Government has pardoned and permitted thousands of dismissed nurses to resume their duties pending approval of their applications for re-engagement, Minister of Health and Child Care, Dr David Parirenyatwa has said. Addressing journalists in Harare today, Parirenyatwa said hospitals have resumed normal operations adding that government
Government has threatened to take disciplinary action against nurses who fail to report for duty saying the treasury has been instructed to look into the financial implications of their demands for salary increments. In a statement released today, Minister of Health and Child Care, Dr David
Minister of Health and Child Care, Dr David Parirenyatwa has expressed concern over the country’s high maternal mortality rate which he said needs more effort to bring it further down. Zimbabwe’s maternal mortality rate stands at 651 per every 100,000 live births which is considered too
The risk factors for HPV infection and cervical cancer include early sexual debut and multiple sex partners
The stalemate in negotiations has led to a prolonged job action by the doctors, leading to compromised health care. This, in turn, has led to serious suffering and pain by patients and unfortunate loss of lives in the country.
The African Region has made good progress in controlling Tuberculosis (TB) though it still has the world’s highest levels of the disease, World Health Oorganisation (WHO) Zimbabwe Country Office Medical Officer in Charge, Dr Julie Nabyonga has said. Speaking at the TB Day Commemorations in Harare
Human rights groups have slammed government's lack of urgency in addressing grievances of striking doctors saying this has worsened the situation at the country's public health institutions. In a statement released yesterday, Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR) expressed concern over the lack of
The Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) have ripped into Health and Child Care Minister Dr David Parirenyatwa saying he has not shown any interest in the doctors' strike
As part of their demands during the industrial action, doctors demanded locum payments, motor vehicle scheme, staff establishment, freeze of vacant positions and review of various allowances among other grievances.
"Condom use remains key even among our key populations. A total of two million male and two hundred thousand female condoms were distributed in sex work sites across the country.
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