Zimbabwe News

Harare 9 October 2018. A joint World Health Organization and International Civil Aviation Organization Training of Trainers for Public Health Event Management in Air Transport kicked off in Harare yesterday.

Harare, 9 Oct. 2018. On 3rd October, the new WHO Representative to Zimbabwe, Dr Alex Gasasira presented his credentials to the Government of Zimbabwe through the Minister of Home Affairs, Honourable Cain G. Mathema in his capacity as the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.

The Zimbabwe Staff Association today hosted a tea and cake event to welcome the new WHO Representative to Zimbabwe, Dr Alex Gasasira to the office. Dr Gasasira assumed office on 6th August 2018. The event, which was held in the Boardroom, was an opportunity for Dr Gasasira to meet the staff and for the staff to extend a warm Zimbabwean welcome to him.
Mr Patrick Avognon, the Operations Officer led the staff in welcoming Dr Gasasira with “Mauya!” the shona word for welcome. He said the Zimbabwe team welcomes Dr Gasasira and is ready to work under his leadership.

The promise was made as Zimbabwe joined the rest of the world to commemorate World Blood Donor Day at a function held at Gweru Provincial Hospital. Every year on 14 June, the global community celebrates World Blood Donor Day. This year’s theme is focused on blood donation as an act of solidarity: Be there for someone else. Give blood. Share life. This draws attention to the regular and voluntary blood donors, and encourages people to care for one another by donating blood.

6 June 2018. Today Zimbabwe launched the School Health Policy as a strategic means to promote positive health determinants while preventing and mitigating health risks among learners.

6 June 2018. Today Zimbabwe became the 17th country in the WHO AFRO Region which have completed their Health Financing Strategies; when they launched the Zimbabwe Health Financing Policy and Strategy. The launch, which was held at Murewa District Hospital in Mashonaland East Province, brought together different players in the health sector including senior Government officials, parliamentarians, civil society organizations, health development partners and donors as well as members of the local communities in Murewa District.

13 April.   Zimbabwe commemorated  World Health Day at the WHO compound in an event which saw the commemoration of the 70^th anniversary of WHO as well as the launch of the Healthy Ageing Strategy. World Health Day is commemorated on the 7^th of April each year to mark WHO’s founding and is an opportunity to draw worldwide attention to a subject of major importance to global health each year.

The call was made during the commemoration of World TB Day which was held at Dzivarasekwa Stadium in Harare.  Globally, World TB Day is commemorated on the 24th of March each year, and Zimbabwe joined the rest of the world to commemorate it under the theme “Wanted: Leaders for a TB-free world” The theme emphasises the need to build leadership commitment to ending TB, not only at political level with the Head of State, Ministers and parliamentarians, but at all leadership levels, inclu