Tag: HPA

HPA Issues Warning Over Surge in Illegal Rehabilitation Centres

Healthtimes

By Staff Reporter At a time when drug and substance abuse alongside other mental health issues are on the rise in Zimbabwe, the Health Professions Authority Zimbabwe (HPAZ) has warned the public about the mushrooming of illegal medical rehabilitation centres operating across the country, calling the trend a serious threat to public health and safety. HPAZ secretary general Clotilda Chimbwana in a statement, said they are gravely concerned over the proliferation of unregistered facilities offering services such as substance abuse treatment, mental health rehabilitation, physiotherapy, and occupational therapy—often without the…

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Free Body Scan or Free Body Scam? Health experts warn against unscrupulous herbal merchants offering Free Body Scan services

Michael Gwarisa

By Michael Gwarisa Could it be another version of E-Creator or any of those Ponzi schemes that have hogged the headlines in the past? Zimbabwe is witnessing a surge in Multi-level Marketing (MLM) or Network Marketing companies offering “Free Body Scan” services to convince unsuspecting and desperate health-seeking citizens to buy their herbal products. The collapse of the healthcare sector over the years largely characterised by massive skills flight, shortage of commodities and poor working and living standards for healthcare workers, has left citizens with no option but to seek…

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HPA Warns Errant Herbal Medicines Merchants

Michael Gwarisa

THE Health Professions Authority of Zimbabwe (HPA) has told companies and individuals dealing in herbal medicines to comply with the law or face closure. By Michael Gwarisa This comes at the back of uncontrolled mushrooming of herbal dealers who are diagnosing patients, prescribing and dispensing herbal treatments at very high prices as well as offering body scans through methods that have not been approved by the country’s regulatory authorities such as the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ), the Natural Therapists Association (NTA), the Radiation Protection Authority (RAPAZ) as well…

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Zim To Host African Medical Councils Conference

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ZIMBABWE  is set to host the 23rd edition of the Association of Medical Councils of Africa (AMCOA) conference  from 17 to 21 July, 2019 in the resort town of  Victoria Falls. By Kudakwashe Pembere The conference brings together about 250 delegates from 20 African countries under one roof to discuss how health regulators can contribute to the achievement of universal health coverage (UHC). Themed ”The Role Of The Health Regulator In The Delivery Of Universal Health Coverage’, the conference is co-hosted by Health Professions Authority (HPA) Zimbabwe and the Medical…

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Obadiah Moyo Defends Ministerial Appointment

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HEALTH and Childcare Minister Dr Obadiah Moyo on Friday publicly broke his silence against reports trying to discredit his ministerial appointment. By Kudakwashe Pembere Press reports alongside social media rants allegedly claiming he was a ‘medical imposter’ not fit for the job had turned to popular belief. Reports alleged he was not a registered medical practitioner with the Medical and Dental Practitioners Council of Zimbabwe, neither was he schooled in West Indies nor the UK. But Dr Moyo who makes it a habit to digress into the ‘medical achievements’ memory…

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