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Sept. 24, 2022

Acting president commissions Gweru Provincial Hospital - Opportunistic Infections (OI antiretroviral therapy (ART) Centre of Excellence (COE). Centre will provide services to people in need of HIV specialised care and support

Construction of the University of Zimbabwe Quinary Hospita

 Quinary Hospital under Uz, a specialist training hospital is under construction. The Quinary Hospital would be  a way of increasing special skills needed by those seeking medical attention outside of Zimbabwe.

Bulawayo Super Medical Lab Complete.

Medical Laboratory at the United Bulawayo Hospitals is now complete and is expected to be Operational by August. 

The laboratory will have 37 scientists and will house Department such as Haematology, Biochemistry and Immunology.  

Zimbabwe ambulance distribution begins

The Government has allocated 40 new fully kitted ambulances to public health institutions countrywide, while an additional 60 specialised medical emergency vehicles are set to be distributed to health centres by year-end

Construction of the One-Stop centre at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo is 95% complete

Construction of the One-Stop centre at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo is 95% complete

Establishment of the COVID-19 Experts Advisory Committee

Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Monica Mutsvangwa in a post Cabinet briefing disclosed that Cabinet has approved the setting up of the COVID-19 Experts Advisory Committee which will provide evidence based advice to the National COVID-19 Preparedness and Response.

Announcement of 21 days Total Lock Down starting 31 March 2020 to reduce the rapid spread of the Corona virus

Zimbabwe goes into a 21-day lockdown on Monday 31 March 2020 as the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases on 27/03/2020 rose to five, four in Harare and one in Victoria Falls.

The lockdown was the principal measure announced by President Mnangagwa in an address to the nation from State House.

While most businesses will close, essential services and producers and retailers of essential goods will continue to be open, including food shops, pharmacies and informal food markets. Power and water supplies are given high priority.

Completion of Piloting the Zimbabwe HIV Patient Monitoring And Case Based Surveillance Initiative in conjunction with the World Health Organisation (WHO)

The Ministry of Health and Child Care (MOHCC) and all its partners agree that case-based surveillance is important to enable better understanding of the epidemic and design interventions for local areas. As next steps, the country will explore ways of scaling up the intervention to the rest of the country. This is expected to accelerate Zimbabwe’s progress towards implementation of tailored interventions.

President E.D. Mnangagwa hands over medical equipment

In fulfilling the doctor’s request list, President Mnangagwa handed over a consignment of the required medical equipment which included infant incubators and resuscitates for neonatal intensive care unit, multiparameter monitors for adults and paediatrics, operating theatre tables (electric and hydraulic), portable electroencephalography machine, respiratory aid ventilator, and video endoscopy, gastroscopy and colonoscopy sets. He also handed over intensive care unit ventilators for adults and paediatrics, mobile x-ray machines and anaesthetic machines.

The Zimbabwe governement has stocked ARV medication that will last for the next 12 months

Zimbabwe has enough anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs that will last the next 12 months after Government secured funding to procure the life-prolonging therapy, Parliament has heard. Health and Child Care Minister Dr Obadiah Moyo said there was no need for people to panic over ARV drugs.