Category: Health News

#JUSTIN: 9 ZUPCO Employees Test Positive For COVID-19

Michael Gwarisa

AT least nine Zimbabwe Passengers Company (ZUPCO) employees have tested positive for COVID-19. By Michael Gwarisa This was confirmed in statement by the company’s Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mr Evaristo Madangwa who indicated that majority of the employees who had tested were from the cash office. The Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) conducted a screening at Willovale Depot on July, 29, 2020. Nine ZUPCO employees most of them from the Cash Office were unfortunately found to be COVID-19 positive. “One other employee at Belvedare Head Office has…

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Asking For USD Salaries Is Insane, Gvt Tells Senior Doctors

Michael Gwarisa

THE Acting Permanent secretary in the ministry of health and child care (MoHCC) Dr Gibson Mhlanga has described demands by senior doctors to have their salaries paid in United States Dollars (USD) as insanity. By Michael Gwarisa In a response to a letter that was penned by the Zimbabwe Senior Hospital Doctors Association’s (SHDA) executive where they gave government a 14 days ultimatum to fix the salaries issue and shortage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Dr Mhlanga said the US salary route was unsustainable and proven failed option. Senior Doctors…

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Heated tobacco use on the increase worldwide: Philip Morris International

Michael Gwarisa

PHILIP Morris International (PMI) has announced its 2020 second-quarter results, including reporting that its net revenues were down by 13.6 percent while certain categories within the company is seeing gains, including heated tobacco. By Michael Gwarisa In its latest report, PMI reported that cigarette and heated tobacco unit shipments were down by 14.5 percent. This included cigarette shipment volume being down by 17.6 percent and heated tobacco unit shipment volume being up by 24.3 percent to a total of 18.7 billion units. PMI’s market share for heated tobacco units in…

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NetOne Donates Surgical Equipment To Assist 29 Year Old Lady’s Facial Reconstruction

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Head Public Relations Dr Eldrette Shereni handing over Taremeredzwa's medical equipment to Dr Mahomva and team at the UZ department of Dentistry and Oral health

NETONE has donated surgical equipment to the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Department of Dentistry and Oral Health Care at Parirenyatwa Hospital this morning, to facilitate a facial reconstruction surgery for a 29 year old young lady, Taremeredzwa Mapungwana, who is suffering from a rare condition which has seen her face being largely deformed. HealthTimes Reporter Taremeredzwa was born on the 14th January 1991 in Mutare.   In 2004 she developed what everybody though was just “a pimple” which for any teen girl would be normal and would just disappear.  However, when…

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#JUSTIN: Zim MPs Test Positive For COVID-19

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TWO members Zimbabwean Members of Parliament (MPs) have tested positive for COVID-19. HealthTimes According to Clerk of Parliament Kennedy Chokuda confirmed,  Parliament has since suspended business after two legislators and a journalist tested positive for Covid-19, The legislators were part of a delegation of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Transport who were on field visits across the country. The driver of a bus hired by the legislators for the visit also tested positive for the virus. Everyone who was part of that team is now in self-quarantine in line with…

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Merck Foundation Marks World Artificial Reproductive Technology Day, Trains Embryologists and Fertility Specialists across Africa and Asia

Michael Gwarisa

MERCK Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany marks ‘World ART Day 2020’ through providing long term hands-on embryology training and clinical fertility specialists training to develop local Embryologists and fertility specialists to improve access to quality and cost-effective fertility care in Africa and Asia, this is as part of Merck More than a Mother campaign. Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation, President of Merck More than a Mother and One of 100 Most Influential Africans (2019) emphasized, “I strongly believe in the critical role of Embryologists and…

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#JUSTIN: Avenues Clinic Nurse Tests Positive For COVID-19

Michael Gwarisa

A nurse at Avenues Clinic has tested positive for COVID-19 after attending to a COVID-19 positive patient who had been admitted in the casualty section. By Michael Gwarisa In a communication to the institution’s stakeholders, The Avenues Clinic Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mr Searchmore Chaparadza said the nurse tested positive after taking a Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test. Management would like to advise stakeholders of a COVID-19 incident that occurred within the Accident and emergency unit of the Avenues Clinic. One of our nursing staff members tested positive for COVID-19…

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Relief for Zim as mobile covid-19 test laboratories arrive

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HARARE – Zimbabwe will soon be able to detect new coronavirus cases at its borders following the arrival of mobile test laboratories in the country. HealthTimes Reporter Strive Masiyiwa, the African Union (AU) Special Envoy, said he acquired the laboratories to help Zimbabwe deal with the rising number of Covid-19 cases. The southern African country, which is experiencing its worst economic crisis in a decade, is struggling to deal with the deadly coronavirus pandemic that has so far claimed 26 lives and affected over 2 000 people. A few weeks…

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Sei Zvakakosha Kumwa Ma ARVs Nenguva Huye Kuva Ne Wachi Nguva Dzose Kana Uri Pachirongwa

Michael Gwarisa

WACHI kana kuti Chiringazuva mudziyo wakakosha zvikuru kunyanya kumhunhu akurarama ane hutachiona hwe HIV huye ari pamapiritsi ema Antiretroviral (ARVS), vakadaro ve sangano re Family AIDS Caring Trust (FACT). By Michael Gwarisa Vachitaura ne bepanhau repamasai-sai re HealthTimes ku dunhu re Manicaland, Mukuru anoona nezvekufambiswa kwezvehutano (Community Health Officer) mu sangano re FACT, muzvare Mirriam Muchadzingwa vakati ivo vanhu vazhinji mudunhu re kwa Marange Ku Municaland vanorarama nehutachiona uye vari pa ma ARVs vanotadza kumwa mapiristi nenguva nekuti havana zviringazuva (Wachi). Tine dambudziko guru munzvimbo dzatinoshandira nekuti vanhu vakawanda havana…

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President must appoint Minister of Health and a Substantive Secretary of Health

Michael Gwarisa

THE Community Working Group on Health (CWGH) has implored President Emmerson Mnangagwa to urgently appoint a minister of Health and Substantive Secretary of Health. By Michael Gwarisa CWGH Executive Director, Mr Itai Rusike said the health ministry can not continue to run on auto pilot. Without a Minister of Health and Child Care (MOHCC) and a substantive Secretary for Health, surely the health ministry is on auto-pilot drive. And the situation on the ground is telling. That there is no Minister of Health to lead from the front to deal…

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