Category: Health News

Foreign Currency Shortages Push Sanitary Pads Prices Up- Manufacturers

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By Daniel Phiri LOCAL sanitary wear manufacturers have blamed the prevailing foreign currency shortages and increases in raw materials prices for the astronomical increase in Sanitary pads and wear prices. In Zimbabwe there are currently two companies that manufacture sanitary pads, Onsdale (Farai sanitary pads) and Refreshing Sanitary Pads (Happy Sky pads). In an interview, Refreshing Sanitary Pads general manager Collen Sakala said the price increase is beyond their control as they are responding to economic factors obtaining on the local and international markets. “The increase was necessitated by an…

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Gweru General Hospital Refuses To Treat Patient For To Opting Pay With Ecocash

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A patient admitted at Gweru General Hospital on the 26th of October 2017 was not attended to on the basis that he had no means to pay for medical bills. The patient asked to pay through Ecocash but the hospital authorities insisted on cash or swipe. Despite his worsening condition, he was kept unattended, leading to some members of the public reporting the matter to the Anti-Corruption Trust of Southern Africa to sensetise other stakeholders. This type of behaviour is not expected at a hospital, a facility which should prioritise…

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Safeguard Security goes medical

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By Daniel Phiri SAFEGUARD Security has partnered with Ace Air and Ambulance to offer life support ambulance services to its clients on the Rapid Response Service (RRS). The partnership will see Safeguard clients in Harare and Victoria Falls getting access to ambulance services without having to produce a medical aid card during emergencies. Although the service was introduced last month, already Ace has responded to about four medical emergency calls from Safeguard on behalf of its clients. According to Safeguard chief executive Andrew Mallon, speed response is vital especially in…

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Harare needs permanent solution to Typhoid outbreaks- CWGH

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[dropcap][/dropcap]By Michael Gwarisa THE City of Harare needs to find a permanent solution to the recurring Typhoid outbreaks which have troubled the city since beginning of this year, Community Working Group on Health (CWGH) executive director Itai Rusike has said. Harare recently registered cases of Typhoid In Mbare, Matapi flats amid growing skepticism and doubt over the City of Harare’s capacity to resolve the issue in the short term. “The Community Working Group on Health (CWGH) urges the Harare City Council (HCC) to urgently address the key drivers of typhoid in…

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Typhoid under control: Minister

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By HealthTimes Correspondent  The Ministry of health has allayed fears of a possible typhoid outbreak following reported cases in Harare, insisting that mechanisms have been put in place to curb the spreading of the disease. In an interview yesterday after touring Matapi Clinic in Harare where 123 typhoid patients were screened, Minister of Health and Child Care Dr David Parirenyatwa said the typhoid outbreak that hit Mbare, Harare, in the last few days is now under control, but urged all residents to be vigilant as they remain under threat of contracting…

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Sanitary Pads Prices Increase

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SOURCE: The DailyNews The Price of Sanitary wear has shot through the roof despite the fact that importers of raw materials used to manufacture them are not paying any duty at the ports of entry. Beginning this year, government scrapped duty on sanitary wear raw materials to make the products affordable following a strong push by legislators. [pullquote]A survey by DailyNews revealed  however that pads that were fetching around $0.89c have now gone up in prices to as up by as much as 124 percent to $1.99. [/pullquote] Other sanitary…

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Patient groups march for access to medicines in South Africa

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Finalise the draft policy and amend laws to save lives, activists tell dti PRETORIA – Today, more than 1,000 members of the Fix the Patent Laws Coalition (FTPL) will march to the Department of Trade and Industry (dti) in support of the government’s efforts to fix our patent laws and ensure everyone has access to the medicines they need. Made up of 36 patient groups and civil society organisations representing people affected by most major diseases in South Africa, the FTPL Coalition will hand over its in-depth submission in support of the draft…

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Public Health Bill To Take Longer Than Expected- Experts

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By Daniel Phiri GAZETTING of the Public Health Bill (PHA) which is being prepared in Parliament might take longer than expected, legal watchdog Veritas Zimbabwe has said. In its Bill Watch update series dated October 20, 2017, Veritas Zimbabwe said the Bill had been taken to the government printer but was likely to take long before it is gazetted. “Parliament’s latest Status of Bills list reflects that the Public Health Bill was sent to the Government Printer on 3rd October.As this is bound to be a very long Bill that…

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Oral Sex With 5 or More Partners Could Up Your Risk of HPV

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While oral sex has many, many upsides, it’s actually one of the most common ways human papillomavirus (HPV) is spread. HPV is a sexually transmitted infection that can increase your chance of throat cancer, depending on which strain you contract. Now, further research shows that the risk of HPV is higher in men who regularly smoke cigarettes and have multiple sexual partners. A new study published in the Annals of Oncologylooked at data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, which had data from 13,089 people ages 20-69 who participated in it…

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Breaking: WHO Director General Revokes Mugabe’s appointment

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By Kudakwashe Pembere World Health Organisation Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has rescinded the appointment of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe after giving in to the demands of  disgruntled Zimbabweans and the rest of the world. Mugabe’s Goodwill Ambassador role for non communicable diseases barely lasted a two days. An online petition was created by one Velez Rubio in Spain challenging the unpopular decicion to give  him such a post. The online petition created yesterday titled “Mugabe Must Not Be WHO Good Will Ambassador Zimbabwean Are Suffering Because of Him…

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