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Zim Medicines Authority Invites Applicants For Medical Marijuana License

July 27, 2022August 10, 2022 Healthtimes

ZIMBABWE’S medicinal products regulator, the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) has approved the selling of Hemp based Cannabidiol (CBD) products in Zimbabwe. By Kuda Pembere CBD, or cannabidiol, is non-intoxicating and one of the more than 540 phytochemicals found in the Cannabis sativa (C. sativa) plant. According to Medical News Today, public interest in and the availability of CBD have grown due to its promising health benefits. People use CBD to help with a wide variety of physical and mental issues, including pain, nausea, addiction, and depression. In a circular, MCAZ Acting Director General Mr…

Zimbabwe Population Grows By 1.5 Percent

July 27, 2022July 27, 2022 Michael Gwarisa

THE Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT), has released preliminary results to the 2022 Population and Housing census which indicate a 1.5% grown rate in the country’s population. By Michael Gwarisa According to the Preliminary Results report, Zimbabwe witnessed a population change of 16.2% from 13.1 million in 2012 to 15,178 979 as at April 20, 2022. From the population size, (52%) were female, giving a sex ratio of 92 males for every 100 females. Given the 2012 population size of 13,061,329, this gives an annual population growth rate of 1.5…

PSMI Boss Earns More Than French President Emmanuel Macron And Boris Johnson

July 25, 2022 Michael Gwarisa

STATE controlled daily newspaper, The Herald has published an article in which they revealed that Premier Service Medical Investments’ (PSMI) boss , Dr Tafadzwa Gutu is living large with a lucrative contract that sees him pocket US$23 000 a month in salary and allowances. By Michael Gwarisa PSMI is the investment arm of the Premier Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) which was established after PSMAS set up PSMI to own its hospitals, clinics and pharmacies so as to offer clinical and curative services to their members at government subsidized rates.…

Zvishavane Commemorates Day Of The African Child

July 25, 2022 Healthtimes

VARIOUS stakeholders including children from Zvishavane Rural and Runde district recently converged in Zvishavane to commemorate Day of the Africa Child. By Staff Reporter The event was held under the theme, “Eliminating Harmful Practices Affecting Children,” and was preceded by a march from Mandava bus terminus to Mandava high school in Zvishavane under police escort and drama majorities. Womandla Foundation Executive Director, Tadiwanashe Burukai Matutu said it was encouraging to see children from both urban and rural settings honoring and remembering this historical day. Zvishavne district came together under the…

Old Mutual Zimbabwe launches an end to end Funeral Services Company

July 25, 2022 Michael Gwarisa

Old Mutual, the leading financial services group in Zimbabwe, has launched a fully-fledged funeral services business at a colourful event held in Harare on Friday 22 July 2022. By Own Correspondent was launched in response to customers’ call for tangible funeral services over and above the cash benefit that Old Mutual offers. Old Mutual offers premium standard of funeral service that includes services like water bowser, nationwide bus service, and family courtesy vehicle. The family courtesy vehicle is the first of its kind in the funeral services sector, now when…

Another Zimbabwen Nurse Dies In The UK Three Weeks After Arrival

July 25, 2022July 25, 2022 Healthtimes

A Zimbabwe nurse, Sithabile Sibanda who moved to the United Kingdom three weeks ago has died. Details leading to her death are still sketchy at the moment. Sithabile’s death comes barely six months after another Zim nurse, Divine Mupoperi lost her life shortly after arrival in the United Kindgom. …More Details to follow

#BREAKING: World Health Organisation Declares Monkeypox Public health emergency of international concern

July 23, 2022 Michael Gwarisa

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. The decision was announced Saturday morning after WHO convened its second emergency committee on the issue on Thursday. Monkeypox spreading in ‘cluster events,’ but vaccines can help stop it, local health officials say, “I have decided that the global monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced on Saturday morning. Tedros said while the committee was unable to reach a consensus, he came to the…

#RETRACTION: The TB Trucks Have Since Been Deployed

July 23, 2022 Healthtimes

Following an article we carried online as well as in our E-Paper this morning under the headline “Where Are The TB X-Ray Trucks,” it has since been established that the Mobile X-Ray Trucks have already been deployed across the provinces despite not having been commissioned as was the initial plan. We would like to apologies for misrepresenting facts.

Where Are The Mobile TB X-Ray Trucks?

July 23, 2022 Michael Gwarisa

THE Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC), has come under fire from Tuberculosis (TB) activists and advocates for delaying to release nine new mobile X-Ray vehicles that are meant for screening Tuberculosis (TB) in communities. By Michael Gwarisa According to initial plans, the nine trucks were supposed to be commissioned at an official ceremony on World TB Day on March 24, 2022 where the Vice President and Minister of Health, Dr Constantino Chiwenga was supposed to be the guest of honour. However, the event did not happen as planned…

Historic funding to expand roll-out of first-ever malaria vaccine in Africa

July 21, 2022 Michael Gwarisa

The World Health Organization (WHO) welcomes the launch by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, of the landmark opportunity for countries to apply for funding to introduce, or further roll-out, the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine. This international support of nearly US$ 160 million from 2022-2025 will facilitate increased vaccine access to children at high risk of illness and death from malaria, starting with Ghana, Kenya and Malawi, the three African countries that began pilot introduction of the vaccine in 2019, and then expanding to other eligible endemic countries. Malaria remains a primary…