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Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Health On Course To Fully Deploy Paperless System By December 2023

October 31, 2022October 31, 2022 Michael Gwarisa

Impilo, an Electronic Health Records (EHR) system which is currently being rolled out in Zimbabwe’s health facilities, is set to improve efficiency in the health sector through enhancing data collection, management, patients’ care as well as improving communication between health practitioners and patients. By Michael Gwarisa Briefing Journalists in Kadoma during a Results Based Financing (RBF) model for healthcare media sensitization meeting, Dr Robert Gongora, the National EHR Coordinator in the Ministry of Health and Child Care said their priority as is to accelerate the rollout/coverage and usage of electronic…

Japan donates a PCR GeneXpert Machine to Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Health

October 31, 2022 Michael Gwarisa

The Ambassador of Japan to Zimbabwe, His Excellency Mr. Satoshi Tanaka, today handed over a PCR GeneXpert Machine to the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC). The handover is a key milestone in a project managed by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS). The Ambassador cited this as one of many projects in which the Government of Japan is cooperating with the Government of Zimbabwe. The project, funded by the Government of Japan and implemented by UNOPS, works to increase accessibility to basic emergency medical services in…

MILESTONE: Zim attains 95-95-95 HIV targets

October 31, 2022 Kuda Pembere

ZIMBABWE has reached the UNAIDS set 95-95-95 HIV targets, securing a place in the list of other Southern African countries such as Botswana that have attained the goal. By Kudakwashe Pembere The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS aims for HIV testing, treatment and viral suppression rates to be 95%–95%–95% by 2025. Addressing the press at a National AIDS Council (NAC) media workshop, Ministry of Health and Child Care National ART coordinator Dr Chiedza Mupanduki said according to their June 2022 figures on HIV show Zimbabwe realised the 95-95-95 target…

Soldiers are HIV Key Populations says Gvt

October 31, 2022October 31, 2022 Michael Gwarisa

THE Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) Director Public Health, Group Captain, Dr Munyaradzi Dobbie says Soldiers and other Uniformed Forces are at high risk of getting HIV due to the nature of their job which requires them to move from one place to another at any given time. By Michael Gwarisa Dr Dobbie made this call during a Science Day that was hosted by the Medicines Sans Frontiers (MSF) in Harare this week. According to Dr Dobbie, Key populations were not a homogenous group thus there was need…

Exodus of Nursing Tutors Leaves Zim’s healthcare in Quandary

October 31, 2022 Michael Gwarisa

DEPARTURE of skilled nurses and tutors from the country’s health training institutions as well as in health facilities, is set to hit Zimbabwe’s healthcare hard in the few years to come, a top Nursing Association official has said. By Michael Gwarisa Speaking during a Medicine Sans Frontieres (MSF) Scientific Day in Harare, Zimbabwe Nursing Association (ZINA) Secretary General, Mr Enock Dongo said training facilities will soon be producing half backed nurses due to shortage of skilled tutors. When we look at the economic situation, we find that there are so…

Number of babies dying at birth increase in Zimbabwe

October 27, 2022October 27, 2022 Michael Gwarisa

Women not booking at ANC facilities early leading to complications Exodus of healthcare staff leads to poor quality of care for pregnant women THE number of babies dying during birth, moments before birth or a few weeks before and after being born has been going up over the past five years in Zimbabwe largely due to a myriad of factors ranging from failure by pregnant women to book at the ANC on time, infection of babies before, during and after birth as well as declining quality of care in health…

MSF Holds Regional Scientific Day in Zimbabwe

October 25, 2022 Michael Gwarisa

THE Medecins Sans Frontieres / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) hosted a half-day regional scientific day in Harare, Zimbabwe where various scientific innovations and researches from MSF’s field programs around the world were presented. By Michael Gwarisa The event was a hybrid setup where delegates attended both virtually and physically in Harare. Giving his Keynote address, Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC), Group Captain, Dr. Munyaradzi Dobbie, Chief Director Public Health applauded MSF’s interventions in Zimbabwe’s healthcare sector. As government, we are appreciative of MSF’s continued support to Zimbabwe and…

Zimbabwe’s per capita spending on health drops to US$20

October 24, 2022October 24, 2022 Kuda Pembere

THE Zimbabwean Government through the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development allocated US$20 per citizen towards healthcare provision, which is US$25 lower than the US$45 it spent on an individual in 2021. By Kudakwashe Pembere This allocation or spending on a single person or single citizen is also known as per capita spending or per capita allocation. Presenting a paper last Thursday at a Community Working Group on Health (CWGH) workshop om National Stakeholder Engagement and Consesus on Revitalising Primary Health Care in Zimbabwe, Dr Prosper Chitambara noted Zimbabwe’s per…

SAA lauds Zim for approving Cabotegravir

October 19, 2022 Kuda Pembere

A Society of AIDS in Africa (SAA) board member on Wednesday commended Zimbabwe for setting the pace on the African continent and in the world in giving the green light the use of the long acting pre-exposure prophylaxis injectable Cabotegravir. By Kudakwashe Pembere SAA is the organiser for the International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA). The commendation comes hot on the heels of Zimbabwe’s medicines regulator, the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ)’s nod to the utilisation of the Pr-EP. Giving her remarks at the ICASA stakeholders’…

Iranian Doctors In Zimbabwe For Medical Exchange Visit

October 19, 2022October 19, 2022 Michael Gwarisa

A delegation of 12 Iranian specialists from various medical disciplines is in the country for an exchange visit, as part of efforts to strengthen cooperation in the health and medical field between the two countries. By Michael Gwarisa The doctors will be touring health facilities in Bulawayo starting tomorrow and will be in the country for the next two weeks where they will exchange experiences with medical doctors in Zimbabwe’s health institutions. Speaking at the courtesy call on the Office of the Vice President by the 12 member delegation at…