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Govt Has Turned Its Back On The Health Sector: Citizens Cry Foul
The citizens have cried foul over government's decision to fire medical doctors, a move that has brought the already stuttering country's health delivery system to total collapse.
Medical doctors at all major referral hospitals have not…
Doctors Unmoved By Dismissals
Medical doctors said they remain unmoved by government's decision to fire 77 out of 80 doctors who did not show up for the disciplinary hearings last Thursday accusing the Health Services Board (HSB) of negotiating in bad faith.
This was…
Doctors Set Record Straight On Mpilo Hospital Situation
Senior doctors at Mpilo Hospital have dismissed as false an article published in one of the local weeklies purporting that all was well at Mpilo hospital in Bulawayo.
In a press statement released yesterday, the Zimbabwe Senior Hospital…
UMP District Medical Director Mazanhi Calls For Effective Use Of IRS To Fight Malaria
Uzumba Maramba Pfungwe (UMP) District Medical Officer Dr Pikirai Mazanhi has called on the government and other stakeholders to intensify Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) to effectively address the malaria pandemic that reoccurs in the…
First Lady Urges Parents To Engage Children In Bid To Curb Early Pregnancies
First Lady Auxillia Mnangangwa has called on parents to talk to their children about early and unintended pregnancies at home instead of leaving all the work to teachers and organizations.
Officiating at the launch of United Nations…
An Incapacitated Doctor Can’t Move: Doctors Defy Gvt Disciplinary Action
Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) has defied the government's disciplinary action telling their employer that they will not be attending any of their hearings due to incapacitation.
The doctors, vowed to continue with their…
‘My Wife Should Have Delivered At Home’ Deceased Pregnant Woman’s Hubby Speaks
Spotting a black shirt, black trouser, black shoes, complemented by a clean cheesekop shave, Taurai Matsiwe cut a lone figure among the women as he was the only man who joined the Women's Coalition of Zimbabwe protest against the…
Mash Central Records Highest Cases of Early, Unintended Pregnancies
A recent report by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has revealed that Mashonaland Central has the highest incidences of early and unintended pregnancies (EUP) due the illegal gold miners who take…
‘Period Poverty’ Hits Hard On Rural Girls, Teachers Forced To Chip In
The worsening economic situation in the country has forced school teachers from Shamva district to use their own resources to purchase and hand out sanitary pads to their pupils to ensure they do not miss school.
During a community…
Manyuchi Throws Weight Behind NetOne Free Cancer Screening Campaign In Mabvuku
World Boxing Federation (WBF) Middleweight champion Charles Manyuchi threw weight behind one of the country's leading network providers, NetOne's free Breast Cancer Awareness by turning up top the screening exercise in Mabvuku over the…