Tag: Health and Child Care Minister Dr Douglas Mombeshora

NAC’s HIV symposium spotlights children

Kuda Pembere

By Kuda Pembere The National HIV Symposium kicked off on a high note with the focus hinged on pediatric and adolescent HIV issues bedeviling Zimbabwe. The symposium organized by the National AIDS Council was themed “Accelerating 95-95-95 HIV Targets Among Children”. Health and Child Care Minister Dr Douglas Mombeshora in a speech read on his behalf by Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals chief medical officer Dr Tsitsi Magure said the much-yearned goal to end AIDS by 2030 is an impossible feat if children’s treatment coverage lags behind. “Our national response can…

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China, Zim sign Eye Cataract Surgery MOU

Kuda Pembere

By Kuda Pembere The Chinese Government on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the Bright Journey cataract surgery program with the Zimbabwean Government. Speaking at the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Zimbabwean and Chinese Governments for the Bright Journey program of cataract surgery at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals, Zimbabwe’s Health and Child Care Minister Dr Douglas Mombeshora said they are hopeful this cataract surgery which began in 2010 followed by another eye surgery camp in 2012 will help local ophthalmologists gain exposure from Chinese counterparts.…

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