Category: Health News

Ecobank Donates To Parirenyatwa Psychiatric Hospital

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IN a move that is meant to raise awareness and help prevent non-communicable diseases including mental health challenges,  Ecobank, one of the leading financial institutions in Zimbabwe has donated various items to help at Parirenyatwa Psychiatric Hospital. By Patricia Mashiri The donated goods include assorted medicines to last for a year, 40 medical beds, assorted medical equipment, disinfectants, plates, spoons, cups, water. In his acceptance speech, Dr John Mangwiro, the Deputy Minister, Health and Child Care commended Ecobank for the gesture saying it will go a long way in addressing…

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CoronaVirus Has Potential To Cause Infertility: Dr Mangwiro

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THE Deputy Minister of Health and Child Care, Dr John Mangwiro has warned that the Coronavirus has potential to cause infertility in both men and women. By Patricia Mashiri Speaking during a National Aids Council (NAC) HIV/AIDS workshop, the Deputy Minister said people will always say bad things about the vaccines when it’s the virus itself which causes infertility, low sex drive, heart and kidney failure among other things. There are always prophets of doom who talk of COVID-19 vaccines as the ones that causes infertility and loss of libido.…

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Zimbabwe Parliament To Revive National TB Caucus

Michael Gwarisa

MEMBERS of Parliament from both the House of Assembly and Senate are working on reviving the Zimbabwe Tuberculosis (TB) Caucus, an grouping of volunteer legislators and senators derived from across all Parliamentary portfolio committees and thematic committees to advocate for the realization of a TB free Zimbabwe through provision of adequate financing and attention to the infectious disease. By Michael Gwarisa recently in Kwekwe This was said during the engagement of the TB Caucus meeting which was convened by the Stop TB Partnership Zimbabwe in Kwekwe recently. The move to…

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Development Partners Support To Health Sector Commended

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ACTING Minister of Health and Child Care, Professor Amon Murwira has expressed appreciation to development partners for the financial and technical support they render to the healthcare sector. By Patson Gumbo Speaking at the High Level Policy Dialogue on Healthcare Financing in Zimbabwe that was held in Harare, Professor Murwira said the government of Zimbabwe was looking at major issues in the health sector like financing, low medicine availability among others and having robust strategic responses towards these issues. What is very clear is that health underpins all economic activity…

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Health Sector Human Resources Crises Derails TB Fight

Michael Gwarisa

HEALTH and Tuberculosis experts have warned that the prevailing human resources shortages in the health sector were crippling Tuberculosis (TB) related interventions as the number skilled personnel experienced in TB management were also leaving the country in droves. By Michael Gwarisa recently in Kwekwe The call comes in the midst of one has been termed the worst health sector exodus in decades whereby skilled health personnel have been resigning on a daily bases from both government hospitals and council clinics. In an interview with HealthTimes on the side-lines of a…

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PSMAS Refurbishes Presidential Guard Hospital

Michael Gwarisa

ZIMBABWE’S leading medical aid firm, Premier Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS), has handed over a fully refurbished hospital to the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Presidential Guard in Dzivarasekwa, Harare. By Michael Gwarisa The refurbishment of the facility covered the main hospital and outpatients which consist of consulting rooms, pharmacy, optometry, rehabilitation, x- ray, ultrasound scan, laboratory, dental, and procedure room. In his acceptance speech, Chief of Staff Administration, Major General Emmanuel Matatu said the gesture by PSMAS to renovate the health facility was testimony of the cordial relations the society…

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Visiting UNICEF Director Satisfied With Zim Health Sector Achievements

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THE Ministry of Health and Child Care together with UNICEF embarked on a provincial field tour in Mashonaland Central visiting district clinics and hospitals to assess challenges and opportunities obtaining in the country’s health institutions. By Patson Gumbo Visiting UNICEF Global Director of Health from UNICEF New York, USA, Dr. Aboubacar Kampo expressed satisfaction with the progress that the government of Zimbabwe has made in providing health service and was grateful for the partnership between the two parties. Dr. Kampo affirmed continued support to the government of Zimbabwe. I have…

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Journalists Critical In ART Adherence Information Dissemination

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Journalists have been identified as an important vehicle  in communicating and raising awareness around Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) adherence, a top government official has said. By Patricia Mashiri recently in Chinhoyi Speaking during a National AIDS Council (NAC) media workshop aimed at informing capacitating Journalists on HIV/AIDS reporting,  Dr John Mangwiro, the Deputy Minister of Health and Child Care said there was need to come up with innovative means of communicating the HIV and ART adherence message. I implore the media to have to make sure that it fulfills its developmental…

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Zim Company Unleashes New Healthy Snack Into The Market

Michael Gwarisa

A local company, HealthBridge Traditional Foods, has introduced a Roasted Pumpkin Seeds snack onto the market in a bid to expand traditional foods options as well as improve better health outcomes through consumption of natural non processed foods. By Michael Gwarisa The snack has scientifically proven numerous health benefits and essential nutrients that are critical in the day to day functioning of human body including boosting libido in men. Speaking to this publication, HealthBridge Traditional Foods Director, Mr Tich Viriri said the roasted pumpkin seed snack has been around for…

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#BREAKING: Midwives Crises Hits Mbuya Nehanda Maternity Unit

Michael Gwarisa

MBUYA Nehanda Maternity division, one of Zimbabwe’s largest maternity units located at Parirenyatwa Hospital in Harare, is battling serious shortages of skilled midwives amidst indications that the facility recently experienced an incident whereby only one midwife ended up attending to at least 26 pregnant women. By Michael Gwarisa A visit by this publication to the facility in on Friday, 29 October, 2021 revealed that only one midwife was on duty for several hours while at least 26 women waited to be attended. Some of the women who were visibly in…

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