Category: Health News

Zim faith healers fingered frequent buyers of vultures to lure congregants

Kuda Pembere

By Kuda Pembere Birdlife Zimbabwe has engaged faith healers registered under the Traditional Medical Practitioners Council of Zimbabwe (TMPCZ) following its findings from a market survey it did that vultures or parts thereof were being used for crowd pulling, clairvoyance, to mention but these. BirdLife Zimbabwe is an association which advocates for the protection and wellbeing of birds. In Zimbabwe which is home to six species of vultures found across the world, they learned in a survey they did with the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) that vultures…

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Amnesty For Rapists Saga: Linda Masarira to petition President Mnangagwa to return rapists to prison

Michael Gwarisa

FIREBRAND politician and president of LEAD, Linda Masarira, is the process of drafting a petition to have all rape offenders who were released on Presidential Amnesty returned to prison and locked up until their sentence lapses. By Michael Gwrisa The development comes following the release of 4270 inmates during a Presidential amnesty by President Emmerson Mnangwga, where amnesty was granted to various categories of prisoners including those who are terminally ill, those who have served at least three-quarters of their sentence, or one tenth if over the age of 60.…

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MCAZ procures state of the art microbial identification system

Kuda Pembere

THE Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) has added to its laboratory equipment, a microbial identification system which will help the Authority in identifying bacteria and fungi. By Kuda Pembere The Authority in a statement said they acquired the state-of-the-art Vitek 2 XL Microbial Identification System. “We have acquired a state-of-the-art microbial identification system, the Vitek 2 XL Microbial Identification System (MIS) and therefore are able to in the position of the identification of bacteria and fungi. This is crucial in many industrial applications including environmental monitoring, contamination investigation and…

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Decolonising HIV Research through the MATRIX

Michael Gwarisa

FOUR decades ago, the HIV virus was discovered and since then, millions of lives have been lost as a result. With no cure in sight as yet, a number of innovations have been developed to either prevent and or reduce chances of getting infected with the HIV virus. By Michael Gwarisa This has seen cases of new HIV infections and deaths reducing and now more than ever, People Living with HIV (PLHIV) live long and fulfilling lives just like anyone else. The number of children being born with HIV has…

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Zim kicks-off 3rd round wild polio vaccination

Michael Gwarisa

THE third round of the Wild Polio Vaccination will commence on May 23 up to 26 in Zimbabwe, targeting mainly children between zero to five years. The vaccination comes amidst reports of continued presence of the disease in neighboring countries. A total of nine wild poliovirus cases have been reported so far, with one in Malawi and eight in neighbouring Mozambique since the declaration of an outbreak on 17 February 2022 in Malawi. The last confirmed case to date was in August 2022 in Mozambique. The wild poliovirus in Malawi…

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Zimbabwe Government cracks head over untraceable Cholera origins

Michael Gwarisa

THE cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe has no epidemiological link to any country in the region or any place that has recorded cholera cases, meaning the local environment could be heavily contaminated and harbouring volumes of Cholera pathogens, a top health official has warned. By Michael Gwarisa This according to the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC), poses an even bigger challenge as it was now difficult to locate the actual source of Cholera and control its spread on time. The First Cholera case was reported and recorded on February…

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IDAHOBIT 2023: End Discrimination and Violence Towards LGBTIQ Persons in Zimbabwe

Healthtimes

ON the occasion of celebrating this year’s International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT), LGBTIQ rights advocacy organisations in Zimbabwe have called for an end to discrimination and violence against sexual minorities. By Paul Sixpence IDAHOBIT has been celebrated yearly on 17 May since 1990, the day when the Health Organisation Organisation (WHO), declassified homosexuality as a mental disability and de-classified it as a disease. This year’s commemorations are being held under the theme, “Together Always: United in Diversity. The theme speaks to the importance of inclusivity and support…

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WHO preps 44 Zim government officials to deal with SA ZEP returnees’ mental health

Kuda Pembere

FORTY-four government officials received mental health and psychosocial support training from the World Health Organization ahead of the return of about 180 000 returnees from South Africa who had Zimbabwe Exemption Permits. By Kudakwashe Pembere With the deadline for the Zimbabwe Exemption Permits expiry looming, mental health disorders such as depression and even drug and substance abuse among others are anticipated. Zimbabweans reportedly make up South Africa’s largest group of immigrants, with about 800,000 living in the country, many for decades but not all of them legally and doing low…

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Faith healers register in hoards following TMPCZ directive

Kuda Pembere

OVER 1 100 faith healers with others still coming in have heeded to the directive of registering with the Traditional Medical Practitioners Council of Zimbabwe (TMPCZ), HealthTimes has learned. By Kuda Pembere In March, the TMPCZ issued a notice ordering the registration of faith healers in order to obtain practicing licenses.  This comes on the back of a directive by the Ministry of Health and Child Care that all faith healers and herbalists from both churches and traditional religion should be bound by a set of regulations in line with…

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Health Ministry receives cholera medication and consumables from WHO

Kuda Pembere

The Ministry of Health and Child Care Friday received from the World Health Organization (WHO) a consignment of cholera medical equipment, medication, and some sundries for use in the fight against the epidemic which has to date seen over 300 cases recorded in Zimbabwe. By Kuda Pembere Also donated was a motor vehicle for use in the battle against mental health disorders in the country. The handover ceremony was held at the National Pharmaceutical Company (NatPharm)’s mega-warehouse. The Health and Child Care Ministry Permanent Secretary Air Commodore Jasper Chimedza lauded…

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