Category: Health News

Aids Levy Collections Shrink

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By Michael Gwarisa HIGH informalisation of the economy and massive company closures alongside job cuts have had an adverse impact on Aids Levy collections, a National Aids Council (NAC) official has said. According to NAC’s Accounting officer Godfrey Mzari, collections to the AIDS Levy have been on a downward trend since the year 2014 and 2017 is likely to be even worse. “Currently, the AIDS levy is being collected from the formal sector, by formal sector we mean registered employees. Its collected by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) and disbursed…

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WHO Worried Over Public Health Bill Delay

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By Michael Gwarisa THE World Health Organisation (WHO) says the continued delay in finalizing the Public Health Bill  was an embarrassment for Zimbabwe as it exposes lack of will by the executive to turnaround fortunes of the health sector. Speaking on the sidelines of the UHC2030 Civil Society engagement workshop, WHO’s Dr Stanely Midzi bemoned the delay and called on government to speed up the Public health Bill’s promulgation before the current parliament’s term lapses as this might further delay the process. “The new public health document is a brilliant…

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“Politicians Should Stop Flying Outside For Healthcare”

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By Michael Gwarisa  POLITICAL leaders have been blamed for the continued demise of  the local health infrastructure and facilities owing to their frequent visits abroad to seek health attention, shunning local services. Briefing a UHC2030 Civil Society Engagement meeting this morning in the capital, Community Working Group on Health (CWGH) executive director Mr Itai Rusike said as long as there is no political will in addressing challenges bedeviling the health sector, we can forget about achieving health targets and health rights. “As long as there is  no political will, and…

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Zim’s Health Financing Model Charms Gambia

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By Michael Gwarisa A high powered 19 member Gambian delegation is in the country for a 10 day Results Based Financing (RBF) familiarization visit around the country’s health facilities. Briefing Journalists in the Capital, Head of Gambian Delegation madam Nancy Niang said Zimbabwe’s RBF model’s success story had spread across the continent and they have come to learn. “We are so happy to be here today because we are talking about results based financing for the health sector. The health sector is one of the main priorities for the Gambia,…

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AHFoZ Conference Kicks Off This Week

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Staff Reporter  PLAYERS and healthcare stakeholders will this week converge in the resort town of Victoria Falls for the 8th Annual edition of of the Association of Health Funders of Zimbabwe (AHFoZ) stakeholders’ conference. The conference will be running under the theme “Healthcare Ecosystem and Quality of Life”,  and will  take place at the Kingdom Hotel in Victoria Falls from Wednesday (September 6) to Saturday (September 9). The theme emphasises the role that different players in the health sector, including the patients themselves, play in promoting good health, which is so…

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Medical and Health Expo Preps At Advanced Stage

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Staff Reporter  PREPARATIONS to the 7th edition of the Zim-Afro Medical and Health Expo are at an advanced stage amid indications that not less than 100 exhibitors will be participating at the annual event. In an Interview with HealthTimes, Zim-Afro Director Mr Shepard Chakanza said all was in place and the response from exhibitors was overwhelming. “We are expecting not less than 100 exhibitors and eight foreign exhibitors to grace this year’s event. The expo will run from 27 to 29 September at the Harare International Conference Center (HICC). “We…

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Engaging in Sex Early Exposing Girls To Cervical Cancer

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“It is also advisable for young girls not to engage in sex at an early ages as this has been seen to be another factor behind the rise in Cervical Cancer in Zimbabwe…” By Michael Gwarisa YOUNG girls who engage in sexual intercourse at an early age (9-18) are at a greater risk of developing cervical cancer in the long run, an Island Hospise official has said. Speaking in a program HIV Interventions on Star FM yesterday, Island Hospise Training Manager Franciscah Tsikai urged young girls to abstain from sex…

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PEPFAR Says Zimbabwe Winning HIV War

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By Michael Gwarisa THE U.S President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) says Zimbabwe is amongst the top four Southern African countries slowly winning the battle against the HIV epidemic. ALSO READ: Four African Countries Approaching Control of Their HIV Epidemics as U.S. Continues Its Commitment to PEPFAR Data from PEPFAR show that the HIV epidemic is coming under control across all age groups in Swaziland, the country with the highest HIV prevalence in the world and “…Additional PEPFAR-supported studies released in December 2016 for Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe demonstrate significant…

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President Mugabe Worried Over Rising Cancers

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By Michael Gwarisa PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe says the increase in non-communicable diseases  in most African countries was a cause for concern and urged governments to develop homegrown solutions to health issues affecting the continent. Officially opening the 67th edition of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Committee meeting today in Victoria Falls, President Mugabe said there was a worrying increase in Non-communicable diseases and new infections and there was need to act fast. “As Africa, we now face a double burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases, in most of these…

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