Category: BREAKING NEWS

SADC Medical and Dental Regulatory Association Takes Shape

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By Michael Gwarisa MEDICAL experts from six regional countries are gathered in Harare, Zimbabwe to deliberate and discuss the establishment of the SADC Medical and Dental Regulatory Association  which will act as a regulatory body overseeing operations of of the dental health sector. Officiating at the meeting, Health and Child Care Minister Dr David Parliamentary said the government t of Zimbabwe was fully behind the formation of the Health and Dental regulatory body for the region. “I am very excited, not only am i exited for Zimbabwe but for the…

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PEPFAR Releases 2017-2020 Strategic Document For HIV/AIDS Epidemic Control

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By Michael Gwarisa THE U.S Presidential Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) today (19/09/2017) released its Strategy for Accelerating HIV/AIDS Epidemic Control (2017-2020), which will provide a road-map as well as identify specific areas which require investment as efforts to end the HIV pandemic intensify. VISIT: https://www.pepfar.gov/documents/organization/274400.pdf In his remarks, the US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the PEPFAR Strategy for Accelerating HIV/AIDS Epidemic Control (2017-2020) also includes investing in more than 50 countries with three concrete goals in mind. “First, to maintain life-saving treatment for those we currently support, while making essential…

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Zimbabwe Successfully Integrates TB/HIV Programs- Minister

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By Michael Gwarisa HEALTH and child care minister, Dr David Parirenyatwa has applauded Zimbabwe for successfully integrating Tuberculosis (TB) and HIV programs in a bid to curb high mortality amongst HIV patients owing to TB. TB and HIV have of  late been described as Siamese twins owing to the indelible trail of destruction they have left behind. In an interview with HealthTimes on the sidelines of the ongoing Afro National TB and HIV Programme Managers conference in Harare, minister Parirenyatwa said government had successfully integrated the two deadly diseases in…

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#BREAKING: Zimbabwe To Recruit 102 Health Specialists From Cuba

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By HealthTimes Reporter THE Government of Zimbabwe is set to recruit at least 102 health specialits from Cuba to work in all local hospitals, Health and Child Care Minister Dr David Parirenyatwa has said. The Hon. Minister will next week will leave for Cuba for a an exchange visit to learn on how it has managed to eradicate mother to child transmition of HIV to zero. Dr Parirenyatwa will lead a delegation that include the ministry of health team, the UN Bishow Parajuli, WHO representative Dr David Okello, UNICEF Dr…

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Buzz as world’s biggest drone drug deliveries take off in Tanzania

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NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Tanzania is set to launch the world’s largest drone delivery network in January, with drones parachuting blood and medicines out of the skies to save the lives of women giving birth and children struck by malaria, in a country larger than Nigeria. California’s Zipline will make 2,000 deliveries a day to more than 1,000 health facilities across the east African country, including blood, vaccines and malaria and AIDS drugs, following the success of a smaller project in nearby Rwanda. “It’s the right move,” Lilian Mvule,…

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U.S. Government Committed To Ending TB In Zimbabwe

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By HealthTimes Reporter The United States government health agency, Centre For Disease Control (CDC) says is committed to assist Zimbabwe in the fight against Tuberculosis (TB) Infections  and called for  increased collaboration among private and public health organisations to sustain efforts that accelerate progress in preventing the spread of tuberculosis (TB) among health care workers. Addressing delegates in Harare during the National Infection Prevention and Control Conference on Wednesday, CDC  Zimbabwe Branch Chief for HIV Services Shirish Balachandra said, “It is paramount that we implement measures to keep health care workers…

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Cost Of Blood Still Beyond Reach For Poor Zimbabweans- CWGH

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By Michael Gwarisa  THE cost of blood in Zimbabwe remains expensive for ordinary Zimbabweans despite the move by government to slash the price of a unit of blood, which is 250ml, to US$100 from US$135 in government hospitals last year, a top health official has said. Community Working Group on Health Executive Director, Mr Itai Rusike said it was high time government moves to address the blood pricing issue as it was putting lives of vulnerable and poor Zimbabweans who cant afford blood in danger. “The Community Working Group on…

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Epworth Records High Child Cancer Cases

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…As Minister Meets Two Child Cancer Patients By Michael Gwarisa RECENT statistics gathered by local charity organisation for children living with cancer in Zimbabwe, KidzCan have revealed that Epworth has the highest cases of Children with Xereodema, a rare skin cancer. Speaking on the sidelines of a Meeting where Health and Child Care minister Dr David Parirenyatwa was meeting two young girls suffering from cancer, KidzCan Executive Director Dr Ntombi Muchuchuti said Xerodema despite being a cancer most prevalent in tropical regions has reared its ugly head in Epworth, Harare.…

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Shot In The Arm For Zim Women Entrepreneurs

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By Daniel Phiri  AS the old adage goes, “Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day, teach him how to fish, you feed him for a lifetime.” For one Rumbidzai Manzonzo of Sheen Cosmetics and Services based in Mutare, the Zimbabwe: Works project (Z:W) a USAID, DFID and SIDA funded project came at the right time and made her realize her dreams of owning a cosmetics business. The project is a five-year US$12.5million initiative funded by the USAID in partnership DFID and SIDA to strengthen NGOs and private…

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WHO Worried Over Public Health Bill Delay

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By Michael Gwarisa THE World Health Organisation (WHO) says the continued delay in finalizing the Public Health Bill  was an embarrassment for Zimbabwe as it exposes lack of will by the executive to turnaround fortunes of the health sector. Speaking on the sidelines of the UHC2030 Civil Society engagement workshop, WHO’s Dr Stanely Midzi bemoned the delay and called on government to speed up the Public health Bill’s promulgation before the current parliament’s term lapses as this might further delay the process. “The new public health document is a brilliant…

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