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Fired Zimbabwe doctors must reapply
Fired doctors wishing to get their jobs back must reapply, the Government has said. This comes as the Government has made moves to reopen Edith Opperm...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 14:50hrs | 799 | by Staff Reporter
Civic groups blasts government for sidelining health declaration
ZIMBABWE'S Civic groups have blamed Government for failing to uphold international declarations on health through implementation at national level, a ...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 08:56hrs | 373 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Beitbridge hospital mortuary turns away dead bodies
The Beitbridge District Hospital mortuary has stopped accepting corpses due to long spells of power cuts and the rising temperatures in the border tow...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 17:20hrs | 1757 | by Staff Reporter
UN condemns virginity testing
The United Nations has condemning and called for the end of virginity testing saying the practice is medically unnecessary, painful, humiliating...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 16:43hrs | 1246 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe plunges into health crisis, as nurses in council clinics strike
Zimbabwe's health sector is headed for collapse after nurses from council run clinics embarked on a strike that is expected to spread country wide. ...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 10:16hrs | 2375 | by Staff Reporter
Govt buckles to Zapu pressure
The government has buckled top pressure from a demonstration by Zapu at Mpilo hospital this week over recruitment of student nurses and reversed its d...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 11:10hrs | 3098 | by Ndou Paul
Doctors snub disciplinary hearings
Striking doctors have stuck to their guns, snubbing disciplinary hearings called by the Health Services Board, saying they were still financially inca...Published: 24 Oct 2019 at 11:55hrs | 2492 | by Staff Reporter
Govt further reviews health sector allowances
GOVERNMENT has reviewed health sector specific allowances by a further 40 percent from the initial 60 percent with effect from 1 October 2019. ...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 06:44hrs | 983 | by Staff Reporter
Doctors reject US$150 salaries
Zimbabwe doctors have rejected the Government offer of a 60% wage increase, which would have taken their wages up to US$150 per month.The doct...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 09:11hrs | 1334 | by Mandla Ndlovu
The Avenues Clinic run for a cause fulfills its mandate
The Avenues Clinic today the 20th of September 2019, donated yet again an assortment of hospital equipment and maternal health consumables at Rujeko P...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 14:05hrs | 708 | by Agencies
ZACC exposes nurse recruitment corruption
Staff at one of the major hospitals in the country are in the habit of allocating nurse training vacancies to their relatives and then go on to invite...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 07:21hrs | 1294 | by Staff Reporter
Minister concerned about lives lost due to high healthcare charges
Health and Child Care Minister Obadiah Moyo has said he would prefer not to gazette fees for health services with no foreign currency component but mi...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 16:10hrs | 449 | by Agencies
Muzamhindo picked to lead Cyclone Research
Leading Academic and Harare Policy Advisor Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo has been selected by Development partners to lead a Cyclone Research. Muzamhindo wh...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 13:48hrs | 785 | by Agencies
PHOTOS: Harare hospital introduces state of the art facilities
A Harare private hospital has opened state of the art recovery rooms designed in line with international standards.The Milton Park Medical Cen...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 17:31hrs | 4355 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe runs out of birth control pills
ZIMBABWE is facing a countrywide shortage of family planning pills due to procurement challenges which will only be addressed next month. ...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 08:54hrs | 968 | by Staff Reporter
Matobo clinic projects successful
THE initiative to rope in diasporans to play a key role in developing their areas of origin is paying off in Matobo District, Matabeleland South with ...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:13hrs | 138 | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo becoming haven for drug peddlers, gullible youths turn to mental patients' pills
BULAWAYO is fast turning into a haven for drug peddlers, who are pushing an assortment of dangerous substances, turning gullible youths into addicts....Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 08:43hrs | 859 | by Staff Reporter
Indian company seeks Bulawayo partnership to produce medicines locally
AN Indian pharmaceutical company, Centurion Healthcare Private Limited, is seeking to partner a company in Bulawayo to produce medicine locally in a d...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 08:03hrs | 533 | by Staff Reporter
Private hospitals demand up to US$700 fees
SOME PRIVATE health institutions are demanding as much as US$700 deposit and up to US$250 per night for patients admitted, making falling ill an econo...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 17:44hrs | 1566 | by Staff Reporter
'Cancer man' unfazed by Magaya-hospital furore
Forty-three-year-old Peter Manganda is not concerned much about the current furore over circumstances surrounding his cure from a 5,3 kilogramme debil...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 11:20hrs | 4564 | by Staff Reporter
2nd Annual Albinism Health Fair
Global Aid Missions Zimbabwe, a non-governmental organization that supports people with Albinism will be hosting its 2nd Annual Albinism Health Fair o...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 09:30hrs | 306 | by GAM
AHFoZ calls for stakeholder meeting over healthcare costs
The Association of Healthcare Funders of Zimbabwe (AHFoZ) notes with concern that most service providers and health institutions have introduced or co...Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 09:36hrs | 764 | by Agencies
Cancer treatment at Mpilo, Parirenyatwa hospitals compromised
Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals has stopped offering radiotherapy services after all its three cancer treatment machines broke down while unconfirmed ...Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 18:56hrs | 1343 | by Staff Reporter
Over 270k people receive cholera vaccine in Cyclone Idai ravaged districts
More than 270 000 people in Cyclone Idai ravaged districts of Chimanimani and Chipinge have so far been vaccinated against cholera under a government ...Published: 20 Apr 2019 at 18:01hrs | 556 | by Staff Reporter
15 reasons the nursing shortage won't last past 2040
With World Health Organization (WHO) reports indicating that roughly one third of the nursing workforce will be retiring in the next 10-15 years, it's...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 10:39hrs | 3281 | by Staff Writer
First ever albinism free clinic in Harare, Zimbabwe
Global Aid Missions, a non-governmental organization that supports people with Albinism, has opened the first ever albinism free clinic in Harare, Zim...Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 19:37hrs | 776 | by Angecies
Chiwenga happy with supply of medicines across Zimbabwe
Government has started receiving medicines and medical sundries from suppliers and is distributing them across the country. They comprise medicines fo...Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 09:53hrs | 1224 | by Staff Reporter
Senior doctors join striking juniors
HARARE - In the latest standoff between the government and striking junior doctors, senior medical personnel have now joined the industrial action by ...Published: 27 Dec 2018 at 20:05hrs | 6276 | by Staff Re
More boys born on Christmas Day
At least 72 babies were born on Christmas Day in four of country's major hospitals. Chitungwiza and Mpilo central hospitals recorded the highest...Published: 27 Dec 2018 at 08:44hrs | 1296 | by Staff Reporter
Government intensifies cervical cancer fight
Government has engaged several health partners in the provision of cervical cancer screening to women in rural areas as efforts intensify to detect an...Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 07:30hrs | 280 | by Staff Reporter
Mliswa pleased with Health Minister's visit to Norton
Norton legislator Temba Mliswa has hailed Minister of Health and Child care Obadiah Moyo for visiting the constituency to assess the area as the...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 07:14hrs | 649 | by Stephen Jakes
Cholera Suspect Tests Negative
The suspected cholera case that was reported in Kadoma last week has tested negative,a reliable source has revealed.Social media in Kadoma wen...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 07:10hrs | 373 | by Stephen Jakes
Suspected cholera cases drop from 10 000 to 24
SUSPECTED cholera cases have dropped from 10 000 to 24, while Government is making frantic efforts to ensure the water-borne disease is totally eradic...Published: 06 Oct 2018 at 08:29hrs | 336 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe to vaccinate 1.4 million people against cholera in Harare
HARARE - The Government of Zimbabwe with the support of the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners is launching today an oral cholera vaccinatio...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 15:03hrs | 586 | by APO
Dr. Edward Picardi on How Medical Specialists Benefit by Volunteering their Services to Impoverished Communities
Being a medical volunteer in a foreign country can be challenging and unnerving. The doctors are often required to go to some of the most remote areas...Published: 29 Sep 2018 at 15:46hrs | 1067 | by Agencies
Mpilo fails to cope, maternity patients sleep on the floor
MPILO Central Hospital in Bulawayo is failing to cope with the high number of maternity patients resulting in some of the expecting and new mothers sl...Published: 29 Sep 2018 at 12:32hrs | 809 | by Staff Reporter
First Mutual reviews health contributions by 5%
First Mutual Health sector has reviewed health contributions by 5% with effect from October 1.The company advised its various clients of the d...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 07:36hrs | 1016 | by Stephen Jakes
'Mpilo, Ingutsheni relegate nurses training to Zanu-PF'
Zapu spokesperson Iphithule Thembani Maphosa has accused Mpilo Central Hospital and Ingutsheni Hospital of allegedly relegating the recruitment of nur...Published: 27 Sep 2018 at 07:44hrs | 3033 | by Stephen Jakes
NMB joins fight against cholera
NMB Bank on Sunday handed over 3 000 buckets, 3 000 units of Water Guard and 120 000 litres of water to the District Health Office in Glen View to hel...Published: 25 Sep 2018 at 09:27hrs | 640 | by Agencies
11 cancer symptoms you should not ignore
Nobody likes the "C" word. Cancer is the scariest disease out there but if you catch it early, you have a big chance of survival.Obviously, so...Published: 25 Sep 2018 at 07:19hrs | 4625 | by Health Reporter
MDC-T Khupe bemoans cholera outbreak
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) led by Thokozani Khupe hsa lamented the outbreak of Cholera especially in Harare urging the stakeholders an...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 09:03hrs | 1630 | by Stephen Jakes
Govt rolls out Cholera vaccines
In the coming weeks, Government will begin administering cholera vaccines in selected suburbs in order to contain the current outbreak that has claime...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 07:39hrs | 579 | by Staff Reporter
How to stop spread of cholera
The best way to stop the spread of cholera is to stop the transmission routes.Hand washing with soap, ash or chlorine solution: Ha...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 07:25hrs | 709 | by Unicef
Harare suburbs rocked by 'double punch' of cholera and typhoid
HARARE - More than 1,000 Red Cross volunteers are fanning out through the suburbs of Zimbabwe’s capital in a bid to contain a deadly cholera outbrea...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 09:51hrs | 1709 | by APO/IFRC
WATCH: Health Minister Dr Moyo speaks on Cholera outbreak in Harare
Health and Child Care Minister Dr Obadiah Moyo speaks on Cholera outbreak in Harare....Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 07:26hrs | 643 | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo on high cholera alert
BULAWAYO City Council is on high cholera alert following the declaration of a cholera outbreak in Harare on Thursday. BCC senior public relati...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 08:00hrs | 370 | by Staff Reporter
Over 130 000 HIV patients resist drugs
OVER 130 000 people living with HIV and Aids in Zimbabwe have become resistant to currently available anti-retroviral drugs.Medical experts sa...Published: 26 Aug 2018 at 07:53hrs | 2974 | by Staff Reporter
TB outbreak at Ingutsheni
A tuberculosis (TB) outbreak has reportedly hit Bulawayo's Ingutsheni Psychiatric Hospital, with patients and members of staff being screened and quar...Published: 25 Aug 2018 at 07:36hrs | 1009 | by Staff Reporter
HIV vaccine test trial on cards for Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE has been listed along with other sub-Saharan countries for a test trial on an HIV vaccine which would help end the disease.Being unde...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 07:36hrs | 998 | by Staff reporter
Ekusileni investors tip Zimbabwe for glory
INDIAN investors who are set to reopen Ekusileni Medical Centre in Bulawayo yesterday said the new dispensation is on course to taking the country to ...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 10:17hrs | 1393 | by Staff Reporter
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