The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has closed the US$25 million -Challenge TB grant for Zimbabwe, following an end to its five year tenure. Challenge TB (CTB), is an American government sponsored, five year global funding mechanism meant to spur the fight against tuberculosis. The
Japan has committed funds amounting to US$ 2.75 million towards the refurbishment of Harare Children's Hospital. Speaking during the exchange of notes meeting for the procurement of hospital equipment, the Japanese Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Toshiyuki Iwado said Japan places its utmost priority on the health sector
Government has assured the nation that it is prepared for the deadly Coronavirus which has far killed over 80 people in Asia. Addressing journalists after touring the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport yesterday Health Minister Dr Obadiah Moyo said he was happy with the surveillance process
Zimbabwe's under-performing economy has resulted in countless societal problems chief among them moral decadence which results in under-aged children falling pregnant and seeking abortion services from illegal backyard facilities, 263Chat's visit to Harare's Epworth suburb has revealed. Epworth with a population of over 100 000 people
The Econet Wireless Zimbabwe funded HigherLife Foundation (HFL) has extended its fellowship programme to senior hospital personnel including District and Provincial Medical officers among others as it moves to restore sanity in the country's health delivery system. In a statement yesterday, HigherLife said the new fellowship
Junior doctors who recently ended their four months industrial action have expressed concern over little to no progress in terms of re-equipping hospitals rendering their presence worthless. In a press statement, the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) said though doctors returned to work, they are not
The Ministry of Health and Child Care has partnered Switzerland based pharmaceutical company Novartis International in a deal that is set to improve medical supplies at all health centres across the country. Novartis International is a Swiss multinational pharmaceutical company based in Basel, Switzerland. It is
Leading medical aid service provider, CIMAS has moved to address the payment challenges faced by its clients who due to the current inflationary pressures have been forced to top up money to access healthcare services. In a statement last week, CIMAS said three international packages namely
Senior doctors have vowed to keep pressing the government for better working conditions and improved salaries and will not return to work until those demands are met. This is despite the return to work by junior doctors albeit without adequate medical supplies which continue to put
The Ministry of Health and Child Care has announced that patients will not be turned away from government hospitals and clinics for failing to pay the recently hiked hospital fees. According to local online publication, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Child Care,
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