ZIMBABWE — Zimbabwe’s effective HIV management program has received international recognition, with the country being honored for achieving the UNAIDS set 95-95-95 HIV objectives, making it one of only three…
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TM Pick n Pay donates US$10m for children diagnosed with cancer
ZIMBABWE – TM Pick n Pay has donated US$10 million to underprivileged children diagnosed with cancer and undergoing treatment in health facilities around Harare, Zimbabwe. The donation is under the…
Read MoreMinistry of Health launches fund to accelerate progress towards achieving UHC
ZIMBABWE – The Vice President and Minister of Health and Child Care (MoHCC), Dr C.D.G.N Chiwenga has recently launched the Health Resilience Fund (HRF), a pooled donor funding mechanism which…
Read MoreFleming Fund strengthens Zimbabwe’s antimicrobial resistance surveillance with new microbiology laboratory
ZIMBABWE – Masvingo Provincial Hospital storeroom has been transformed into a new standalone microbiology laboratory by the United Kingdom’s (UK) Fleming Fund to strengthen antimicrobial resistance surveillance in Zimbabwe. In…
Read MoreJapan injects US$634k to improve surgical, obstetric and anaesthesia services in Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE – Zimbabwe has secured US$633,975 from the Government of Japan for access to safe and affordable Surgical, Obstetric and Anaesthesia (SOA) care services. The funding from the Japanese Government…
Read MoreZimbabwe incorporates One Health approach in strengthening antimicrobial resistance surveillance
ZIMBABWE – Government of Zimbabwe has adopted a ‘One Health’ approach as a guiding principle for working together to address Antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The Zimbabwe AMR Country grant consortium and…
Read MoreZimbabwe strengthens its cholera and typhoid guidelines to manage outbreaks
ZIMBABWE – Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) and key stakeholders held a five-day workshop in December to update the third edition of the Zimbabwe cholera control guidelines and…
Read MoreZimbabwe strengthens capacity to increase Tuberculosis Preventive Therapy coverage
ZIMBABWE – The Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) of Zimbabwe has adopted WHO guidelines, operational handbooks and Prevent TB application mobile app as part of the Government’s efforts…
Read MoreZimbabwe to kickstart mass vaccination campaigns for polio eradication
ZIMBABWE – The Republic of Zimbabwe, with support from the World Health Organization (WHO), has kickstarted a synchronized multicounty polio vaccination campaign aimed at protecting children against polio. The WHO…
Read MoreMajor milestone in public health as Zimbabwe approves HIV prevention drug
ZIMBABWE – The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that Zimbabwe has approved the use of long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA) as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV (human immunodeficiency virus). Speaking…
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