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Zim’s National Disability Bill under review

February 2, 2023February 2, 2023 Kuda Pembere

Zimbabwe is reviewing its National Disability Bill in the bid to align it with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities the country ratified about a decade ago. By Kudakwashe Pembere This was said during a validation of the policy lab model for Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs) workshop ending tomorrow. UNESCO Regional Office for Southern Africa Director and Representative Professor Lidia Arthur Brito said the workshop comes at the nick of time following the launch of the National Disability Policy last year which was officiated by…

Out Of Pocket Expenditure Towards Healthcare Grows In USD Terms Among Zim Households

February 2, 2023February 6, 2023 Kuda Pembere

OVER 90 percent of Zimbabwean households were using United States dollars for healthcare services while about 9 percent used local ZWL$ currency last month, a Zimbabwe Statistical Agency (Zimstat) senior official said. By Kudakwashe Pembere This was arrived at by the Zimbabwe Statistical Agency (Zimstat) following surveys during the month in question using the blended Consumer Price Index (CPI). A majority of Zimbabweans mainly civil servants earn in the local ZWL$ currency only to be forced to convert the money into USD required in pharmacies, private doctors and other healthcare…

ENT Patients Stranded As Parirenyatwa Shelves Non-Emergency Surgeries

February 1, 2023 Michael Gwarisa

PATIENTS in need of elective Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) surgeries at Parirenyatwa Hospital are currently struggling to get services as the hospital is currently focused on emergency surgeries only due increased for services. By Michael Gwarisa According to investigations conducted by the HealthTimes, patients have been visiting the facility with the hope of getting surgery bookings. However, the institution has rescheduling doctors appointments to a later date for all elective surgeries cases. Indications are that the Hospital last conducted elective ENT surgeries more than Six months ago. Patients who…

Baby Born Clutching Mothers IUD Contraceptive In Hand

February 1, 2023 Healthtimes

A 20-year-old woman who got pregnant while on birth control has detailed the shocking moment her baby was born – with her IUD in his hand. DAILY MAIL Violet Quick, from Idaho, married her husband John Francis at 19, and while the two lovebirds weren’t planning on having a child, just one year into their marriage they were met with a surprise when the now-mom-of-one learned she was expecting. Violet and John welcomed their baby boy Rudy one week ago and in a viral video, which has amassed 22.8 million…

Antimicrobial Resistance To NTDs Medicines On the Increase

January 31, 2023 Michael Gwarisa

THE World Health Organisation (WHO) is currently working on developing alternative or second-line treatments, or combination therapies of existing Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) medicines, following indications that some NTDs were developing resistance to the different antimicrobials used to treat Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), a new report has announced. By Michael Gwarisa The emergence of treatment failure has already been observed in kinetoplastids and in the causative organisms of leprosy among the bacterial NTDs. This development could hamper efforts in countries such as Zimbabwe where Leprosy has resurfaced and has reportedly…

Multi-stakeholder approach key in NTD elimination

January 31, 2023 Healthtimes

By Dr Kennedy Mubaiwa, Higherlife Foundation CEO Tadiwa, an 11-year-old Grade six student in rural Zimbabwe has missed school for more than a week. She has a distended stomach, nausea, pain, and dizziness. Tadiwa is well known for playing in a nearby stream, the only water source for her village. Today Tadiwa visited the clinic, where she was diagnosed with intestinal worms otherwise known as soil-transmitted helminths (STH) and treatment was started immediately. Intestinal worms are one of the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) affecting more than 1 billion children worldwide.…

Avenues Clinic General Manager, Heath Dhana Resigns

January 31, 2023January 31, 2023 Michael Gwarisa

RENOWNED hotelier, Heath Dhana who had taken over the reins at Avenues Clinic as the General Manager, has since quit to pursue other interest in the Hospitality sector. By Michael Gwarisa Dhana made his first attempt in the health fraternity at Avenues Clinic during the COVID-19 era, a period when the tourism and hospitality sector was experiencing challenges induced by the pandemic. Commenting on Dhana’s departure, Avenues Clinic Corporate Affairs Officer, Cordellia Shereni said Dhana had left an indelible mark at the institution as he brought a lot of changes…

Zimbabwe Spends US$17 Million On Family Planning

January 30, 2023 Michael Gwarisa

LATEST data from the Family Planning (FP2030) report indicates that in 2021, Zimbabwe spent a significant amount of money to support family planning, including commodity purchases, demand creation campaigns, investments in training and research, and service delivery. By Michael Gwarisa Data from the FP2030’s 2022 Measurement Report includes estimates for 59 countries and from amongst these, Zimbabwe is estimated to have spent US$$17,928,498 in 2021 making it one of the countries in East and Southern Africa (ESA) with the highest Family Planning domestic expenditures. From the data presented in the…

20 percent Zim primary school pupils cant read and write

January 28, 2023 Michael Gwarisa

LACK of foundational learning coupled with a complex new school curriculum, has seen 20 percent of primary school children in Zimbabwe reaching Grade 4 not being able to read, write and solve simple mathematical problems, a top government official has warned. By Michael Gwarisa Literacy and numeracy also defined as the ability to read, write and the ability to understand, reason with, and to apply simple numerical concepts are by world educational standards the building blocks to other skills as they give children the ability to access higher-order skills and…

Dominican Convent Expels Eight Girls For Drug Use

January 26, 2023January 26, 2023 Healthtimes

HARARE stationed Private Catholic girls high school, Dominican Convent has expelled eight students for partaking in illicit drugs and substances at a recent trip in Nyanga. By Staff Reporter In a letter written to parents by the Head of Upper School at Domincan Convent, Sr Kudzai Mutsure, she said they had exhausted all disciplinary channels and expulsion was in the best interest of both the school and the affected pupils. I write on a sad note to notify you that the 8 girls we had put on suspension pending investigations…