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Government Allows Private Sector To Vaccinate People In Hotspots At A Fee

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IN a bid to scale up vaccination programme the government has extended its national vaccination programme to the private sector. HealthTimes Reporter In a letter addressed to provincial medical doctors, city health directors and chief executive officers of central hospital the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Child Care , Air Commodore, Dr Jasper Chimedza said it was extending its vaccination programme to the private sector starting with private hospitals, clinics and private medicals aid societies. Zimbabwe started the roll out of vaccines on the 22nd February 2021…

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Zimbabwe Urged To Get Vaccinated, As COVID Deaths Continues To Rise

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IN the midst of a ravaging coronavirus pandemic, Zimbabweans have been called upon to take vaccination  as a means of increasing their fighting chance against the virus and prevent infection and severe COVID-19 symptoms or death. By Patricia Mashiri Zimbabwe has been recording several daily deaths from COVID and the numbers have not been looking. Speaking to Dr Prosper Chonzi, Harare Health Services Director said more people should opt for vaccination as the country’s death toll is not looking good. Vaccination protects people from getting critically ill, the need of…

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Zim Removed From TB high Burden Countries List

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THE World Health Organisation (WHO), has  removed Zimbabwe from the list of Tuberculosis (TB) high burden countries in its recent global updated list of high burden countries. By Patricia Mashiri The new lists are for 2021–2025 and replace those previously used between 2016 and 2020. Zimbabwe together with other high TB burden countries such as Cambodia, the Russian Federation transitioned  out of the list. Speaking to HealthTimes, Dr Charles Sandy, the Deputy Director, TB and HIV Services  in the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) said there was some…

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Corona Yava Kuda Kuita Muonera Pamwe, Chuma Chemuzukuru

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Dr Grant Murewanhema

NYIKA yaminama iyi. Kunze kwaita chikara, Dzihwamupengo rasiya misodzi pamatama evana vevanhu. Vamwe ndivo vari kuti midzimu yatifuratira. Vamwe ndivo vari kuti mwari atipira gotsi. Hapana achaziva maperero azvo. Chinhu chimwechete chandinoda kukudzai ndechekuti nerimwe remazuva, kunyange iro Denda re COVID iri richapera tikadzokera pedu pakare paye. Kasi zvinoda kuti tibatirane pamwechete. Na Sekuru Grant Murewanhema Ngatirambei tichishanda pamwe chete kudzivirira kuwedzera kuparara kwechidzihwamupengo chadai kutekeshera nyika yose. Chirwere ichi chiri kuramba chichititorera vadikani vedu, vavakidzani nehama neshamwari, zvinova zvinhu zvinorwadza samare. Ngatirambei tichiyeuchidzana kupfeka mamask zvakanaka, kumira takasiya nhanho…

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Zimbabwe Needs To Strengthen Public Health Sector Capacity and Resilience beyond the 3rd Wave: Lessons not learnt from the previous waves

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THE past week or two have particularly been rough for Zimbabwe. 20 people were lost in a horrific road traffic accident, and hundreds more succumbed to COVID-19. Unfortunately, all-cause mortality is probably much higher. Our focus has been so much on COVID-19 over the past 18 months and we seem to have forgotten about our high burden of HIV, malaria and other infectious diseases. Good news is Zimbabwe was removed from the list of high tuberculosis burden countries in the past week; congratulations to the AIDS and TB unit, their…

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PSMAS Moves To Reduce Claims Processing Turn-Around Time

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NEWLY rebranded Premier Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) has moved to reduce claims processing turn-around times by adopting an electronic claims processing platform in line with its digitalisation programme. Own Correpondant Introduced in partnership with a local company Health 263, the platform enables service providers to submit claims for services rendered to members in real-time to the Society electronically, a progression from manual submissions. The move addresses both a migration towards technology and a clear support for local entrepreneurship efforts. Previously, patients would be required to complete hard copy claim…

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Parirenyatwa Suspends COVID-19 Vaccination Booking System

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Parirenyatwa group of hospitals announced that they have stopped the booking system which had been introduced to manage large numbers of people who were coming in for vaccination. Staff Reporter In a statement addressed to the general public Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals indicated that the booking system was poising a number of challenges. We would like to inform the public that we have stopped the booking system which the hospital had introduced to manage huge numbers of people who came to be vaccinated. Prior to the 9th July 2021, Parirenyatwa…

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Zim Receives 25 000 More Doses From Russia

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ZIMBABWE has received more 25 000 doses of Sputnik-V COVID-19 vaccines from Russia donated by a group by a diamond miner called Alrosa Group. By Patricia Mashiri In his acceptance speech Dr John Mangwiro, the Deputy Minister of Health and Child Care advised the general public to get vaccinated before its too late. I want to urge fellow Zimbabweans that COVID-19 disease is real. Once you feel unusual symptoms like headache, vomiting, difficult in breathing, or anything else, please go to the hospital as early as you can. The disease…

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Government reviews lockdown

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PRESIDENT  Emmerson Mnangagwa has extended the level 4 National Lockdown by another two weeks as to accelerate the national vaccination program. The plan to maintain the current level 4 lockdown will make it possible for the immediate acceleration of the vaccination program throughout the country,” President Mnangagwa said. Zimbabwe is planning to vaccine 10 million people by year end and less than a million people have been vaccinated so far. The cumulative number of the vaccinated people with first dose stands at 955 656 and 619 883 have received their…

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