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Government to formally employ 22,000 village health workers
In a bid to bolster healthcare delivery across rural communities, the Ministry of Health and Child Care is set to formally employ and integrate 22,000 village health workers into the civil service. Th...Published: 22 Dec 2024 at 10:31hrs | 109 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe prepares for ward based mass drug administration for bilharzia, intestinal worms and lymphatic filariasis
BULAWAYO - To tackle the prevalent neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), Zimbabwe is gearing up for a nationwide mass drug administration (MDA) campaign set to commence this September. Spearheaded by th...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 17:46hrs | 225 | by APO
Strive Masiyiwa's wife appointed END Fund chair
Renowned humanitarian Tsitsi Masiyiwa has been appointed board chairperson of the END Fund, a collaborative philanthropic fund dedicated to ending neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).Masiyiwa, ...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 06:52hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Ivermectin okayed for Covid-19 treatment
Three private hospitals and three private pharmacies have been allowed by the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe to prescribe Ivermectin for the prevention and treatment of Covid-19 but only in r...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 05:48hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
African education in Zimbabwe is credited to Christian missionaries
The history of Christianity and African education in Zimbabwe is the history of Christian missionary work and achievements. Dr David Livingstone, a member of the London Missionary Society, travelled e...Published: 27 Sep 2021 at 17:07hrs | 64 | by Dr Onesimus A. Ngundu
40 million Americans live in poverty
America is known for flash. But all that glisters is not gold, according to the latest United Nations report on President Trump's country. From the outside, America is heaven, "God's own country" they...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 08:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa, US charity fight tropical diseases in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's billionaire Strive Masiyiwa and the US's End Fund are tackling neglected diseases that blind, disable and disfigure millions of Zimbabwe's poorest people, but many are shunning treatment du...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 15:56hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Auxillia Mnangagwa start First Lady duties
FIRST Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa yesterday paid a surprise visit at Harare Central Hospital to get an appreciation of problems plaguing the health institution as well as acquaint herself with its operati...Published: 07 Dec 2017 at 05:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, South Africa sign health co-operation deal
ZIMBABWE and South Africa yesterday signed a five-year health co-operation deal to jointly fight common diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis and HIV and Aids, among others.The agreement, sig...Published: 30 Aug 2017 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe in Victoria Falls for WHO conference
PRESIDENT Mugabe arrived in Victoria Falls yesterday ahead of the opening ceremony of the 67th World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa Conference, which opens today and runs unti...Published: 28 Aug 2017 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sustainable Development Goals are in sync with Africa's priorities
Newly adopted Sustainable Development Goals could transform the continentOn 26 September, a day after world leaders adopted the new development age...Published: 20 Nov 2015 at 21:55hrs | 1 | by Kingsley Ighobor
Govt roles out mass immunization
Two ministries are today embarking on a week-long mass immunisation programme countrywide targeting elimination of bilharzia and intestine Worms.According to the national prevalence survey con...Published: 26 Oct 2015 at 07:50hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
'Ubuntu' means Africa must take the lead when dealing with Ebola
07 May 2015: The concept of 'Ubuntu' should be applied to the ethical treatment of Ebola - and other neglected tropical diseases - in order to change the way that African countries respond to the dis...Published: 07 May 2015 at 16:59hrs | | by Epic MSLGroup
Vaccine, operational support crucial in preventing future Ebola epidemics
In this interview by Yemisi Akinbola for Africa Renewal, Julien Potet, the Policy Advisor on Neglected Tropical Diseases Vaccines with Medecins Sans Frontieres, talks about the challenges and advances...Published: 01 Feb 2015 at 07:33hrs | | by Yemisi Akinbobola
Bilharzia disease rampant in Zimbabwe
The Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC), says 57 out of the country's 63 districts are prone to the deadly bilharzia disease which, if untreated, could cause infertility and other health complic...Published: 25 Jan 2015 at 07:44hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Shocking salaries for city bosses
Harare City Council directors are earning 'obscene' salaries at a time when the municipality is failing to pay low level workers and battling to provide basic services to the capital, The Zimbabwe Ma...Published: 15 Jan 2014 at 09:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Two children died of diarrhoea'
Two of the three children who died after taking medication under the on-going mass drug administration programme for bilharzia succumbed to diarrhoea, a preliminary investigation has revealed....Published: 14 Nov 2013 at 12:38hrs | 8 | by Staff Reporter
Ministry of Health receives drugs for the treatment of bilharzia
THE Ministry of Health and Child Welfare has received drugs from the World Health Organisation (WHO) for the treatment of bilharzia, following increased cases of the disease and intestinal worms in th...Published: 14 Jul 2012 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mission: mass treatment of bilharzia in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe will embark on a mass treatment of bilharzia and intestinal worms, after recording a high rate of infections last year.The Head of Epidemiology and Disease Control in the Ministry of ...Published: 25 Feb 2011 at 11:54hrs | 4 | by Byo24NEWS
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