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Zimbabwe’s Health Sector Goes Green with Solar Powered Electronic Health Records

Michael Gwarisa

THE Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC), is rolling out “Impilo,” an Electronic Health Records (EHR) system, which is meant to improve efficiency in the health sector through enhancing data collection, management, patients’ care as well as improve communication between health practitioners and patients. By Michael Gwarisa According to the Ministry of Health, they

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Bye-bye candlelight births: Rural women Cherish UNDP-Global Fund solar electrification project

Michael Gwarisa

Emelda Madlangove (33) from Ward 6, under headman Svondo in Mhandamahwe, has three children. Her third child was delivered at Mhandamahwe Rural Health Centre in December 2022. However, she recalls the “dark days.” A period when everything in the labour ward was pitch-black and expecting mothers would deliver through the aid of candles and makeshift

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