By Shalom Shawurwa Maternal mental health a long-neglected public health issue was thrust into the spotlight on a recent episode of Health Shenanigans, hosted by Amanda Matseketsa. The programme examined the psychological pressures faced by many women during pregnancy and after childbirth – a period increasingly described
263Chat · Nurses Union Pleads With Health Ministry Seeking Reforms The Zimbabwe Professional Nurses Union (ZPNU) has written to the Ministry of Health and Child Care seeking reforms and upgrading of nurses. In a letter addressed to the Ministry’s permanent secretary and copied to the director of
With abortions outlawed in the country, illegal backyard abortion clinics are using assorted concoctions to terminate pregnancies of desperate girls and women and the practice is rife in high density suburbs where medical imposters are performing illegal abortions. Investigations by 263Chat led to a quack doctor
The College of Primary Care Physicians of Zimbabwe (CPCPZ), which represents general practitioners, has written to the Ministry of Health requesting permission to prescribe the drug Ivermectin and Nano silver to Covid-19 patients. Ivermectin was originally produced in the 1980s as a veterinary drug used largely
A former Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology Development during the late President Robert Mugabe's rule has questioned Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s state of mind accusing the government of failing to provide care in hospitals. Posting on Twitter Dr Godfrey Gandawa said there are a
Chairperson of the Ad-Hoc Inter Ministerial Task Force and Defence Minister Oppah Muchinguri- Kashiri has revealed that Zimbabwe will engage the South African government to increase patrols along border lines to curb illegal crossing, believed to be the major cause of a recent upsurge in
Opposition MDC Alliance has called for the repeal of Statutory Instrument 225 of 2020 that led to the indefinite suspension of by-elections by the government citing it a violation of the people’s will. Early this month the Minister of Health, Constantino Chiwenga published Statutory Instrument 225
A local public policy think tank, the Zimbabwe Democracy Institute (ZDI) has implored the Government to find a lasting solution in resolving the longstanding stalemate with striking health workers. In a political economy monitoring report, the institute says the solutions must include paying nurses and doctors
More than 500 people are under surveillance of the coronavirus virus in Zimbabwe though there are no confirmed infections, Health and Child Care Minister Dr. Obadiah Moyo has said. Speaking during the post cabinet press briefing, Minister Moyo said those under surveillance had come from the
Schweppes Zimbabwe has apologized to its customers for reducing the sugar level in Mazoe without measuring the passion that people have for the original drink, saying their intention was not to disappoint them. Addressing the media in the capital today, the group Managing Director, Charles Msipa said consumer research
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