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China-aided hospital bears testimony to growing China-Zimbabwe ties
IN Zimbabwe, a China-aided hospital stands as a testament to the growing ties between the two countries.The Mahusekwa Hospital, also known as the China-Zimbabwe Friendship Hospital, was built ...Published: 09 Sep 2024 at 08:28hrs | 159 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo Hospital faces surge in child deaths
Child mortality statistics at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo increased between January and March before decreasing in April this year, despite reassurances from the Ministry of Health and Child Ca...Published: 17 Jul 2024 at 06:57hrs | 388 | by Staff reporter
UBH paediatric unit reopens 17 years on
A PAEDIATRIC unit at United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) opened for admissions this week, 17 years after being closed due a shortage of specialists.UBH acting clinical director Harrison Rambanapas...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 05:59hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Black children subjected to racism in UK
Racism hurts children, in real and fundamental ways. It hurts not just their health, but their chances for a good, successful life.It destroys their confidence and it is mostly applied by teac...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 06:40hrs | 9 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabweans in SA still collect ARVs locally
ZIMBABWEANS living in South Africa continue to collect antiretrovirals (ARVs) locally as many are undocumented and cannot access the health care facilities easily in the neighbouring country, a situat...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:09hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Patriotism needed to retain skilled labour, says Chiwenga
VICE-President and Minister of Health and Child Care General (Retired) Dr Constantino Chiwenga says patriotism is the motivating factor that should see the country retaining its specialised and skille...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:11hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo doctor makes historic return home
AN opportunity to study and work abroad, is one that is never missed or compromised as "pastures" are considered greener out there, but for an ex-Milton High School pupil, returning home was on top of...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's first female pediatric cardiologist
A pediatric cardiac centre opened this week at Mpilo Central Hospital to cater for children suffering from heart ailments and is headed by a history-maker, Zimbabwe's first female pediatric cardiologi...Published: 02 Oct 2021 at 15:36hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Mpilo opens heart unit for children
MPILO Central Hospital opened a pediatric cardiac centre yesterday, the second in Zimbabwe as Government pushes to ensure that those suffering from congenital heart diseases (CHD) are attended to loca...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean Hlatshwayo Davis named health director of U.S. city of St Louis
Zimbabwean Dr. Matifadza Hlatshwayo Davis has been named director of health for St. Louis, the second biggest city in the state of Missouri in the United States of America.The infectious disea...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 19:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pregnant women can use PrEP- study
PREGNANT women who are HIV negative can use the Dapivirine ring and oral Truvada as a means to prevent HIV infection in the last stages of their pregnancies, a recent study has revealed.It is ...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 07:30hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
Experts warn of third Covid-19 wave after Easter
HEALTH experts have warned of the possibility of an explosion in Covid-19 cases immediately after the Easter holidays if the public fail to comply with lockdown regulations. Easter holidays ar...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:00hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 disrupts TB address progress
BULAWAYO, Midlands, Matabeleland North and South provinces accounted for most tuberculosis (TB) deaths recorded in Zimbabwe last year amid reports that Covid-19 disrupted progress that Zimbabwe had ma...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 05:45hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa needs more than our prayers
As I carried a message of comfort to the young Christian pastors in Masvingo, I was overwhelmed by the trials and tribulations under which these brothers worked.My interactions with Apostle El...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 14:27hrs | | by Kenneth Mufuka
UN allays Zimbabwe ARV shortage fears
A foreign currency shortage is hampering Zimbabwe's ability to purchase anti-retroviral therapy for people living with HIV, but the United Nations says the situation has not yet reached crisis levels....Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 08:47hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa makes major appointment
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed Dr Agnes Mahova as a permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Childcare with immediate effect.Dr Mahomva is a public health specialist and c...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 19:13hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe to revive heart operations
THE Government is working towards reviving cardiac operations in Bulawayo to address children born with heart diseases who are forced to travel to Harare or neighbouring countries for help.A c...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 06:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
PEPFAR adds strength, endurance to Homeless World Cup preps
Harare, June 6, 2018: President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) tested over 100 individuals for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and shared health information with over 1000 community member...Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 08:52hrs | | by ZimPAS
PEPFAR, partners breathe new life into Harare’s First Street
The OK- PEPFAR First Street Stage in central Harare was a hive of activity with scores of individuals queuing to get tested for HIV as well as receive health information on Wednesday. The...Published: 05 May 2017 at 06:51hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Children to pay the price for Trump's 'Muslim ban'?
As U.S. President Donald Trump's revised travel ban takes effect, an upcoming Fault Lines documentary on Al Jazeera highlights the consequences of a blanket policy that closes America's doors to those...Published: 14 Mar 2017 at 10:46hrs | | by Kevin Kriedemann & Joy Sapieka
Study Abroad Opportunities
ZIM SCHOLARS offers interested students the opportunity to study at prestigious Russian State Universities and to get Higher Education in more than 200 Medical, Engineering, Technical, Economic and Hu...Published: 04 Feb 2017 at 07:59hrs | | by Dr Dany Muzenda
Little Bishop's daughter in gay storm
RETIRED Bishop Desmond Tutu's daughter has been kicked out of South Africa's Anglican Church as a priest after she married a woman.Reverend Canon Mpho Tutu-van Furth can no longer preside at H...Published: 29 May 2016 at 10:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
UBH runs out of ARVs
ONE of Bulawayo's biggest health institutions, United Bulawayo Hospitals has run out of life saving Anti-Retroviral Drugs, a situation that has left patients stranded and having to find their own supp...Published: 06 Mar 2016 at 07:02hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
Desmond Tutu's lesbian daughter weds
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu's daughter, Reverend Mpho Tutu who is a lesbian got married on Wednesday.Her lesbian marriage stands in stark contrast to her Tutu parents, who recently renewe...Published: 02 Jan 2016 at 17:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
30% of Mpilo babies die
A THIRD of approximately 1,000 babies born prematurely annually at Mpilo Central Hospital die before attaining their first month of life, alarming figures from the hospital show.The statistics...Published: 02 Nov 2015 at 05:36hrs | | by Thandeka Moyo
Church leaders urged not to lie to congregants
Religious leaders have been chastised to desist from giving false hope to their congregants by misrepresenting to them that healing sessions free them from HIV and AIDS.This emerged at a works...Published: 20 Sep 2015 at 18:01hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mothers sleep on the floor at Mpilo hospital
Mothers at Bulawayo's Mpilo Hospital are sleeping on the floor in the Paediatric Unit where their sick children are receiving treatment.The hospital's Pediatric Unit, the only referral cen...Published: 31 Aug 2014 at 16:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
7-month-old baby stuck at Mpilo, parents unable to raise $500 for Op
IT doesn't rain but pours for a Maphisa couple whose baby has spent 6-months at Mpilo hospital in Bulawayo due to Hydrocephalus.According to Wikipedia, hydrocephalus is a deadly medical ...Published: 26 Aug 2014 at 12:49hrs | | by Moyo Roy
World Cup stars donate their winning bonuses
The World Cup may be over for Germany and Argentina, but players on both teams are putting their cash winnings to good use by donating them to worthy causes.According to the UK-based Expre...Published: 17 Jul 2014 at 08:45hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Uproar over medical consultation fees hiking
People's representatives Sunday said the increase in medical consultation fees by government were unjustified and should be reversed as the new fees were inaccessible, considering the prevailing hard ...Published: 26 May 2014 at 11:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mangoma's sorry tale
The MDC in general and the 'T' faction in particular, is an association whose DNA is heavily steeped in violence. It was borne out of violence and currently faces grim prospects of a self-inflicted vi...Published: 04 Feb 2014 at 07:04hrs | | by Sambulo Vuma
Baby born with multiple body parts
It sounds like a story from a fiction book, one where extraordinary human beings of different shapes and sizes fit perfectly into an author's script. To the ordinary population of Mhondoro, a ...Published: 20 Jan 2014 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
3-year-old girl dies after undergoing a dental procedure
Finley Boyle, a 3-year-old Hawaii girl who suffered massive brain damage after undergoing a dental procedure last month, died Friday night, a hospice said Saturday.The girl died with her famil...Published: 04 Jan 2014 at 19:31hrs | | by CNN
US hospital forming a sister relationship with Mater Dei
BOTH St. Francis Hospital in Columbus, US, and Mater Dei Hospital in Bulawayo, were opened by Franciscan nuns in the 1950s, and both are now led by community trustees.The two have teams of ded...Published: 28 Aug 2013 at 06:51hrs | 1 | by Larry Gierer I Ledger-enquirer.com
Limited access to early infant diagnosis affects HIV transmission reduction
LIMITED access to early infant diagnosis (EID) has been hampering efforts to reduce the rate of mother-to-child HIV transmission from 14% to less than 5% by 2015, a local health organisation has said....Published: 04 Aug 2013 at 18:19hrs | | by Staff Reporter
The Collin Nyabadza Children's Voice Charitable Trust
Collin Nyabadza is the Executive Director of The Collin Nyabadza Children's Voice Charitable Trust, an organisation that was set up in Zimbabwe in Decembe...Published: 29 Apr 2013 at 17:42hrs | | by Collin Nyabadza
Teenager gives birth on board South African Airways to New York
New York - A baby was born several hours after departure on board South African Airways flight 203 from Johannesburg bound for New York on Saturday evening.The NY Daily News reports Fatawmatt ...Published: 11 Mar 2013 at 08:05hrs | | by Staff Reporter
HIV infected baby cured
Washington - A baby born with the virus that causes Aids appears to have been cured, scientists announced on Sunday, describing the case of a child from Mississippi who's now 2 and has been off medica...Published: 04 Mar 2013 at 06:26hrs | | by Sapa
More than half of the children living with HIV failing to access ARVs
MORE than half of the children living with HIV and Aids are failing to access anti-retroviral drugs despite the pediatric formulations being available, senior health officials have said.About ...Published: 17 Jun 2012 at 21:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
7000 kids die of HIV related illness every year in Zimbabwe
Thousands of children die each year from HIV-related illnesses, often because they have no access to life-prolonging anti-retroviral drugs, the Herald reports."Between 6, 000 and 7 000 die pe...Published: 08 Sep 2011 at 13:39hrs | | by Sapa-dpa
Major Commitment Made to Dramatically Accelerate the Elimination of Pediatric HIV-AIDS in Zimbabwe
Harare - The Government's national program to eliminate pediatric HIV/AIDS has received a significant boost with an award by the London-based Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) to the Eli...Published: 20 Jan 2011 at 19:20hrs | | by Byo24NEWS
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