Zim’s Community Health Strategy Nears Completion
THE Health and Childcare Ministry will complete the National Community Health Draft Strategy next week which will provide community health workers with guidelines on how they should work while on the ground. By Kudakwashe Pembere The team working on the draft expects to present it to the Health ministry in a fortnight amidst indications that
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Second Cholera Vaccine Dose Out Next Month
A second dose of the cholera vaccine will be administered to the public in the next 30 days, a Cabinet official has said. By Kudakwashe Pembere Despite the cholera epidemic having been controlled, a number of latest cases continue be recorded in communal areas with latets having been detected in Mutoko. Over 50 people
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BonVie Launches Electronic Claims Switching Platform
Zimbabwe’s medical aid scheme BonVie on Thursday unveiled its electronic claims switching platform which enhances the time taken to process payments. By Kudakwashe Pembere From the days when processing a claim took 90 days, to 30 days this system takes less than 15 days. The technical partner for this platform is New Health 263
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National Medical Aid Scheme Key To Universal Health Coverage
THE long overdue establishment of a National Health Insurance Scheme is crucial in achieving universal health coverage as Zimbabwe explores various ways to increase domestic funding for patching up the bleeding healthcare delivery system. By Kudakwashe Pembere This was recommended during the Universal Health Coverage celebrations hosted by the Community Working Group on Health in
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RBZ Injects US$6, 7 million To Allay Medicine Shortages
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) yesterday pumped in US$6, 7 million to mitigate the shortage of much needed foreign currency for the supply and manufacturing of medicines in the health sector, a Cabinet Minister said on Friday. By Kudakwashe Pembere A cross section of the health sector called on the apex bank to consider
Read More#BREAKING: Prophets Now Require Licences To Heal
By Michael Gwarisa PROPHETS and churches are now mandated to obtain licences to carry out deliverance and healing sessions, or administer any healing ointments or herbs to their followers, a top government official has said. The move is aimed at curbing extremism and healing malpractices obtaining in modern day churches and religious groupings which have
Read MoreUSAID Avails US$20 Mln To Africaid To Scale Up Zvandiri Model
By Michael Gwarisa THE U.S Agency for International Development (USAID) has availed a US$20 million grant towards HIV treatment, care, and support services for youths in particular those living with HIV. The grant is being awarded to a Zimbabwean private voluntary organization, Africaid who are spearheading the Zvandiri model which is targeted at young people
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Lack Of Investment Hampering Breast Feeding Efforts
New analysis shows an investment of US$4.70 per newborn could generate US$300 billion in economic gains by 2025 GENEVA/NEW YORK, 1 August 2017 – No country in the world fully meets recommended standards for breastfeeding, according to a new report by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with the Global Breastfeeding Collective,
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Teen Pregnancies Rock Chimanimani
By Michael Gwarisa A total of 237 teenage girls have given birth at Mutambara Mission Hospital since the beginning of the year. Briefing ministry of health officials and donors, officials at the Hospital confirmed the sad development and blamed the presence of illegal miners in the Rusitu and Hotsprings areas. “Teen pregnancies is a major
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