is in Africa. I am worried. The only reason why the reported cases of the coronavirus disease in Africa is low now is most likely because there have not been wide testing of people. The disease is going to bite hard on the continent. I see dead bodies in the streets of Africa,” said Melinda Gates the Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in  a Televised interview on CNN in April this year. Following these “Controversial” utterances, Melinda…

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Antiretroviral drug called TLE400 saves Zim $ 3, 6 million

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By Kudakwashe Pembere A first line regimen for HIV/AIDS treatment in Zimbabwe  called TLE 400 saved the country $3, 6 million this year alone. The treatment proving to be a ‘wonder’ drug miraculously reducing side effects along with a significant spend was launched yesterday in Harare. The drug funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation was made by one of the world’s leading global pharmaceutical companies called Mylan. On March 10, 2017, Mylan received tentative approval from the U.S. FDA under PEPFAR for its New Drug Application for the…

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Bill Gates To Fund Zim’s Primary Health Care

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By Michael Gwarisa THE Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is set to avail a sizable amount of funding towards Zimbabwe’s Primary Health Care (PHC) services in a bid to bridge the funding gap bedeviling the health sector , a top Save the Children Zimbabwe official has said. In an interview with HealthTimes on the side-lines of a Primary Health Care Budget analysis feedback meeting, Save the Children Zimbabwe Health Project Advisor Forster Matyatya     confirmed the development and said the Gates foundation has come at a time when there is…

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