We Need Affordable Medical Aid says Sex Workers
SEX workers have bemoaned the lack of affordable medical health insurance as a hindrance to them accessing basic sexual reproductive health services, HealthTimes has learnt. By Michael Gwarisa Speaking to some ladies of the trade who pligh their profession along Mbuya Nehanda street in Harare, they said being a sex worker should be treated as
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End Fistula Campaign saves 340 women
A total of 340 women have received a new lease of life following a Ministry of Health and Child Care, UNFPA and Women Alliance initiated fistula repair program. HealthTimes Correspondent Ministry of Health and Child Care Maternal Health Officer Chipo Chimamise said the program is done at Chinhoyi Provincial Hospital every quarter of the year.
Read MoreZimbabwe On High Alert Over Cholera…As Cholera Terrorises Zambia/Malawi
HEALTH and Child Care Minister Dr David Parirenaytwa says Zimbabwe is on high alert over the prevailing Cholera outbreak obtaining in Zambia and Malawi with Zambia having recorded more than 2000 cases already. By Michael Gwarisa In an Interview with HealthTimes, Minister Parirenaytwa said Zimbabweans need not panic over the prevailing cholera crisis in Zambia
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Free Blood For Pregnancy Complications…As Government Avails $4 Million Blood Subsidy
THE ministry of health and Child Care (MoHCC) has provided a $4,25 million subsidy to the National Blood Services (NBSZ) that will see the cost of blood dropping from the current $80 to $50, a top ministry official has said. HealthTimes Reporter Speaking of the development, Health ministry permanent secretary, Brigadier, Dr Gerald Gwinji said
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Malnutrition Almost Killed My 2 year Old Baby…Woman Narrates Ordeal
“At that time, she was 1 year 7 months old, I had already introduced her to solid foods, I would say I started feeding her porridge a day after she was born not knowing it would affect my child…” By Michael Gwarisa recently in Shamva “Mwana anofanira kudya tuporridge tu tete tete, kana tumahewu netumvura
Read MoreAdequate ARVs available, says Govt
Joyce Mukucha Herald Reporter ZIMBABWE has enough anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs to cover a 12-month period, Government has said. In a statement, the Ministry of Health and Child Care said drug shortages that had plagued areas such as Manicaland were as a result of “delayed shipments”. Patients, Government said, continue to receive free ARVs at their designated health
Read More500 000 Lives In Danger As ARV Crisis Persists In Zimbabwe
By Michael Gwarisa NOT less than half a million lives are at risk of developing HIV drug resistance and full blown AIDS or dying if the prevailing shortages of Anti-Retroviral (ARVs) drugs particularly the second line regiment (Abacavir) is not resolved. Speaking at a Joint Press Conference in Capital, the Zimbabwe National Network of People Living
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Ignoring Key Populations Threaten 90 90 90 Targets
By Michael Gwarisa LEAVING key Populations (KPs) behind in HIV/AIDS interventions and programs poses a a threat to the ambitious target of reducing HIV prevalence, deaths and new infections by the year 2020. In Zimbabwe, KPs mean gay men and other men who have sex with men, sex workers and their clients, transgender people and
Read MoreStrict Medical Aid Law On The Cards
By Michael Gwarisa PUBLIC consultations to the Medical Aid Societies Bill have commenced amid indications that the new law could usher in provisions that could completely change the medical aid societies sector’s operations. Briefing medical practitioners and members of various medical aid societies during the Medical Aid public consultative meeting this morning, Pathologist in the Ministry
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