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Varume Vakurudzirwa Kuita Bonde Nekurasa Mbeu ka 21 Pamwedzi Kudzivirira Gomarara Reprostate

July 17, 2020July 17, 2020 Michael Gwarisa

BAZI rinoona nezve utachiona hweGomarara mu Zimbabwe, Cancer Association of Zimbabwe (CAZ) rakurudzira vanhurume kuti vaite bonde chaizvo kana kurasa mbeu kanokwana iko makumi maviri neimwe (21) kuita kudzoivirara hutachiona kwegomarara re Prostate (Prostate Cancer). Na Michael Gwarisa Vachitaura ivo pamusangano wevatori venhau wakarongwa ne Bazi Re zvehutachiona hwe HIV Muzimbabwe re National Aids Council (NAC) wakaitirwa ku Chinhoyi, Vanoona Nezvekufambiswa kwemashoko ku CAZ, Muzvare Priscilla Mangwiro vakati mutsvakurudzo dzakaitwa nanamazvikokota, zvinoratidza kuti kurasa mbeu kanokwana iko makumi maviri neimwe pamwedzi woga woga kunogona kuderedza mukana wekuti varume vabate hutaichaiona…

Hundreds Of Mapostori Gather In Marange For Annual Conference Despite COVID-19

July 17, 2020July 17, 2020 Michael Gwarisa

HUNDREDS of members of various Apostolic Sects gathered in Bocha, Marange over for their annual conference, flouting government set lockdown regulations. By Michael Gwarisa This was confirmed by Information, publicity and broadcasting services minister, Honorable Monica Mutsvangwa during a post cabinet media briefing this week. Cabinet further noted with concern that some members of some religious sects have gathered in their numbers in Manicaland Province for their yearly retreat, in contravention of COVID-19 regulations that prohibit gatherings of more than fifty (50) people. “This poses high risk to the spread…

#JUSTIN: Harare Council Clinics Peg Consultation Fees In USD

July 16, 2020 Healthtimes

CITY of Harare health institutions have announced a new United States Dollars (USD) based payment regime for clinical and hospital consultations. HealthTimes Reporter Through their official micro-blogging platform, City of Harare said its clinic and hospital consultation fees will now be pegged against the prevailing inter-bank or an unequal in USD. Adults pay an equivalent of US$5 inter-bank rate. Adults pay an equivalent of US$5 while children pay US$3. Maternity fees are pegged at US$25. “The local component ZWL will vary on a weekly basis depending with the weekly USD…

Zim Reports Steady Improvement In Uptake of Maternal, Reproductive & Adolescents Health Services Under Lockdown

July 12, 2020July 12, 2020 Healthtimes

THE ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) says there has been a steady improvement in the uptake of Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) for the first time since the national lockdown was effected in March this year. HealthTimes Reporter According to the health ministry, there was a decline in the utilization of Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) services such as family planning, antenatal care, postnatal care and other reproductive health services, particularly in the month of April 2020. The decline was due to challenges…

#BREAKING: Gvt Hospitals Bosses Fired, HSB Says Its Restructuring

July 11, 2020July 11, 2020 Michael Gwarisa

ZIMBABWE’S public health institutions could be running on auto pilot amidst indications that all Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) in government hospitals have been dismissed under what the Health Services Board (HSB) has described as a restructuring exercise. By Michael Gwarisa In an interview with HealthTimes, HSB Board Chair Paulinos Sikhosana said the restructuring was meant to bring sanity in all public health institutions. There is a restructuring going to improve efficiency effectiveness and integrity, so that’s the only statement that I can tell you,” said Dr Sikhosana before he hung…

#JUSTIN: Two Parirenyatwa Hospital Employees Test Positive For COVID-19

July 11, 2020 Michael Gwarisa

TWO out of 26 members of staff at Parirenyatwa Hospital, who had just completed their shifts in the institution’s COVID-19 center have tested positive for COVID-19, HealthTimes has learnt. By Michael Gwarisa In a statement, the institution said those who tested positive were immediately quarantined to avoid further spreading the disease. Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals would like to inform the public that two out of 26 staff members who had completed one of their shifts in our COVID-19 Centre tested positive for SARS-Cov-2. “Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals has three teams…

Dark Week For Zimbabwe, As COVID-19 Kills 5 Within A Few Days

July 10, 2020July 11, 2020 Michael Gwarisa

ZIMBABWE has recorded another COVID-19 fatality, this time a 63 year old woman from Matabeleland North Province , bringing the total number of coranavirus deaths recorded this week to five, the highest weekly death toll the country has recorded since the pandemic was recorded in the country. By Michael Gwarisa The cumulative total number of deaths in Zimbabwe currently stands at 13 with majority of the cases having been recorded during the period July 6 to 10, 2020. According to the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) daily COVID-19…

#JUSTIN: Mnangagwa Hints On Lockdown Review

July 10, 2020July 10, 2020 Michael Gwarisa

PRESIDENT Emerson says there is need for a review of lockdown measures in a bid to curb the spread of COVID-19. By Michael Gwarisa The announcement comes after the country has recorded its darkest week since the COVID-19 was reported in the country. Speaking during a Politburo Meeting, President Mnangagwa said, “The recent rapid spike of infections requires that we make another review of the COVID-19 Lockdown measures.”

#BREAKING: Free Blood Initiative Under Siege As NBSZ Suspends Blood Coupons

July 8, 2020July 8, 2020 Michael Gwarisa

PATIENTS in need of blood and blood products in both public and private health institutions will likely be forced to pay in United States Dollars (USD) or an exchange rate equivalent to the Old Mutual implied rate or other comparable exchange rates, following the suspension of the coupon facility which would see health institutions access blood and blood products on credit. By Michael Gwarisa The move also comes after the National Blood Service of Zimbabwe (NBS) has been making numerous calls for foreign currency injection from government to facilitate the…

#BREAKING: Health Minister Obadiah Moyo Fired

July 7, 2020July 7, 2020 Michael Gwarisa

PRESIDENT Emerson Mnangagwa has fired health and child care minister Obhadiah Moyo. By Michael Gwarisa According to Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet, Dr Misheck Sibanda, the President has in terms of Section 340, Subsection, paragraph (f) as read with Section 104 subsection (1) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe, removed from the office of cabinet minister Dr Obhadiah Moyo from the office of cabinet minster with immediate effect for conduct inappropriate for a government minister.