Category: Health News

Zim’s Oral health strategy on cards

Kuda Pembere

By Kuda Pembere As part of efforts to improve oral health in the country, the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) is working on developing a strategy for oral health as well as conducting a national oral health survey. This was said by Health and Child Care Deputy Minister, Sleiman Kwidini on Wednesday during the World Oral Health Day commemorations themed “Healthy Mouth, Healthy Body”. According to the oral health situational analysis, carried out last year with support from WHO, there are gaps in service delivery, information for programming,…

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Leveraging Private Sector to Reduce Unsafe Abortions

Healthtimes

Dr Munyaradzi Murwira Due to the restrictive abortion laws in Zimbabwe, both medical and non-medical individuals clandestinely perform most of the abortions. Legal and administrative barriers coupled with stigma among both women and health service providers, and fear of social repercussions as well as risking imprisonment are barriers to access legal abortion in Zimbabwe. The legal termination of pregnancy is performed only in public health facilities at district, provincial and central hospitals, after authorisation from the magistrate. Rather than reduce abortion incidence, the restrictive abortion laws result in women pursuing…

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10 Minutes In The Shoes Of Zim’;s First Video-Assisted-Thoracoscopy-Surgery (VATS) Patient

Kuda Pembere

By Kudakwashe Pembere On March 1, 2024, donning a purple silk night gown, Tatenda Nyakutya is admitted in Ward B5 for females as she awaits to see her 17-year-old child whom she last saw about a week prior her surgery. Despite the pots surgery pain, Tatenda’s sense of humor gets the best of her as she finds time to crack one or two jokes with her relatives. “So in 2022, I collapsed and they rushed me to Nyanga District Hospital,” says Tatenda as she shuffles through a medicine bag containing…

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Conservation Is The Firewall To Future Public Health Threats Says AWF Boss

Michael Gwarisa

By Michael Gwarisa In 2020, the world went into a total lockdown following the declaration of the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) as a global health pandemic. The coronavirus is an infectious disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Cases of novel coronavirus were first detected in China in December 2019, with the virus spreading rapidly to other countries worldwide. This led WHO to declare a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020 and to characterise the outbreak as a pandemic on 11 March…

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Second polio vaccination campaign in Zim begins

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By Staff Reporter The second round of the national polio vaccination campaign begins today with the Health and Child Care Ministry anticipating to vaccinate over 4 million children. Polio is a dangerous disease that can cause paralysis or death of children. The Health Ministry in collaboration with UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO), and many partners last month started the nationwide polio vaccination campaign using the novel OPV type two (nOPV2) vaccine following the confirmation of circulating poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in Zimbabwe. The two phased campaign aims to…

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Chitungwiza Hospital moves to contain water crisis

Kuda Pembere

By Kuda Pembere Construction of a 600 000 litre water reservoir at Chitungwiza Central Hospital is well on course with Hospital authorities upbeat they will complete it by year end. The water reservoir comes to contain the water shortages the Hospital has been battling with over the past years. Speaking with HealthTimes, Chitungwiza Hospital Clinical Director Dr Jonah Kasule said following consultations, a water reservoir was proposed the best solution to avert the water crisis. “So we have our water challenges in Chitungwiza Hospital. It’s been there for years. And…

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Passion Java and wife donate to Chitungwiza Hospital

Kuda Pembere

By Kuda Pembere The donations of ambulances, wheelchairs and beds by Passion Java and his wife Lilly came at the nick of time when Chitungwiza Central Hospital had several challenges which hampered the provision of quality health care for people in the town. This was revealed by the Hospital’s authorities in an interview last Saturday when representatives of the Passion Java Ministries and Lilly Java Foundation handed over 25 wheelchairs, two ambulances, hospital beds and blankets. I mean, we said we are very thankful to Passion Java Ministries and the…

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ZIMSTAT conducts Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV) Coverage Survey

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By Staff Reporter The Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT) tomorrow begins a survey to ascertain cholera knowledge levels in the country’s seven provinces. Amongst the other objectives for the Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV) Coverage Survey are establishing the cholera prevention and control, Oral Cholera Vaccine coverage rates, and the utilization of sanitation facilities and safe water sources. “The Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT) will be undertaking the Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV) Coverage Survey listing of households exercise from 14th to 22nd March 2024. The listing exercise will be conducted in…

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Cimas donates US$13 000 to Cancer Association of Zimbabwe

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By Staff Reporter One of Zimbabwe’s biggest medical aid companies, Cimas Medical Aid, under their wellness brand iGO donated US$13,753.00 to the Cancer Association of Zimbabwe (CAZ). The donation came from proceeds raised from the annual iGo half marathon by Cimas, held in November last year in Harare and Bulawayo, where 1,422 athletes participated in different races. Speaking at the handover ceremony, Cimas Chief Marketing Officer Tatenda Madzikanda said the donation exemplifies the group’s commitment to positively improving the well-being of individuals in the communities it serves. “We are now…

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Mothers’ Waiting Shelters Reduce Maternal Mortality Rates In Mat South

Kuda Pembere

By Kuda Pembere recently in Mat South Province Driven by the need to address challenges faced with expecting mothers during childbirth, maternity waiting homes have contributed to a reduction in the number women who die whilst giving birth in Matabeleland South province. The shelters are being established through financial support from the Health Resilience Fund (HRF) with the purposes of reducing maternal mortality from 462 to 240 per 100 000 live births and neonatal mortality from 32 to 20 per 1000 live births by 2025. HRF is funded by the…

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