Visiting UNICEF Director Satisfied With Zim Health Sector Achievements
THE Ministry of Health and Child Care together with UNICEF embarked on a provincial field tour in Mashonaland Central visiting district clinics and hospitals to assess challenges and opportunities obtaining in the country’s health institutions. By Patson Gumbo Visiting UNICEF Global Director of Health from UNICEF New York, USA, Dr. Aboubacar Kampo expressed satisfaction with
Read MoreZimbabwe receives nearly one million COVID-19 vaccine doses from COVAX
Zimbabwe has received  943,200 COVID-19 vaccine doses from the global COVAX Facility to complement ongoing national vaccine deployment. Health Reporter The vaccines have been received in tranches where the first batch arrived on 29th September and the second batch today, 01 October 2021. In a handover ceremony held this afternoon, Dr John Mangwiro, Deputy Minister
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Ministry of Health Restructuring Exercise To Prioritize Health Care Workers Welfare
THE Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) is currently undergoing an overhaul restructuring process which is meant to bring sanity to the country’s health sector which will see conditions of service for health workers improve, a top government official has said. By Michael Gwarisa The restructuring process has already claimed scalps of various top
Read MoreGvt Criticised For Dumping COVID-19 Expenses On Citizens
THE Community Working Group on Health (CWGH) has taken a swipe at government for imposing mandatory testing and wearing of face masks for citizens and employees without putting in place measures to ensure the services are available to citizens at subsidized rates or no cost at all. By Michael Gwarisa A survey conducted by HealthTimes
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#BREAKING: We Never Admitted A Covid-19 Patient Says Avenues Clinic
THE Avenues Clinic has rebuffed social media claims that a male Coronavirus (Covid-19) patient from Zimre Park died while admitted at their facility. By Kuda Pembere In the early hours of Thursday morning, social media was awash with information suggesting that indeed a patient had died at the Avenues, after social media users had posted
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ZAN Spells Out Community Centered Vision For 2020
THE country has made significant strides in its HIV/AIDS response with government working hand in glove with civil society organisations working within and with communities. The tagline for the 2020 HIV response worldwide is ‘Communities Make The Difference’ as nations aim to reach the 90-90-90 targets of having 90 percent tested, 90 percent of those
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Health Ministry’s Oral Health Director Dr Mandy Dlamini-Sibanda Dies
DR Mandy Dlamini-Sibanda has died. She was the Director of Oral Health Services at the Ministry of Health and Child Care. By Kudakwashe Pembere According to Zimbabwe Medical Association (ZiMA) she passed away on Saturday after a surgical complication. Keeping up on Faceboook, Twitter and even LinkedIn she described herself as a Trailblazing woman, Loves
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Health Ministry Scales Up Trachoma Elimination Efforts
[dropcap]THE [/dropcap]Ministry of Health and Child Care will this year roll out eye surgery outreach programs in several districts across the nation to combat a tropical disease called trachoma. By HealthTimes Correspondent The outreach programs in these districts are meant to reduce an estimated backlog of 6 500 people believed to have this disease. Â Â Trachoma
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NBSZ Requires $20 million For Capitalisation
THE National Blood Services of Zimbabwe’s (NBSZ) capitalisation process could require not less than $20 million if the organisation is to fully function to its maximum capacity, a top NBSZ official has said. By Michael Gwarisa In an exclusive interview with HealthTimes, newly appointed NBSZ Board Chair, Mr Rodgers Matsikidze said funding was currently the
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“There Is No Cholera in Norton” Gwinji
THE ministry of health and child care says the reported Cholera case in Norton had actually tested negative contrary to Norton legislator, Temba Mliswa’s warning which he circulated on Social Media claiming one person had tested positive in the area. HeathTimes Reporter In a statement, health and child care secretary, Major General, Dr Gerald Gwinji
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