By Staff Reporter Cimas Health Group will tonight host the inaugural Cimas @80 Media Awards at Cresta Churchill Hotel in Bulawayo, marking a major milestone in the organisation’s 80th anniversary celebrations. The awards, launched in September and supported by the Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ), aim to honour outstanding health journalism that contributes to a well-informed and health-literate society. The Cimas @80 Media Awards recognise excellence across four key categories: Healthcare Transformation, Health and Wellness, Excellence in Medical Innovation, and Public Health Awareness. These categories reflect areas where journalism plays…
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Health Communicators Forum Launches Health Reporting Media Awards
In a bid to award journalists and encourage them to report better on health the Health Communicator Forum of Zimbabwe with backing from HIFC will honour the best health journalists in the country. By Staff Reporter During the awards journalists will be judged on best Covid 19 coverage and Best HIV/AIDS coverage amongst other categories. Speaking to Health times, the HCF Chairperson, Anna Miti said the awards are important as health journalists have been working really hard to keep reporting health in a very difficult environment fraught with misinformation and…
Read MoreHealthTimes Scribe Scoops Top Spotlight Initiative Media Monitoring Award
HEALTHTIMES Editor, Michael Gwarisa yesterday bagged yet another prestigious award in the Northern Chapter of the Annual Spotlight Initiative Media Monitoring Awards (SAMA) on Sexual Gender Based Violence (SGBV), HP and Sexual Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) reporting. By Staff Reporter The awards were hosted by Musasa Project through support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and sought to recognize journalists that went out of their way in reporting GBV issues as well as bringing all forms of violence and traditional harmful practices to the open. Gwarisa came out top…
Read MoreGovernment Endorse NAC Media Award
By HealthTimes Editor THE Government of Zimbabwe has thrown its weight behind the National Aids Council (NAC) Media awards in effort to to encourage positive reportage and coverage of AIDS related issues. Officiating at the inaugural NAC Media Awards in the capital this week, Health and Child Care Minister Hon David Parirenyatwa said the media was one of the key drivers of the widespread awareness and knowledge our people have about HIV and AIDS including the utilisation of prevention and treatment services. “I therefore would like to salute the editors…
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