Tag: HEALTH

Zimbabwe to Host Groundbreaking AI and Health Workshop Next Week at University of Zimbabwe

Michael Gwarisa

By Staff Reporter  Zimbabwe is set to host a high-profile three-day workshop next week focused on the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and health, with the aim of building local capacity and sparking innovation to address pressing healthcare challenges. Running from Tuesday, 3 June to Thursday, 5 June 2025, the “Artificial Intelligence for Health in Zimbabwe: Building Capacity, Inspiring Innovation” event will take place at the University of Zimbabwe’s Centre for Postgraduate Studies at the Innovation Hub. The workshop will bring together leading experts in health, AI, and data science…

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Community Health Workers Go Digital

Healthtimes

WHEN Nelson Mwanawenyu, a nurse at a plantation estate clinic in Manicaland province applied for a position with a private health institution in the city of Mutare, he was told the interview would be conducted through the Skype social media platform. By Caiphas Chimhete, CWGH He innocently asked the secretary who had phoned him to give exact directions to Skype, which he thought were some magnificent building in the mountainous city. Mwanawenyu’s enquiry sent the secretary into a bout of laughter. She however later explained to him that Skype was…

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Poor Health Delivery Systems In Zim Prisons

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THE Research and Advocacy Unit has bemoaned the state of healthcare delivery in prisons citing shortage of staff and medication needing urgent redress. By Kudakwashe Pembere In a policy brief released on Wednesday, RAU urges government and prison administrators to ensure that inmates right to is adequately protected and clearly stipulated. “Therefore, prison administrations have a responsibility to ensure that inmates receive proper health care and that prison conditions promote the wellbeing of both prisoners and prison staff. Health care staff must deal with inmates primarily as patients and not…

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President Mugabe Appointed WHO Ambassador

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HealthTimes Reporter  President Robert Mugabe has been appointed the World Health Organisation (WHO) Ambassador for Africa to help governments tackle chronic diseases such as diabetes, stroke, cancer and heart diseases. President Mugabe will work with national and local politicians to highlight the heavy economic and health burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), United Nations health agency said. WHO director-general Tedros Ad-hanom Ghebreyesus said President Mugabe’s appointment would enable governments to “strengthen our response together” to these “major public health challenges”. NCDs and injuries are responsible for 43 million deaths each year, according…

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