By Tatenda Chimbwanda Chimanimani, Zimbabwe - “The horrors of what happened on the evening of March 2019 still linger in my memories. I will rather not get into the emotional trauma l went through. l lost my house, re…
Ler maisBy Tatenda Chimbwanda Bulawayo, Zimbabwe - The first day Princess Zengeya and Vongai Mafunga, where seconded as COVID-19 front liner care givers, they were extremely frightened about their safety, recalls Nomazulu Dlo…
Ler maisTHE UWAVERING BENEFITS OF BREASTFEEDING – IN THE AGE OF COVID-19 Joint statement by Ministry of Health and Child Care, WHO and UNICEF commemorating World Breastfeeding Week The unprecedented global socia…
Ler mais by Tatenda Chimbwanda Harare, Zimbabwe - The World Health Organization (WHO) Zimbabwe, with financial assistance from the United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DfID), handed over offic…
Ler maisby Tatenda Chimbwanda Beitbridge, Zimbabwe - To all patients who visit Beitbridge District Hospital, Mmoloki Malemane seems like just any other person who checks people’s temperatures at the gate. To those…
Ler maisWhen WHO, National Microbiology Reference Laboratory (NMRL) and Medsure Healthcare teams reached Beitbridge, 640km from Harare, twelve laboratory personnel from Beitbridge Hospital had already tested more than 6000 samples for COVID-19. The tests were done using a GeneXpert machine with cartridges for COVID-19 testing and Real Time- Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, similar to the rapid testing kit used for HIV. GeneXpert machines are normally used to diagnose tuberculosis.
Ler maisBy Tatenda Chimbwanda Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe – Masvingo Province recorded its first case of COVID-19 on 23 May 2020. By 14 July 2020 the number of confirmed cases had risen to 57. Ever since the beginning of the…
Ler maisA drastic increase in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Mashonaland East Province was recently observed with a major chunk of reported cases from Seke District. The cases moved from 56 to 82 in a week with 21 of the 26 new cases coming from Seke District.
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