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NBSZ To Let Go Of Old Board Members
National Blood Services Zimbabwe (NBSZ) has agreed to reduce the number of board members to shake off the remnants of bad publicity and restore confidence that the new board is different from the previous one...
New NBSZ Board Appeals for Govt Funding
National Blood Services Zimbabwe (NBSZ) has appealed for government to intervene and inject more funding for operations to ensure blood reach the recipients at almost zero cost...
US$1.2 Billion Towards HIV Programming For Men
Global partners for HIV programming yesterday launched a US$1.2 billion funding aimed at scaling up diagnosis and treatment of HIV infection among men.
The project called MenStar Coalition, was launched at the ongoing International…
Men Account for Majority of Aids Related Deaths: UNAIDS
Despite a higher HIV burden among women, men still account for the majority of deaths from AIDS-related illness according to the UNAIDS 2018 report released last week.
The report noted that reaching more men with HIV testing and…
Critical Shortage of Radiologists Worries Govt
Health and Child Care Minister, Dr David Parirenyatwa has bemoaned the unavailability of radiologists in the country saying there is need to train more locals to improve healthcare provisions...
Family Planning Uptake Still Low in Southern Zim
Harare and Bulawayo have recorded a high Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (CPR) with the Southern Provinces of the country recording the lowest uptake of family planning,United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has revealed...
160 000 Children Fall Victims to Online Sexual Exploitation
54 girls were rescued from SEC in 2017 with the ZNCWC study showing that(18% (52)of participants were under 18 years and 64% reported starting selling sex below the age of 18 years.
Govt Scraps Blood User Fee
The Ministry of Health and Child Care in partnership with the National Blood Services (NBSZ) have dropped blood costs to free amidst indications that the blood bank has enough stock...
People With Disabilities at High Risk of HIV
Across the world People with Disabilities are at high risk of HIV due barriers they experience in accessing services that many have taken for granted, World Health Organization can reveal...
Parirenyatwa Appoints New Health Services Board
Health and Child Care Minister Dr David Parirenyatwa yesterday appointed a new Health Services Board consisting of six members who are set to start work henceforth...