Category: Health News

Closure Of Schools Not An Option

Healthtimes

EVEN though the country has begun recorded pockets of new infections especially in schools, it is  not wise to close schools at the moment, Public Health Experts have warned. By Patricia Mashiri Schools especially in Mbereengwa have been recording new COVD-19 infections of late, prompting some parents to push for closure of the schools before the situation spirals out of control. However, local health experts believe the situation was still under control and there was no need for halting studies. Speaking to HealthTimes, Mr Itai Rusike, the Executive Director for…

Read More

AIDS Levy, International Financing Behind Zim’s AIDS Response Success- UNAIDS

Michael Gwarisa

THE Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) says Zimbabwe remains a leader in as far as HIV treatment on African continent at the back of a myriad of factors chief among them being a  well-coordinated domestic funding mechanism for HIV/AIDS and support from international partners. By Michael Gwarisa In update on how Inequalities are at the heart of uneven progress in the AIDS response, UNAIDS said progress against HIV has been uneven with other countries struggling to contain the pandemic. The gains made through people-centred approaches within…

Read More

Former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown Appointed WHO Ambassador for Global Health Financing

Healthtimes

THE World Health Organization today announced the appointment of The Rt Hon Gordon Brown, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, as WHO Ambassador for Global Health Financing. Mr Brown is widely credited with preventing a second Great Depression through his stewardship of the 2009 London G20 summit. He mobilized world leaders to commit an additional $1.1 trillion to restore credit, growth and jobs to help the world economy through the global financial crisis. Health Reporter More recently, Mr Brown has tirelessly called on wealthy nations as well as the…

Read More

#BREAKING: More Than 300 Healthcare Workers Receive Land From Government

Michael Gwarisa

 THE Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural settlement has approved a request by the Medical and Dental Private Practitioners of Zimbabwe Association Trust (MDPPZA) to have all its 372 members drawn from doctors and other healthcare workers to be considered for land allocation. By Michael Gwarisa The development is apart of government’s move to incentivize and appreciate the role Private healthcare practitioners have played in complementing government’s efforts to combat the raging COVID-19 pandemic and other healthcare hazards that have bedeviled the country over the years. In a…

Read More

Tinashe Mugabe Prepares For Legal Battle With Lab Council

Michael Gwarisa

THE DNA man and host of the Closure DNA Show, Tinashe Mugabe has come out guns blazing against the Medical Laboratory and Clinical Scientists Council Zimbabwe for rushing to share damaging information without communicating or consulting with the Global DNA company. Staff Reporter In a statement, Global DNA said they were a registered entity and everything they were doing was above board hence the public should treat the press statement by the council as nothing more than fake news. Firstly, the company would like to to reassure our stakeholders and…

Read More

Tinashe Mugabe’s Global DNA Show An Illegal Operation

Healthtimes

THE Medical Laboratory and Clinical Scientists Council of Zimbabwe has castigated the Platform of the Closure a DNA show and operation being run by one Tinashe Mugabe and Jane of Expediate DNA Zimbabwe Tilder Live Show Zim saying they are illegally operating. By Patricia Mashiri Ina statement, Mr Ranganayi Chari, Chairman of the Medical Laboratory and Clinical Scientists Council of Zimbabwe said Tinashe Mugabe and Jane were not professionally qualified nor competent to issue DNA test results. The Medical Laboratory and Clinical Scientists Council of Zimbabwe would like to set…

Read More

ZRP Closing In On Illegal Vaccination Cards Syndicates

Healthtimes

THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) says is this close to busting up an entire network of vaccination cards merchants who are selling stolen vaccination cards to unsuspecting members of the public who want to evade vaccination. By Patricia Mashiri The development comes hot on the heels of a series of events whereby hospitals and clinics have been reporting missing blank vaccination cards. Since Zimbabwe’s national vaccination initiative commenced in February this year, hundreds of blank vaccination cards have been reported missing from various parts of the country. The recent incident…

Read More

COVID-19 Hits Mberengwa Boarding Schools

Healthtimes

COVID-19 cases have risen in Mberengwa boarding schools to 125 following more tests that have been done in schools. Staff Reporter Previously Chegato 59, Masase40 had recorded 59 and 40 respectively before they had conducted other tests from the neighboring schools. Dr Gabriel Ndagurwa, Mberengwa District Medical Officer told state media that they were working flat out to make sure that the COVID-19 cases are contained and avoid spreading in the boarding schools that have been identified as hotspots. We have about 125 cases for far that we have picked…

Read More

Ministry Of Health, WHO Implement Non-Chemical Based Malaria Prevention Measures In Chiredzi

Michael Gwarisa

THE Government of Zimbabwe, through the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and other stakeholders in malaria control is carrying out a study on  a malaria prevention approach in Chiredzi district, Masvingo province, through a project called the AFRO II Project, a multi country initiative which aims at developing measures which are environmentally sound and effective for malaria vector control. By Michael Gwarisa The AFRO II  Project is a research study that is aimed at gathering evidence for additional/alterative interventions against…

Read More