Zimbabwe’s crisis in the public health sector rages on following the government’s failure to meet the demand made by the doctors who embarked on an industrial action since December 1 2018.
The medical doctors whose industrial action clocked 34 days today are living in fear following revelations that they are receiving unspecified threats while ruling out political interference in their strike.
Zimbabwe Hospitals Doctors Association (ZHDA) has threatened to continue with their industrial action saying dialogue with government has not yielded any positive results. Junior doctors, now in their second week of industrial action are demanding that government addresses the shortage of basic medication and their welfare. "Among many
The government has dismissed as unrealistic, requests by striking junior doctors to be paid in United States dollars saying they should not be very ambitious as the economy is under-performing. This follows a two day industrial action by junior doctors who are demanding salaries in foreign
Leading Pan-African telecommunications company, Liquid Telecom has joined the fight against cholera through partnering city of Harare to refurbish water and sewer infrastructure in the high density suburb of Glen Norah. The project is funded to the tune of $1.5 million. Liquid Telecom officials in the company
Acting Managing director of the National Pharmaceutical company (NatPham), Newman Batanai Madzikwa, a top lieutenant to the former Health and Child Care Minister David Parirenyatwa, was yesterday hauled before the Harare Magistrates Court on allegations of inflating prices of medicine without following tender procedures. Madzikwa (40),
Ministry of Health and Child Care has raised alarm over the shortage of drugs for the cure of tuberculosis due to delays in the delivery of the commodity from international suppliers. In a statement released today, the ministry said the country was experiencing an inadequate availability
Health and Child Care Minister Dr David Parirenyatwa has announced that renal dialysis is now free in the country. Before this initiative, the cost for dialysis sessions ranged from $80 to $150 in government hospitals, while private hospitals charged $200 to $250. “I would like to inform
In a development that is likely to bring relief to women in Zimbabwe, Ministry of Health and Child Care has declared that HIV positive mothers who are active on Antiretroviral therapy (ARV)s can freely breastfeed without infecting their babies. Breastfeeding mothers who are HIV positive find
Health and Child Care Minister, Dr David Parirenyatwa has cleared the air on government's decision to legalize marijuana saying it was introduced for professional purposes. Parirenyatwa's clarification follows varied misconceptions of its use in the country. Officiating at the Zimbabwe Medical Congress last week, Parirenyatwa said marijuana
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