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Daily News Journalist Dies Of Cancer

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By Staff Reporter ONE of Zimbabwe’s finest Journalist, Sharon Muguwu passed on this morning (13/06/2017) due to cancer of the bone marrow, (Leukemia). Shaez, as she was affectionately known in the Media circles succumbed to Lukemei which had reached its final stage. Over the past few weeks, Shaez was undergoing her chemotherapy and bone marrow therapy at a local hospital. Sharon was an avid women rights defender, health fanatic and entertainment journalist at the Daily News newspaper. From the HealthTimes Team, we say Rest in Eternal Peace Sharon and may…

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Healthcare could be an engine for economic growth, says Cimas CEO

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By Staff Reporter Healthcare could be an engine for growth in the economy, according to Cimas chief executive Vulindlela Ndlovu. He told journalists there was the potential for specialist health institutions to be established that could attract patients from other countries. He said there was a critical shortage of specialists in Zimbabwe in certain areas, necessitating treatment for some conditions in other countries. Yet there were areas of specialist expertise where, if local specialists came together to establish affordable specialist health institutions, not only could Zimbabweans be treated locally but…

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Why You Should Drink Water In Winter

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Staff Reporter Its official, winter is here and will be with us for quite some time! In Zimbabwe, winter lasts for almost four months, that is from May to August leaving behind a trail of destruction which include respiratory ailments and unpleasant skin conditions. According to experts, water makes up 60% of  the human body weight, meaning almost for everybody part to function properly, it needs a certain percentage of water. During winter, most people suffer from severe dry skins and continuous headaches, the biggest reason to that is dehydration.…

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World Gears For International Midwives Conference

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Staff Reporter  PREPARATIONS to the 31st International Conference of Midwives (ICM) to be held from 18 to 22 June in Toronto, Canada are at an advanced stage as the world intensifies efforts to reduce maternal related deaths. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), approximately 830 women die every everyday  due to pregnancy related complications in developing countries. In a statement, Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP) Director Kogi Agraal said most of the causes of the death were preventable but lack of information and effective interventions were to blame. “Every…

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Take up health care cover, Cimas urges

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The Herald: CIMAS medical aid society says close to 92 percent of Zimbabwe’s population does not have health care insurance cover. Group chief executive Vulindlela Ndlovu attributed the high rate to a number of reasons including lack of common economic tariff among service providers, hostile operating environment and unfavourable service billing models. He also said people were reluctant to take up health care insurance due to increasing shortfalls and co-payments, but said Cimas would engage various health practitioners to map a way forward. “Previously our policy used to say that…

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AG finishes Public Health Bill

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Staff Reporter THE long awaited Public Health Bill draft which seeks among other things to update the country’s Public Health Act (PHA), is now with the Ministry of Health and Child Care. Zimbabwe currently relies on a single PHA which is about 90 years old and has been criticised for failing to answer to new challenges obtaining in the health sector. When the PHA was enacted in 1924, such ailments as non communicable diseases, HIV/AIDS, maternal health, key-populations risks among others were not as common as they are today. This…

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Hundreds Turn Out for Cleft Lip Surgeries

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By Michael Gwarisa  MORE than 200 children turned for Cleft lip screening underway at Harare Hospital while another 47 surgeries were conducted at Mpilo Hospital in Bulawayo last week courtesy of Operation of Hope. Operation of Hope is an American Non-Profit organisation focused on empowering marginalised and undeserved communities. In an interview, Operation of Hope president Jennifer Trubenbach said the response to their call for free cleft lip screening and surgeries was an indication that the need for Reconstruction surgeries was a huge need amongst Zimbabweans. “Operation of Hope was at Mpilo…

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MSF, SafAids partner to fight drug abuse and HIV in Adolescents

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By Michael Gwarisa  MEDECINS Sans Frontieres (MSF) has partnered SafAids in the fight against drug abuse and risky sexual behavior  amongst adolescents as the country strives to manage the AIDS pandemic whose prevalence in young people has been on the increase. In an interview with HealthTimes on the sidelines of the “Young4Real, Make the Right Choices campaign” in Mbare today MSF Health Promotions Officer,  Brian Hove said statistics of HIV prevalence among adolescents have been worrisome hence the need to partner SafAids on the drive. “The objectives of this campaign…

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Where is the Public Health Bill?

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By HealthTimes Editor  FOR more than 90 years, Zimbabwe has relied on a single Public Health ACT (PHA) which fails among other things to address the new challenges obtaining in the health sector. Since 1924, new diseases  especially non communicable ailments like Cancer, have become a nightmare that Zimbabwe is failing to control due to lack of resources and the required technology in the health sector. The old health law is silent on non communicable diseases, HIV/AIDS, maternal health, key-populations risks amongts a host of others, making it difficult to combat…

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