Zimbabwe News

Harare, 29 March 2009 -- Zimbabwe needs around $8.5 mil to curb the on-going measles outbreak. This was said by the Honourable Minister of Health and Child Welfare, Dr Madzorera in a joint press conference with UNICEF and WHO. “Measles in Zimbabwe has reached crisis levels and urgent action needs to be taken to curb the epidemic,” said Dr Madzorera as he called on all political and community leaders to ensure their constituencies are involved in supporting and upholding the health of children.

Harare, 12 April 2010. The Ministry of Health and Child Welfare is holding a joint review and planning meeting for the upcoming National Immunization Days (NIDs), and Child Health Days (CHDs) from 12 – 16 April 2010 at the Rainbow Towers in Harare.

The meeting has brought together EPI officers, child health officers, and health promotion/social mobilisation officers from all provinces and cities, and representatives from the 3 major EPI partners; WHO, UNICEF, and Helen Keller International to review disease surveillance and plan for the upcoming CHDs.

Harare, 12 April 2010. The Zimbabwean malaria control programme was given a boost on 8th April, when WHO handed over vehicles, malaria commodities, and medicines to strengthen malaria control activities, and EPI disease surveillance, to the Minister of Health and Child Welfare.

This was said by the Honourable Minister of Health and Child Welfare, Dr H. Madzorera in his statement to mark World Malaria Day. “This year Zimbabwe will strive to attain the target of universal coverage of long lasting insecticidal net through procurement and distribution of close to 2 million nets before December 2010”, Dr H Madzorera said. The year 2010 is important in the history of malaria prevention and control in in Zimbabwe and the whole of Africa because the progress towards achieving the 2010 Abuja Targets is going to be measured at the end of it.

Harare, 28 May 2010 -- 1 281 629 children were vaccinated by day 3 of the on-going national measles immunization and child health days. This was said by the Honorable Minister of Health and Child Welfare, Dr Henry Madzorera during a press conference he held with the WHO and UNICEF Representatives to update the public at the half way point of the campaign. 

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Harare, 19 August 2010. Zimbabwe joined the rest of the world in commemorating World Humanitarian Day and to appreciate the work done by humanitarian workers throughout the world. In an event that was attended by the Government of Zimbabwe, national and international NGOs, and many humanitarian workers, the outstanding work by humanitarian workers in Zimbabwe was appreciated by all speakers.

Harare, 24 Aug.2010. In a move that is aimed at addressing the 3 pillars of health systems in Zimbabwe; health workforce, leadership and governance, and technologies; WHO donated to the University of Zimbabwe ’ s College of Health Sciences Library,

Matopos, 30 Sept. 2010. Zimbabwe commemorated a belated African Traditional Medicine Day at the Ndebele Cultural Village in the picturesque Matopos valley. The commemoration brought together traditional healers, the Traditional Medicines Practitioners Council (TMPC), and the Lushumbe community, who are some of the consumers of traditional medicine.

In a speech read on his behalf, the Deputy Minister of Health and Child Welfare, Dr D. Mombeshora appreciated the role played by traditional healers, especially in rural areas where health centers are few and far between. 

Chitungwiza, 3 Nov. 2010. Zimbabwe commemorated a belated Mental Health Day at the Chitungwiza General Hospital under the theme, Mental health and Long term physical illness: The need for continued and integrated care. This year’s theme was aimed at making people and care givers aware that mental health and long term illness have a major impact on each other and should, therefore, be viewed holistically.

Harare, 22 Nov. 2010 GSM training for generalists kicked off in Harare this morning with facilitators from the Regional Office and participants from 10 countries in the sub-region. The 5 days training workshop was officially opened by WR Zimbabwe, Dr Custodia Mandlhate.

In her opening statement, Dr Mandlhate said she hopes that the training will allay the fears, myths and misconceptions about GSM. “GSM is a just a management tool that will make our jobs easier,” said Dr Mandlhate.