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Zimbabwe: Nurses Return to Work As Chiwenga Promises Hefty Wage Increases
New Zimbabwe, 10 September 2020
Striking nurses in public hospitals have returned to work following Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's promise early this week that the government will improve their salaries… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: VP Chiwenga Outlines Health Policy to Partners
The Herald, 11 September 2020
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga on Wednesday briefed foreign and local development partners and suppliers on the new structures in the Ministry of Health and Child Care and… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Normalcy Returns to Major Hospitals
The Herald, 11 September 2020
Most hospitals across the country are back to normal after nurses heeded the call by Zimbabwe Nurses Association (Zina) to end their industrial action. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Govt Reviewing Civil Service Pay
The Herald, 11 September 2020
Civil service salaries are being reviewed to cushion them against the rise in prices of goods and services since the last rise and Government will soon make an announcement… Read more »
Nurses Call Off Three-Month Strike in Zimbabwe
Thousands of striking nurses have called off their strike over pay disputes and Covid-19 protective gear, three months after walking out of public hospital wards. According to Enock Dongo, president of the 15,000-member Zimbabwe Nurses Association, the nurses decided to end the strike to allow the newly-appointed health minister, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, an opportunity to attend to their complaints. Earlier Chiwenga promised that the government would improve their salaries and working conditions.
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In a rather shocking development, the government has stopped footing the medical bills of all senior government officials in order to maintain the national medical bill, Vice ... Read more »
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Years of neglect and doctors' strikes have pushed the Zimbabwean health system to the brink. Senior doctors have now gone on strike, joining junior doctors and nurses who walked ... Read more »
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Zimbabwe's Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has been appointed the health minister, a month after his predecessor Obadiah Moyo was fired over corruption allegations related to ... Read more »
