Category: BREAKING NEWS

Asking For USD Salaries Is Insane, Gvt Tells Senior Doctors

Michael Gwarisa

THE Acting Permanent secretary in the ministry of health and child care (MoHCC) Dr Gibson Mhlanga has described demands by senior doctors to have their salaries paid in United States Dollars (USD) as insanity. By Michael Gwarisa In a response to a letter that was penned by the Zimbabwe Senior Hospital Doctors Association’s (SHDA) executive where they gave government a 14 days ultimatum to fix the salaries issue and shortage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Dr Mhlanga said the US salary route was unsustainable and proven failed option. Senior Doctors…

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Heated tobacco use on the increase worldwide: Philip Morris International

Michael Gwarisa

PHILIP Morris International (PMI) has announced its 2020 second-quarter results, including reporting that its net revenues were down by 13.6 percent while certain categories within the company is seeing gains, including heated tobacco. By Michael Gwarisa In its latest report, PMI reported that cigarette and heated tobacco unit shipments were down by 14.5 percent. This included cigarette shipment volume being down by 17.6 percent and heated tobacco unit shipment volume being up by 24.3 percent to a total of 18.7 billion units. PMI’s market share for heated tobacco units in…

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#JUSTIN: Agriculture Minister Perrance Shiri Dies

Michael Gwarisa

ZIMBABWE’S minister of agriculture, Air Chief Marshall (rtd) Perrance has died. HealthTimes Reporter Confirming the death, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said, “I am deeply saddened to inform the Nation of the death of the Minister of Agriculture, Air Chief Marshall (rtd) Perrance Shiri, a long time friend and colleague. Cde Shiri was a true patriot, who devoted his life to the liberation, independence and service of his country. May his soul rest in peace.”

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NetOne Donates Surgical Equipment To Assist 29 Year Old Lady’s Facial Reconstruction

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Head Public Relations Dr Eldrette Shereni handing over Taremeredzwa's medical equipment to Dr Mahomva and team at the UZ department of Dentistry and Oral health

NETONE has donated surgical equipment to the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Department of Dentistry and Oral Health Care at Parirenyatwa Hospital this morning, to facilitate a facial reconstruction surgery for a 29 year old young lady, Taremeredzwa Mapungwana, who is suffering from a rare condition which has seen her face being largely deformed. HealthTimes Reporter Taremeredzwa was born on the 14th January 1991 in Mutare.   In 2004 she developed what everybody though was just “a pimple” which for any teen girl would be normal and would just disappear.  However, when…

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#JUSTIN: Zim MPs Test Positive For COVID-19

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TWO members Zimbabwean Members of Parliament (MPs) have tested positive for COVID-19. HealthTimes According to Clerk of Parliament Kennedy Chokuda confirmed,  Parliament has since suspended business after two legislators and a journalist tested positive for Covid-19, The legislators were part of a delegation of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Transport who were on field visits across the country. The driver of a bus hired by the legislators for the visit also tested positive for the virus. Everyone who was part of that team is now in self-quarantine in line with…

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Merck Foundation Marks World Artificial Reproductive Technology Day, Trains Embryologists and Fertility Specialists across Africa and Asia

Michael Gwarisa

MERCK Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany marks ‘World ART Day 2020’ through providing long term hands-on embryology training and clinical fertility specialists training to develop local Embryologists and fertility specialists to improve access to quality and cost-effective fertility care in Africa and Asia, this is as part of Merck More than a Mother campaign. Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation, President of Merck More than a Mother and One of 100 Most Influential Africans (2019) emphasized, “I strongly believe in the critical role of Embryologists and…

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13 Corpses Test Positive For COVID-19 At Parirenyatwa Hospital

Michael Gwarisa

A total of 13 dead bodies that were brought in at Parirenyatwa Hospital have tested positive for COVID-19. By Michael Gwarisa In an update, the hospital also indicated that 70 staff members from the health institution have so far tested positive for the virus. For the period 9 June 2020 up to 25 July 2020, 60 COVID-19 positive patients have been admitted. For the period under review, 70 staff members have tested positive for COVID-19, of which 64 are from non-COVID-19 areas while six work directly in the COVID-19 centre.…

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#JUSTIN: Avenues Clinic Nurse Tests Positive For COVID-19

Michael Gwarisa

A nurse at Avenues Clinic has tested positive for COVID-19 after attending to a COVID-19 positive patient who had been admitted in the casualty section. By Michael Gwarisa In a communication to the institution’s stakeholders, The Avenues Clinic Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mr Searchmore Chaparadza said the nurse tested positive after taking a Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test. Management would like to advise stakeholders of a COVID-19 incident that occurred within the Accident and emergency unit of the Avenues Clinic. One of our nursing staff members tested positive for COVID-19…

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#JUSTIN: Don’t Use Lockdwon To Clampdown On Human Rights, United Nations Warns Zim Government

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THE United Human Rights , Office of the High Commissioner (UNOCHR) has warned the government of Zimbabwe against clamping down on human rights under guise of lockdown restrictions. HealthTimes In a statement, the United Nations Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights,  Liz Throssell  said they were concerned at allegations in Zimbabwe, which suggest that the authorities may be using the COVID-19 pandemic as a pretext to clamp down on freedom of expression and freedom of peaceful assembly and association. Among the latest incidents, investigative journalist Hopewell Chin’ono…

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AVAC applauds positive opinion from EMA on woman-initiated prevention option

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New York City, July 24, 2020 – AVAC applauded the positive opinion adopted today by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on the use of the Dapivirine Vaginal Ring as an HIV prevention option for cisgender women 18 and older. The International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM), the developer of the ring, announced that it will be moving swiftly toward the next steps needed to get this critical prevention option into the hands of women who want and need it. AVAC congratulates IPM, welcomes this commitment to bringing a much-needed woman-initiated HIV…

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