Category: Health News

Child Adoption On The Rise In Zimbabwe

Michael Gwarisa

ZIMBABWEANS seem to be embracing the concept of adoption as  a form of parenting following rigorous awareness campaigns by the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare to demystify misconceptions surrounding the practice. By Michael Gwarisa recently in Mutare Presenting at the REPSSI organised Journalists Orientation workshop on Child reporting in Mutare, Child Protection Officer in the Ministry of Social Welfare, Mrs Patience Nhire said the Zimbabwean society was slowly moving away from traditional negative beliefs against adoption. In the past, adoption used to be taboo in Zimbabwe as a result…

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Zim Launches Mobile One Stop Centres For GBV Survivors

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THE Zimbabwean Government with support from the United Nations Population Fund Zimbabwe (UNFPA Zimbabwe)  alongside the European Union launched mobile one stop centres to improve access to services for Gender Based Violence survivors in the country. By Kudakwashe Pembere The launch of the mobile One Stop Centre campaigns is being launched under the joint UN-EU Spotlight Initiative set up by the European Union to end the problem of GBV in Zimbabwe.  The Ministry has commissioned four one stop centres in Makoni, Gwanda, Gweru and Chinhoyi and in the past two…

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Health Ministry To Roll Out New TB Treatment Therapy Early Next Year

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GOVERNMENT will roll out the latest Tuberculosis (TB) Preventative Therapy regime early next year for the treatment of latent TB. By Kudakwashe Pembere Recently in Kadoma Speaking to journalists at a Stop TB Partnership Zimbabwe Media Training on TB Reporting, deputy director for the Aids and TB unit in the Health Ministry, Dr Charles Sandy said preventive therapy is a strategy for reducing the incidence of TB. Dr Sandy said over the past years they have been using Isoniazid taken once daily for a period of six months. He said…

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CSOs Website & Database Launched In Zimbabwe

Michael Gwarisa

A Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) Website and Database has been launched in Zimbabwe with the view of boosting communities support health systems and expand reach to thigh risk vulnerable HIV and AIDS affected communities. By Michael Gwarisa Zimbabwe AIDS Network (ZAN) National Coordinator, Mr Taurai Nyandoro said the evolution of the HIV epidemic is changing the landscape of HIV the response hence the need for a modern day systemes that guides and tracks trends in the HIV treatment, care and prevention matrix. They are operating in a changing landscape and…

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Minister Moyo Responds To Special Audit Report Findings

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HEALTH and Child Care Minister Dr Obadiah Moyo has dismissed the findings  in the special audit report on private public partnerships at Chitungwiza Central Hospital saying they were a creation of people with ulterior motives. By Kudakwashe Pembere He said this during the Health Professions Authority Annual General Congress on Wednesday. “So far we have an example of Chitungwiza central hospital which is in a mutually beneficial PPP. Irrespective of what you see on the Whatsapp, the social media, those are being engineered by people with ulterior motives. We also…

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NBSZ Clears Air On Blood User Fees

Michael Gwarisa

THE National Blood Services of Zimbabwe (NBSZ) has assured citizens that blood and blood products are still free in all public health institutions. By Michael Gwarisa The call follows a  blood price list which is making  rounds on social media suggesting that the blood blank has increased blood user fees in all health institutions. In a statement, NBSZ Public Affairs manager, Ms Esther Massundah said the National Blood Service Zimbabwe (NBSZ)  made an adjustment to the user fees of blood using the interbank rate which will see a unit of…

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46 Fired Doctors Return To Work

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FORTY-six fired doctors have been reinstated after heeding to the moratorium extended to return to work without hassles, a Cabinet Minister has revealed. By Kudakwashe Pembere Addressing journalists at a Tuesday Post Cabinet Media Briefing, Health and Child Care Minister Dr Obadiah Moyo said 46 returned to work. “The situation with regards to those who listened to the call from His Excellency, we have 46 who came back,and these 46 if they were dismissed, they are no longer dismissed, they are now reinstated,” he said explaining the doctors had to…

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Pepfar Partners Increase ART Coverage In Masvingo District

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OVER the past few years, Masvingo district has scaled up efforts to increase access to Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) among its citizens. Situated 292 kilometres from the capital Harare, Masvingo is one of the districts performing well in reducing the HIV burden. By Kudakwashe Pembere Since 2006, the United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has provided over US$650 million to Zimbabwe towards the HIV/AIDS response. Through PEPFAR and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), a consortium of local partners- Families and Communities for the Elimination of…

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Govt Promises Free Accommodation For Health Workers Next Year

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GOVERNMENT has promised to have free accommodation for doctors and other health workers by March and June next year. By Kudakwashe Pembere This emerged at a joint Ministry of Health and Child Care and Ministry of Housing and Social Amenities press briefing at Parirenyatwa  Group of Hospital. Health and Child Care Minister Dr Obadiah Moyo said the Ministry Of National Housing in the accommodation arrangement will start the construction of flats for doctors and nursing staff and other healthcare workers. “It has to be a fully composite situation where our…

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Dr Moyo Appeals For Foreign Currency Allocation To Procure ARVs

Michael Gwarisa

HEALTH and Child Care minister, Dr Obhadia Moyo has made a call to treasury to at least grant the National Aids Council (NAC) a preferential interbank rate which allows them to access foreign currency in bulk in order to facilitate procurement of life saving Anti-Retroviral Treatment (ART) drugs. By Michael Gwarisa recently in Masvingo Dr Moyo made the plea at the 2019 World Aids Day (WAD) commemorations at Mucheke stadium in Masvingo. Officiating at the event, Dr Moyo bemoaned the absence of adequate foreign currency to purchase drugs from foreign…

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