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EU Implores Zimbabwe To Hold Peaceful Elections

Michael Gwarisa

THE European Union Ambassador to Zimbabwe His Excellency  Jobst von Kirchmann says the upcoming harmonized elections will be a great opportunity to accelerate progress in this process and to trigger more positive changes for the country. By Michael Gwarisa Zimbabwe is set to hold harmonized elections in August this year even though the President is yet to proclaim the actual date for the election. Speaking at the European Union Day Commemorations in Harare, Ambassador Kirchmann said  the fate of Zimbabwe’s is in the hands of Zimbabweans. I would like to…

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Shacking Off GBV: Zimbabwe’s Spotlight Initiative hosts Zumba Session to raise awareness on GBV

Michael Gwarisa

THE Spotlight Initiative in Zimbabwe on Saturday, May 13, 2023 hosted a #ShakeOffGBV Zumba Session to remind communities of the harm Gender Based Violence (GBV) poses in as far as blocking women and girls from realizing their full potential. By Michael Gwarisa According to the 2015 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey, about one in three women aged 15 to 49 have experienced physical violence, and about one in four women have experienced sexual violence, since the age of 15. With elections approaching, fears are that more women and girls could…

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Egyptian Drug Authority pays courtesy call to VP Chiwenga

Kuda Pembere

A delegation of members from the Egyptian Drug Authority (EDA) paid a courtesy call to the Vice President and Health and Child Care Minister DrConstantine Chiwenga ahead of a signing ceremony of a memorandum of understanding with the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe. By Kudakwashe Pembere The EDA is an initiative for” an organization within the Ministry of Health that is responsible for safeguarding people health by regulating safety and quality of medicines (human and veterinary), biologicals, medical devices, cosmetics, dietary supplements and pesticides. Leading the EDA delegation is Professor…

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Zimbabwe’s Suspected Cholera Burden Nearing 1000 Mark

Healthtimes

CHOLERA could become Zimbabwe’s latest healthcare headache as the country continues to record new suspected infections and deaths related to the Diarrhoeal disease. By Staff Reporter  This comes amidst indications that the country has to date recorded 800 cumulative suspected Cholera cases and 18 suspected deaths. According to the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC), 20 new suspected cholera cases, one suspected death and 23 laboratory confirmed results were reported yesterday. The suspected cases were reported from Budiriro (3), Glenview (2),beitbridge (2), Buhera (4), Mutare Rural (4) and Chimanimani…

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#JUSTIN# “It’s a lie!”- Gvt distances self from controversial pro-graft law

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New developments reveal that President Emerson Mnangagwa is not aware and did not sign the bizzare procurement and disposal act. By Staff Reporter In a statement, Chief Secretary of the President and Cabinet, Dr Misheck Sibanda said the circulating document was a hoax. His Excellency the President, Dr ED Mnangagwa, has been made aware of some document gazetted as General Notice 635 of 2023, purporting to place the procurement of certain goods outside public scrutiny, on grounds of “national interest”. “Upon further investigations, it has- come to light that the…

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WHO Declares An End To COVID-19 Global Health Emergency

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The World Health Organization announced on Friday that it was ending the emergency it declared for Covid-19 more than three years ago, a milestone in the fitful emergence from a pandemic that has killed millions of people around the world and upended daily life in previously unimaginable ways. “It is with great hope that I declare Covid-19 over as a global health emergency,” said the W.H.O. director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. But W.H.O. officials warned that the decision to lift the emergency does not signal an end to the pandemic,…

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SHOCKING: PSMAS Loses US$60 Million In Contributors Funds To In-house Corruption

Michael Gwarisa

FINDINGS from a Premier Service Medical Society (PSMAS) audit have revealed gross embezzlement and mismanagement of contributors’ funds by the company’s top management, the board, health service providers and the disorganization’s affiliates. By Michael Gwarisa In 2022, the registrar of Medical Aid Societies ordered a forensic audit into PSMAS, to find out if the medical aid society was not abusing funds by engaging in non-core business. Cases in point include investment in micro-finance, buying and selling of gold, extending society beyond the borders, and creating additional institutions that draw funds…

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Remunerate Health Workers Well and STOP The Brain Drain Warns CWGH

Michael Gwarisa

THE Community Working Group on Health (CWGH) has issued a strong statement regarding the plight of healthcare workers in their International Workers Day solidarity message. By Michael Gwarisa CWGH Executive Director, Mr Itai Rusike said the current brain drain that has hit the healthcare sector was as a result of the deplorable living and working conditions the workers are exposed to. As the World celebrates the Workers’ Day today, the Community Working Group on Health (CWGH) calls upon the government to remunerate the health workers well and improve their working…

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Media, a critical partner in ending TB

Healthtimes

A THIRD of tuberculosis (TB) infections in Southern Africa are linked to mining activities and recent studies estimate that 3 to 7 percent of miners are becoming ill with TB each year (TIMS Epidemiological Study,2012). Health Times Reporter in Johannesburg, South Africa To address these challenges, media practitioners from 12 SADC member countries converged yesterday, 27 April 2023 in Johannesburg, South Africa for a two-days capacity building workshop to enhance informed reporting on TB-related issues including TB in the mining sector at the invitation of the East, Central and Southern…

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Zimbabwe records more than 95% measles vaccination coverage in Apostolic sects

Michael Gwarisa

FOLLOWING a measles outbreak that spread throughout the country in 2022, killing and infecting mainly unvaccinated children from apostolic sects in Zimbabwe, the country has witnessed an increase in coverage for measles vaccination in apostolic groups. By Michael Gwarisa The measles outbreak was first recorded in Mutasa District in Manicaland Province where several unvaccinated children from the Marange Apostolic sect, a highly vaccine hesitant group, succumbed to Measles before spreading to some parts of Mashonaland and Midlands provinces. According to data from Amnesty International Zimbabwe, 750 children below the age…

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