Vaccination, adherence to Covid-19 regulations solution to ending the pandemic
Category: Press Statements
World TB Day 24 March 2021-The Clock is Ticking, It’s Time to Rise Up Now to END TB
Addressing vaccine hesitancy: need to urgently tackle myths, misinformation
ZIMBAMBWE needs to urgently address the Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy that is discouraging ordinary people from taking up the life-saving jabs at a time the number of people dying from the contagious disease continues to surge on a daily basis. The number of people dying daily, about a 100 a day, is horrific and must be stopped forthwith through proactive measures by government, communities and other able stakeholders. The Community Working Group on Health (CWGH) is worried that people continue to die because they are reluctant to receive the free inoculations…
Read MoreGovernment should urgently provide suitable and adequate PPE to frontline health workers
The Community Working Group on Health (CWGH) is gravely concerned by the current massive shortage of personal protective equipment (PPEs) for frontline health workers in the country in the wake of the infectious COVID-19 pandemic that has wreaked havoc globally. Healthcare workers rely on PPE to protect themselves and their patients from being infected and infecting others during their course of duty. Surprisingly, the shortages come at a time when our COVID-19 cases are escalating due to the deadly second wave of transmission, spike in mortality rates and the threat…
Read More‘COVID-19 fourth wave imminent’
BY MOSES MUGUGUNYEKI/NQOBANI NDLOVU HEALTH experts have warned that Zimbabwe faces a fourth wave of deadly COVID-19 virus if the country fails to get more people inoculated, and that a third jab might be needed to help fight off emerging variants. The fourth wave will be “more serious” and was likely to hit the country by year end at a time when the health system is broken from years of neglect and personnel shortages. While the country has been recording falling numbers of new infections and deaths as the end…
Read MoreWorld Malaria Day 2021- Ending Malaria is Within Reach
World Malaria Day 2021 We mark World Malaria Day on 25 April. The theme for this year is Zero Malaria – Draw the Line against Malaria. We draw the line against malaria by taking action to end the disease at this time when COVID-19 has made the fight to end malaria harder. On this day, we highlight and appreciate efforts that have been made over the years to control malaria and celebrate the gains made to date. Since 2000, the world has made historic progress against malaria saving millions of…
Read MoreTraditional Midwives Not Allowed In Zim Says Gvt
THE Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) does not encourage traditional midwives to deliver babies nor offer maternal health related services to pregnant women, a top government official has warned. By Michael Gwarisa The development comes in the wake of what has been described as “heroic works” of one Mbare traditional midwife, Mrs Esther Gwena who has since delivered more than 100 babies at her home. However, the babies are being delivered in the absence of critical health sundries such as, disinfectants, safe delivery kits, running water and proper…
Read MoreDoctors’ absence prolongs patients’ suffering
ORDINARY citizens whose pockets are not deep enough to afford private medical care continue to bear the brunt of the ongoing stand-off between medical doctors — who have been on industrial action for over two months now — and government. People with various ailments are gambling with death as many have since stopped going to seek medical attention at public hospitals, where they are routinely turned away due to the unavailability of doctors. Hope in the public health system recuperating and going back on its feet has been lost and…
Read MoreChaos as govt fires over 200 doctors
GOVERNMENT yesterday fired 211 doctors at public hospitals for going o strike to demand better pay, with another 500 at risk. Doctors have been on strike since September 3 demanding salaries that are indexed to the United States dollar to escape triple digit inflation that has ravaged wages. The Health Services Board fired the doctors after holding disciplinary hearings which the striking doctors did not attend and said it planned to hold another round of hearings for at least 516 out of the 1 601 doctors employed in the public…
Read MoreZimbabwe runs out of contraceptives
BY VANESSA GONYE Public hospital doctors have lashed out at the Health Services Board (HSB) for firing 77 doctors since Tuesday. Addressing Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors’ Association (ZHDA) members and the media at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals yesterday, the association’s vice-president Masimba Ndoro said the move by government was costly, especially on citizens who have no healthcare givers. “This is an abnormal situation which requires solutions not to waste taxpayers’ money. It is a move we have anticipated; we knew they would take that route as we started our strike. It…
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