Category: Health News

#Breaking: Zimbabwe Targets Two Million With Oral Cholera Vaccines

Michael Gwarisa

By Michael Gwarisa In a bid to provide temporal protection against Cholera infection and severe cholera symptoms, Zimbabwe will soon be rolling out a targeted Oral Cholera vaccination program in the 57 affected districts, HealthTimes has learnt. Zimbabwe is among the 18 countries battling Cholera in the world and according to the Africa Centre for Diseases Control (Africa CDC), the widespread Cholera crisis on the continent has pushed demand for Oral Cholera Vaccines (OVC) to unprecedented levels. However, Zimbabwe has since made headway in terms of procuring vaccines and mapping…

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Central Government Briefly Takes Over Solid Waste Management In Harare As Cholera Rears Ugly Head

Michael Gwarisa

By Michael Gwarisa Riding on the existing Emergency Solid Waste Management Program, guided by Statutory Instrument 140 of 2023, following the declaration of a state of disaster in Harare Metropolitan province, the Zimbabwean government is implementing a raft of measures through Operation Chenesa Harare (Clean Harare), an ambitious waste management program targeting to clear all solid waste within a week. The collected waste will be taken to Pomona Dump Site in Harare in a move the government believes will address the drivers of Cholera and other diarrhoeal diseases in Harare.…

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President Mnangagwa appoints seven to Health Service Commision

Kuda Pembere

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed seven commissioners to the Health Service Commission (HSC) to oversee its affairs. Formerly the Health Service Board (HSB), this government entity was renamed to the Health Service Commission in January last year. Chairing the HSC is Dr Vincent Hungwe who also chairs the Public Service Commission. Dr Abigail Rugare Kangwende a seasoned medical practitioner with more than four decades worth of experience was made the Vice chairperson. Former Health secretary Brigadier Gen. (Rtd) Dr. Gerald Gwinji bounces back into the Health and Child Care Ministry,…

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#JUSTIN: Young Zim Medical Doctor Killed By Dislodged Truck Tyre

Healthtimes

By Staff Reporter A 30 year old Medical Doctor stationed at Chinhoyi Provincial Hospital in Mashonaland West, Dr Tinotenda Madzima has died after being fatally hit by a trye which had dislodged from a moving truck, the Zimbabwe Republic Police has confirmed. The fatal road traffic accident occurred on January 3, 2024 at about 0700 hours at the 116 kilometre peg along Harare-Chirundu Road. The doctor was walking along the road when he was hit on the back by a wheel which had dislodged from a Scania haulage truck which…

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Ms. Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda Lands Top United Nations Job

Michael Gwarisa

By Staff Reporter United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda of Zimbabwe as Deputy Executive Director for Normative Support, United Nations System Coordination and Programme Results at the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women). The Secretary-General wishes to extend his appreciation to UN Women Director, Policy, Programme and Intergovernmental Support, Sarah Hendriks of Canada, who will continue to serve as UN Women Deputy Executive Director ad interim, until Ms. Gumbonzvanda assumes her functions. Ms. Gumbonzvanda is the Founder…

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Shortage of Blood Group O Hits Zimbabwe After Festive Season

Kuda Pembere

By Kuda Pembere High demand for blood and blood products during the just ended festive season has led to the depletion of Blood Group O stocks in Zimbabwe. According to the National Blood Service of Zimbabwe (NBSZ), 52 percent of Zimbabwe’s population are type O blood group, and this makes it the most sought after blood type at any given time, hence the perennial shortages. Group O can donate red blood cells to anybody. It’s the universal donor. Type O positive blood is one of the first to run out…

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Madzimai Ane Zvivakashure Zvakati Kurei Haarware-rware

Michael Gwarisa

Nyaya na Michael Gwarisa Mazuvano, madzimai nevasikana vari kumhanya mhanya kuda kuita zvidya mafuta zvisingakore kana kuti ma Slender. Hazvina kushata, kasi manga muchizviziva here kuti kune tsvakurudzo yakaitwa inoratdiza kuti madzimai ane mwanda we zvivakashure ane hutano uye haarware rware sezvinoita avo vasina. Tsvakurudzo yakaitwa ne chikoro chezvidzidzo zvepmusoro che Oxford University’s . Pamadzimai zviuru gumi ne vavatanhatu (16,000) vakaongororwa musarudzi idzi varatidza kuti vakadzi vane zvivakashure zvakati kurei havangiorina njere chete muchikoro kasi havarware rware nezvirwere zvinonzi ma chronic illnesses zvinobata avo vasina. Mukru we tsvakurudzo idzi, Muzvinafundo…

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Zimbabwe’s Top 10 Exceptional Public Health Interventions and Innovations For 2023

Healthtimes

Even though Zimbabwe’s healthcare sector is facing challenges, there remains some extraordinary work that the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC), development partners, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and individuals are doing to enhance the quality care and services in Zimbabwe’s healthcare sector. Zimbabwe just like the rest of the world, is recovering from the effects of COVID-19, which to a greater extent disrupted public health interventions such as National Immunisation programs, vaccinations, and health promotion amongst a host of other interventions. Despite these challenges, Zimbabwe has innovated and come…

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Idle Buildings Converted Into Life-Saving Oral Rehydration Points For Cholera Patients In Manicaland

Michael Gwarisa

By Michael Gwarisa in Manicaland Almost 15 kilometers from Zvipiripiri Rural Clinic, Sekuru Ramson Nyatsanza* (79) from Nyangani Village Ward 16 in Mutare rural, is experiencing severe Cholera symptoms. He is vomiting profusely and the rice water-like diarrhoea is not stopping. Despite being a member of an Apostolic Sect that is known for prohibitin followers from seeking healthcare services, Sekuru Nyatsanza is determined to get help. His relatives carry him to an Oral Rehydration Point (ORP) that the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) through technical and financial support…

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Zim among African countries to roll out Dapivirine Ring

Kuda Pembere

By Staff Reporter Having sold over 113 000 dapivirine rings under the ‘DapiRing’ brand as of September this year, Zimbabwe having approved it, is among the African countries set to roll the product out. The dapivirine vaginal ring, an alternative HIV prevention method for women will be rolled out to fill this yawning gap where adolescent girls and young women are among the groups most at risk in sub-Saharan Africa. The antiretroviral ring is now approved or authorized for use in 11 countries in East and Southern Africa, according to a November…

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