Zimbabwe AIDS Network (ZAN) has petitioned the government over the shortage of Antiretroviral drugs in the country. This comes after the failure by the Reserve Bank Zimbabwe (RBZ) to release money that was set aside by the Global Fund to finance ARV Supply. In a telephone interview
Director AIDS and Tuberculosis (TB) in the Ministry of Health and Child Care, Doctor Owen Mugurungi has expressed shock and disbelief at the statistics which are showing that young people of 20-24 years are leading with new HIV infections in Zimbabwe, 263Chat has been told. Dr
The Minister of Health and Child Care, Doctor Obadiah Moyo has challenged the newly appointed Natpharm board to scale up operations and stock the pharmaceutical warehouse above the 65 percent which they are currently at. The Minister said this in the capital today at a workshop
HIV and tuberculosis (TB) remain leading causes of preventable death in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), a report by the World Health Organisation has revealed. The report, released recently by WHO, is on high HIV and active tuberculosis prevalence and increased mortality risk in adults with
The current economic situation prevailing in the country has forced every aspect of life to take a downward trend. However, women and girls, especially those from rural set ups are the most affected crop in these economic trying times health wise, worse still when they get
Health Services Board Apex Council and the Zimbabwe Nurses Association (ZNA) have from today embarked on a strike following the failure by government to respond to the 14 day ultimatum announced two weeks ago. In a letter addressed to the Ministry of Health and Child Care,
Health workers inclusive of medical doctors, therapists and nurses have announced that they are sticking to the 14 day ultimatum to go on strike following unsuccessful negotiations with their employer over deteriorating working conditions. In separate statements issued over the weekend, the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association(ZHDA),
The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday released an alarming report which has indicated that more than 1 million new cases of curable Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) are being recorded on a daily basis worldwide among people aged 15-49 years. This amounts to more than 376 million
The Association of Healthcare Funders of Zimbabwe (AHFoZ) chairperson Stanford Sisiya has castigated the level of effort that is being done to attend to emergencies in the medical sector adding that people are dying everyday as a result of failure to access the US priced
More than 1.4 million people who are on Anti Retroviral (ARV) drugs are in danger of running out of the medication as the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is alleged to be refusing to release a sum of US$6 million that is required by the
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