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Mimosa Buys Zim Thermo Detection Equipment

February 4, 2020February 5, 2020 Healthtimes

ZIMBABWE will in few days receive latest fever checking thermometers procured in South Africa by Mimosa Mining Company. By Kudakwashe Pembere Health and Child Care Minister Dr Obadiah Moyo said this during the first post cabinet briefing for 2020. The equipment is to be used at the country’s points of entry which he says are on high alert against the Wuhan novel coronavirus. “At the same times we are equipped in terms of controlling infection our borders, the airports initially and ground ports. Recently we visited Robert Mugabe, Victoria Falls.…

Zim Commemorates World Cancer Day As First Lady Decries Poor Health Seeking Behavior

February 4, 2020 Healthtimes

ZIMBABWE’S First Lady Auxillia Mnanangwa has bemoaned poor health seeking behaviour among Zimbabweans which sees them succumb to untreatable advanced cancers. By Kudakwashe Pembere She said this while officiating the World Cancer Day Commemorations on February 4, 2020 themed ‘I am and I will’. “We have had challenges of poor seeking behaviour among our communities. This may be attributed to cultures and beliefs that are negative and can impact facilities and the nation’s productivity. This is the time to encourage each other to take action and seek assistance from our…

Nurses Demand Salary Package From Higher Life Foundation

February 3, 2020 Healthtimes

NURSES want Higher Life Foundation to intervene with salary packages as done with the doctors from juniors to consultants which saw them back at work. By Kudakwashe Pembere Fielding questions from parliamentarians on Monday, Zimbabwe Nurses Association president Mr Enock Dongo said this disparity where nurses got nothing while doctors were given a golden handshake by Strive Masiyiwa’s humanitarian foundation. Mr Dongo said this reacting to the Senior Doctors who earlier in the morning had complained that flexible working hours and the handover-takeover period taken left patients unattended. “We commend…

ZADHR Calls For Strong Novel Coronavirus Surveillance

February 3, 2020February 3, 2020 Healthtimes

THE Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights calls for strengthening of the country’s surveillance amid the growing public health emergency of international concern, the Wuhan novel coronavirus. This call comes at a time when Zimbabwe proclaimed its alertness against this virus which has so far killed 361 people in China while the Phillipines reported a death today. “Active surveillance, prompt diagnosis and effective treatment of infected individuals have been shown to be the mainstay of containing outbreaks of such nature,” said the association. “. This calls for health workers…

Zim Allays CoronaVirus Fears

January 31, 2020January 31, 2020 Healthtimes

WITH Zimbabwe put in panic mode following its western neighbour Botswana’s suspected novel coronavirus case, national health authorities have assured they neither have suspected nor confirmed cases. By Kudakwashe Pembere In a statement, Health and Child Care Preventive Services Chief Director Dr Gibson Mhlanga disputed the viral messages on social media claiming Zimbabwe as having a suspected case of the n-COv. “The Ministry of Health and Child Care would like to clarify that as of today 31 January 2020, no cases or suspects of coronavirus have been reported in Zimbabwe…

Govt Gazettes New Pharmaceutical Industry License Fees

January 31, 2020January 31, 2020 Healthtimes

GOVERNMENT has issued a statutory instrument gazetting new license fees for the pharmaceutical industry. The fees come in the local Zimbabwe dollar (Z$) and foreign currency (USD). Find the fees in the document below SI. 21 of 2020 Medicines and Allied import export

UNFPA Zimbabwe Donates Vehicle For Anti Domestic Violence Council Activities

January 31, 2020 Healthtimes

THE United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) Zimbabwe has donated a Toyota Land Cruiser vehicle to help the Anti-Domestic Violence Council (ADVC) reach usually missed remote areas . By Kudakwashe Pembere Speaking at the handover ceremony, UNFPA Zimbabwe country director Dr Esther Muia said they have been supporting ADVC since its inception through understanding their role in Domestic Violence Act, tabling it in parliament and helping to build capacity as well as developing the Anti Domestic Violence Council first strategic plan. She said the vehicle was meant to improve access in…

Zim Has Highest HIV Criminalisation Prosecutions In Africa

January 31, 2020January 31, 2020 Michael Gwarisa

ZIMBABWE has the highest rate of HIV criminalisation prosecutions in Sub-Saharan Africa and the sixth highest in the world owing to what legal experts have termed a vague and retrogressive piece of legislation. By Michael Gwarisa in Kadoma Briefing journalists at Editors Media Workshop organised by NAC in Kadoma, NAC Legal Advisor, Mr Fanuel Ncube said the criminalisation legislation has a had a negative implication on the HIV response and parliament should move with speed to ensure its repealed. In terms of the prosecutions, Zimbabwe among one of the highest…

Zim Lauded For TB Response Innovations

January 30, 2020January 30, 2020 Healthtimes

AN official from The Challenge TB headquarters in The Hague has commended Zimbabwe’s progress in fighting TB through its various innovations. By Kudakwashe Pembere Deputy Project Director Challenge TB at KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation Dr Emmy van der Grinten during the CHALLENGE TB Close Out Ceremony said the country has appealing innovations which can be replicated elsewhere. “I want to focus on key activities that have been pioneered in Zimbabwe which can be an example for the rest of the world really. There are some activities which you have done that…

Zim Treasury Avails USD5million For Harare Hospital Refurbishment

January 29, 2020 Healthtimes

RESPONDING to the shortage of medical equipment in hospitals, Treasury has earmarked USD5 million to address immediate medical requirements at Harare Hospital now Sally Mugabe Central Hospital through what it calls a 90-Day Rapid Plan. By Kudakwashe Pembere Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube said this during a signing ceremony between Zimbabwe and Japan of exchange of notes for the procurement of Harare Children’s Hospital medical equipment. “I’m pleased to advise that Government has committed itself to a 90 day Rapid Plan which will look in to the…