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NatPharm To Control All Medical Imports Logistics

August 26, 2019August 26, 2019 Healthtimes

NATIONAL Pharmaceutical Company (NatPharm) will handle the transactions related to the importation of drugs along with active pharmaceutical ingredients. By Kudakwashe Pembere This is in line with the Health and Child Care Ministry’s vision to equip all the public hospitals. Health and Child Care Minister Dr Obadiah Moyo said this last week while officiating the annual Zimbabwe Medical Association scientific congress. The control of the forex, the financing is also going to be centralized with NatPharm playing a major role. They are the ones who will get the products, the…

Eight Foreign Companies Interested In Transforming Zim Hospitals

August 23, 2019 Healthtimes

EIGHT international companies have submitted their bids to turn public health institutions in Zimbabwe into super-specialist hospitals, a Cabinet official said on Thursday. By Kudakwashe Pembere Giving his debut Zimbabwe Medical Association Annual Congress official address, Health and Child Care Minister Dr Obadiah Moyo said the international companies are eager to take up the task of revamping the hospitals. He said he wants the country to have super-specialist hospitals with Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals undergoing some upgrades. “And Im happy ladies and gentlemen to advise that as I am addressing…

195 Zimbabweans On Third Line ART Drugs

August 22, 2019August 22, 2019 Healthtimes

THERE are about 195 patients on the third line Antiretroviral Treatment (ART) regimen in Zimbabwe which health experts say is not a good sign. By Kuda Pembere While presenting at the Zima Scientific Conference, Newlands Clinic’s Chimbetete said due to lack of genotype resistance testing in the country’s public health institutions, they could not get some of the results like Viral load and CD4 counts. This was from a study they did on the four centres with people on third line ART namely Newlands Clinic, Mpilo Hospital, Harare Central Hospital…

Zima Conference Roars To Life

August 21, 2019August 21, 2019 Healthtimes

THIS year’s edition of the Zimbabwe Medical Association (Zima) conference kicked off on Wednesday on a high note, with a symposium tackling electronic health issues. By Kuda Pembere Running under the theme ‘Zimbabwean Expressions in Digital Health”, the symposium showed the interest and strides made by the country. Zima National Spokesperson Dr Sacrifice Chirisa told HealthTimes, the event showed willingness to adopt e-Health in their practice. Today we started with the Zima Annual National Congress and we are having a symposium where we are looking at e-Health. We are saying…

Mash West Health Workers Get Sleeping Sickness Control Training

August 21, 2019August 21, 2019 Healthtimes

THE Health and Child Care Ministry is currently training community health workers in Hurungwe and Kariba on how to manage sleeping sickness. By Kuda Pembere Amid indications of misdiagnosis of this condition also known as human African trypanomiasis, with technical support of the World Health Organisation (WHO), the ministry found it necessary to bridge the knowledge gap. The training workshop which began on Monday ends on Friday. “We want to develop and capacitate human African trypanomiasis health facilities as well as strengthening the diagnosis and treatment of the disease at…

Zim Launches Emergency Medicine Society

August 20, 2019August 20, 2019 Healthtimes

THE Zimbabwe Emergency Medical Society has been launched to ensure that all Zimbabweans are guaranteed of quality emergency health. By Kudakwashe Pembere In an interview, the society’s interim chairperson Dr Sithembile Mthombeni said the organisation represents not only health workers but anyone interested in emergency health. “This is Zimbabwe Emergency Medicine Society which is an integrated society representing all health workers and interested stakeholders who are willing and aspiring that we get quality emergency care for all people in all places in Zimbabwe,” she said. She explained the launch was…

Inhalers The Most Effective Asthma Control Method: Experts

August 19, 2019November 14, 2022 Healthtimes

RESPIRATORY health experts say inhalers work more effectively than oral suspensions and tablets in the management of asthma in children and adults. By Kudakwashe Pembere Health workers often tell patients inhalers are not the best way to control asthma as chances are high they can be forgotten. But in an interview, Professor Hilda Mujuru said health workers have been spreading the wrong message. She said what needs to be understood is that inhalers if used correctly, they effectively act on the lungs, unlike tablets or suspensions which circulate all over…

60 Patients Removed Eye Cataracts At Harare Hospital

August 15, 2019 Healthtimes

ABOUT 60 free cataract extractions have been done at the Harare Central Hospital since Wednesday by Korean and Zimbabwean Doctors. By Kudakwashe Pembere Speaking on the sidelines of an eye camp set up by United States based Koreans Vision Care -founder and president Dr Dong-Hae Kim said they were targeting a 100 patients. “The program here is Vision Eye Camp. Our group or organisation is Vision Care. Our slogan is restore sight and share vision because there are so many patients to treat. Globally, About 70 to 80 percent of…

Gvt Mourns Dr Kumbirai Mubwandarikwa

August 14, 2019 Healthtimes

HEALTH and Child Care Minister Dr Obadiah Moyo has described the death of Dr Kumbirai Mubwandarikwa a great loss to the nation . By Kudakwashe Pembere Dr Mubwandarikwa was 78. He succumbed to cancer on Sunday at his Borrowdale Home. The Health Minister reminisced numerous interactions with the Late. “He was a person who offered a lot of advice Kumbirai contributed a lot to Zimbabwe’s healthcare system,” he said. “Doctor Mubwandarikwa was a God Given to Zimbabwe. Its not just us who are in this room. There are not just…

Aspiring Nurses Stranded As Recruitment Platform Malfunctions

August 12, 2019 Healthtimes

ASPIRING nurses last week had a torrid time accessing the e-Nurses recruitment website application. The platform unleashed a month ahead of schedule saw applicants failing to either upload required documents or proceed with the stipulated ZW$10 Ecocash payment. Worse yet the site was inaccessible. Efforts to get a comment from the Ministry’s Nursing Director Mrs Cynthia Chasokela were fruitless by the time of publishing as her phone went unanswered. The platform was designed by Chinhoyi University of Technology. A source who requested anonymity said nurses were failing to apply for…