Category: Health News

Government of Zimbabwe and partners recognise midwives in Zimbabwe

Kuda Pembere

Harare, Zimbabwe, 22 May 2024 – The Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) through the Zimbabwe Confederation of Midwives (ZICOM) with support from the Embassy of Sweden and the United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) Wednesday commemorated the International Day of the Midwives with recognition of 15 midwives from Zimbabwe’s 10 provinces who have excelled in their work. The International Day of the Midwife (IDM) is an important calendar day for all midwives and partners worldwide. It was established in 1992 by the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) to honour…

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Helping Out Of School Adolescent Girls Navigate HIV and AIDS Vices Through Economic Strengthening Programs in Mash West

Michael Gwarisa

By Michael Gwarisa Being the first born child to both parents living with hearing and speech disabilities, 20 year old Cecelia Mhande from Chikangwe Township in Karoi, has not had it easy. Her situation got worse when her father lost his job at a local dealership a few years ago, plunging her entire family into untold economic hardships. Even though she wrote and passed her Advanced Level (A Level) examinations in 2023, her prospects of going into University this year hang in limbo owing to the financial challenges back home.…

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Hope on the Horizon As New TB Vaccine Trials Kick Off

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Hundred years later after the first Tuberculosis Vaccine was developed, a new TB vaccine is on the horizon. By Mandy Collins Imagine a world where TB doesn’t steal millions of lives each year. That dream might be inching closer, thanks to a groundbreaking vaccine trial kicking off in South Africa. Towards the end of March 2024, the first doses of potentially the first new tuberculosis (TB) vaccine in a century were administered at a clinical trial site in Johannesburg, South Africa, marking a crucial step in the fight against this…

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#BREAKING: Health Ministry Appoints Dr Kavenga, Madzikwa To Substantive Roles

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By Staff Reporter The Ministry of Health and Child Care has made two key appointments to the Pharmaceutical as well as Tuberculosis Control divisions. The two recent appointees are Dr Fungai Kavenga who has been promoted to the position of Deputy Director TB and Prevention Control, and Mr Newman Madzikwa who has been appointed substantive Director Pharmacy Services. Dr Kavenga is a medical doctor and Public Health specialist with over 10 years in TB and HIV programing. He has worked in the Private sector, Civil Society Organisations and Public Sectors…

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Health Minister To Present National Health Insurance Bill in parliament in July

Kuda Pembere

By Kuda Pembere The Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) is preparing to table the much anticipated National Health Insurance Bill in Parliament come July this year, HealthTimes has learnt. While in a previous interview with this publication, the Health and Child Care Minister Dr Douglas Mombeshora had promised the NHI would be rolled out by July this year, Zimbabweans may have to wait a bit longer as this is the time the NHI bill to govern the scheme’s operationalization may be presented to Parliament. So these are proposals…

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Over 750 young doctors benefit from Merck Foundation’s Nationwide Diabetes and Hypertension Blue Point program

Kuda Pembere

By Kuda Pembere With African countries having fewer specialist doctors in hypertension, cardiology and endocrinology, the partnership between Africa’s first ladies, the Ministries of Health, medical societies as well as the academia and the Merck Foundation under the “Nationwide Diabetes and Hypertension Blue Point program” banner have given over 750 scholarships to young doctors. The young doctors will be practicing specialties namely Hypertension, Cardiology, Diabetes and Endocrinology. This Merck Foundation said this in a statement to commemorate World Hypertension Day. “At Merck Foundation we mark “World Hypertension Day” by improving…

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Zimbabwe Validates Multi-Sectoral Accountability Framework for TB Findings

Michael Gwarisa

By Michael Gwarisa In a bid to accelerate progress to end Tuberculosis (TB) by the year 2030, Zimbabwe has developed and endorsed its Multi-Sectorial Accountability Framework for Tuberculosis (MAF-TB) framework for TB baseline assessment findings. Launched in January 2023 in Zimbabwe, the MAF-TB aims to support the effective accountability of government and all stakeholders in the country, to accelerate progress to end the tuberculosis epidemic; and to be aligned fully with the End TB Strategy and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Development of MAF-TB in Zimbabwe was done by…

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Community-based TB treatment highly effective in Togo

Michael Gwarisa

By Staff Reporter New research finds that a community-based approach to delivering TB treatment is highly effective at achieving successful TB treatment outcomes in Togo. The Union led the study in partnership with Togo’s National TB Programme (NTP) and the World Health Organization’s Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases. The researchers found that 93% of participants had favourable outcomes after six months (e.g. cured and/or completed treatment) through a community health worker-led approach to supervising treatment intake, compared to 78% through a family member supervising treatment intake.…

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Local organization supports children with neurological conditions

Kuda Pembere

By Kuda Pembere A group of youths from one of Harare’s oldest suburbs Highfields teaming up to start an organization supporting children living with neurological conditions says much can be done to allieviate the plight of caregivers and their children with intellectual and developmental disorders. The Charity Project was founded by Dr Mark Chunga, working with Ms Wadzanai Majuru, the operations manager; Ms Natasha Machingura, the programs manager and Mr Munyaradzi Edmore Kashiri, the finance manager. The organization has presence in Zimbabwe South Africa and Botswana. The organization birthed after…

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AHFoZ Conference on Health slated for September

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The Association of Healthcare Funders of Zimbabwe (AHFoZ) will host its Annual “All Stakeholders Conference on Health”,  from 4-7 September 2024, at the Elephant Hills Resort in Victoria Falls. This prestigious event will bring together medical aid societies, healthcare professionals, policymakers, suppliers, medical aid member representatives, and all stakeholders from across the country and beyond, to discuss and explore strategies for improving healthcare outcomes. Under the theme “Zooming in on our Healthcare Outcomes: Making the main thing the main thing,” the conference aims to highlight the importance of focusing on…

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