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Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter— President Mugabe was not formally informed of his so-called appointment as WHO goodwill ambassador in the fight against non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and would have rejected the invitation to take up the post as it is not in Zimbabwe’s national interest to do so. This was said by Secretary for Information, Media and […]
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Takunda Maodza in Montevideo, URUGUAY— President Mugabe will spearhead the fight against non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Africa after he accepted a request by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to be its goodwill ambassador on the continent. The President is here for the WHO global conference on NCDs. NCDs are chronic diseases that cannot be passed from person-to-person […]
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Takunda Maodza in MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay— Government is making efforts to establish an Inter-Ministerial Task Force on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) because such diseases need a multi-sectoral response, President Mugabe has said. NCDs are chronic diseases that cannot be passed from person-to-person and include cancer, diabetes, chronic respiratory and cardiovascular diseases.
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Victoria Falls, August 28 — September 1, 2017 1. The Sixty-seventh session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa was held at the Elephant Hills Hotel, Victoria Falls, the Republic of Zimbabwe.
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Paidamoyo Chipunza recently in Victoria Falls African Ministers of Health have adopted six frameworks aimed at addressing six major health challenges affecting the continent’s health sector amid calls to increase and mobilise funding to operationalise them.
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ZIMBABWE is hosting the 67th edition of the World Health Organisation regional committee for Africa conference underway in Victoria Falls. The meeting comes at a good time as the continent is still celebrating the appointment of WHO director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who is the first African to lead the global health agency.
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From Paidamoyo Chipunza in Victoria Falls President Mugabe has said African governments need to collaborate in finding solutions to the continent’s common and emerging health challenges, as only a few countries are managing to invest the recommended 15 percent of their national budgets towards the health sector.
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Paidamoyo Chipunza Senior Health Reporter— Two out of 30 HIV-positive people on anti-retroviral therapy (ART) in Zimbabwe have shown signs of resistance to commonly used and most affordable drugs Efavirenz and Nevirapine, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said.
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