Author: Kuda Pembere

PSH commemorates the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

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By Kuda Pembere Population Solutions for Health (PSH) today joined the world in commemorating the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. At an event held at the Embassy of Sweden in Harare, youngsters from high school and some universities alongside other youths were commended for opening up on drug and substance abuse which the Ambassador of Sweden to Zimbabwe, His Excellency Per Lindgärde finds helpful in reducing further damage caused by this scourge. The commemoration comes at a time when PSH is spearheading a campaign dubbed The Strength…

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UNICEF Zimbabwe appeals for MICS Survey funds

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Only US$500 000 has been raised for Zimbabwe to successfully conduct the seventh round of the Multiple Index Cluster Survey (MICS 2024) with the United Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the technical partner in the production of the survey appealing for more funds to meet the required amount of money. The total budget has been costed to fetch US$2.5 million to be used for supply and procurement, training of enumerators and supervisors as well as the technical preparatory work for field operations. The MICS plays a massive role in the collection of…

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Calls to remove duty on sunscreen products grow louder

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By Kudakwashe Pembere Calls to remove duty for the production and importation of sunscreen lotions are growing louder by the day at a time when persons living with albinism are having to fork out around US$20 for a tube. A person living with albinism requires four to five tubes per month which add to 125 ml. This emerged during an International Day of Albinism Awareness Day celebrations organized by the Albinism Empowerment Coalition (AEC) held recently in the capital. In an interview, Former Kambuzuma Legislator Willias Madzimure said manufacturers of…

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Fraudulent claims bleed Zim’s healthcare funders over US$500 000 every quarter

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By Kuda Pembere The Association of Healthcare Funders of Zimbabwe (AHFoZ) is convinced that healthcare funders could be losing more than US$500 000 every quarter on the back of fraudulent claims made by some cartels in the health sector. The funds recovered in 2022, a period in which healthcare fund members collectively paid more than US$164 million towards settlements of claims by clients. In some cases, corrupt syndicates involving pharmacists and doctors would generate fraudulent medical aid claims and receive money for services not rendered AHFoZ board chair Mr Stanford…

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Psychosocial therapies important for diabetics’ caregivers

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Kuda Pembere Taking care of a child with diabetes requires regular mental health therapies as it takes a huge toll on the caregiver. This was said by Thelma Roberts, a mother to a two year old son diagnosed with diabetes six months ago. She said this on the sidelines of a pediatric diabetes workshop held at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals recently. “Somehow I think it is a blessing because we managed to find out what he had and now I know what I am dealing with. It is unfortunate we…

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Zimbabwe Launches E-learning Platform For Midwifery

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By Kuda Pembere in Chinhoyi CHINHOYI School of Midwifery is one of the six pilot nursing schools selected to conduct studies using an e-learning platform for midwifery. The platform, a first of its kind in the country and was created to close the gap created by the shortage of midwifery tutors in Zimbabwe due to brain drain. Officiating the launch, acting Health and Child Care Minister, Professor Paul Mavima said the e-learning platform for midwifery learning shows the Ministry of Health’s commitment to move towards improving learning experience through incorporating…

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Zim medicines regulator attains WHO Maturity Level 3

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By Staff Reporter The Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) has been certified as a Maturity Level 3 (ML3) medicines and vaccines (non producing) regulator by the World Health Organization (WHO) making it the sixth African country to attain this level on the continent. Zimbabwe joins the United Republic of Tanzania in 2018, Ghana in 2020, the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Republic of South Africa and the Arab Republic of Egypt in 2022 as the only countries that have attained the Level 3 benchmark. After a comprehensive assessment and the…

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YAZ calls for unrestricted access to SRH services for young persons

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By Kuda Pembere With the clause for the wilful transmission of HIV set to be removed from the the Criminal Laws Amendment (Protection of Children and Young Persons) Bill appluaded, the Youth Advocates Zimbabwe (YAZ) finds there is still some unfinished business to settle regarding the status on access to sexual reproductive health services amongst young persons. This follows some clarifications on the clause by the Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Ziyambi Ziyambi in Parliament recently. Commending the move to withdraw the clause, YAZ Executive Director Tatenda Songore said…

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National Health Insurance stakeholder consultations begin in Zim

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By Kuda Pembere The Health and Child Care Ministry has commenced consultative engagements with stakeholders for the implementation of the National Health Insurance, a much expected and mulled over for 25 years health insurance product. At a time when over 90 percent of the country are uninsured health-wise, this NHI comes in designed to pool funds to provide access to quality, affordable basic health care services for the population of Zimbabwe according to their health needs, irrespective of their socioeconomic status. Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of the stakeholders’…

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Zim in poor quality beef production due to fodder challenges

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By Kuda Pembere Zimbabwe is losing out on the beef export market for it is largely producing low quality meat, particularly the Economy grade. This has been attributed to the shortage of feed and fodder in the country, coupled with the El Nino induced drought which has claimed about 9000 cattle. This grade ranks the lowest in the classification of beef as the Super grade comes up top, followed by the Choice Grade, and then the Commercial Grade. Experts say when the animal is classified as economy grade, it is…

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