Author: Healthtimes

ZIMBABWE’S First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa has stressed the importance of male engagement in health and development as they are left out in some programs while at the same time have minimal participation in the issues. By Kudakwashe Pembere She said this at a stakeholder consultation on the strategic framework for engagement of the office of the Frist lady in HIV, Health and Development 2019 to 2023. The framework comes at a time when Mai Mnangagwa was recently elected as the Vice President of the Organisation of African First Ladies for…

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HARARE residents should brace themselves for a hike in healthcare services as the City came up with increased tariffs to be effected beginning of August. By Kudakwashe Pembere Prior to these price upward adjustment, a consultation fee was affordably pegged at ZW$5 whereas by August 1, patients might have to part with ZWL$20. Children’s consultation fees were once ZW$3 and might be ZW$10. The maternity fees were ZW$25 but the City proposed ZW$120. Hospital fees will go up from ZW$10 to ZW$50 for adults while parents and guardians now pay…

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PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday officially opened Tariro Clinic and Youth Centre in Hopley. By Kudakwashe Pembere Regarded as the largest satellite clinic in Harare, Tariro was constructed by City of Harare through a skills development project for young people that was supported by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), International Labour Organisation (ILO) and private cement manufacturing company, LaFARGE. The project is part of the United Nations Joint Program on Adolescent and Youth Development. Officiating the opening of the clinic, President Mnangagwa said “As we launch and commemorate World…

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THE first batch of a consignment of medical equipment has arrived from the United Arab Emirates which consists of dialysis machines, respiratory moknitors, incubators and continuous positive airway pressure monitors. By Kuda Pembere This batch comes barely three months after the UAE government officials come to Zimbabwe. “I would like to welcome you to this special occasion. Its very important because we are now seeuing and witnessing the fruition of the efforts of His Excellency the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa when he travels out of…

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The Rotary Club of Harare Central handed over books worth more than Z$150 000 (US$15 000) at the Harare Central Hospital School of Nursing. By Kudakwashe Pembere The donation comes at the nick of time when the Hospital relied on obsolete literature. Acting Chief Executive Director at the Hospital Mr Peter Gwata urged students to read these books. “I am particularly impressed by what they have come to do. They have come here do give us books. You know this is a little bit different from soft copies. A little…

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