Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation

Government has called on SADC and Sub-Saharan African countries to join hands and resist the imposition of ineffective malaria control tools by the international community.

Health experts from countries in the eastern, central and southern Africa who make up the ECSA health community who are meeting in Harare say the region has crafted good health policies which however lack implementation.

The Ministry of Health and Child Welfare has allayed fears of a cholera outbreak in urban areas saying suspected cases of cholera that were reported in Harare and Bulawayo a week ago tested negative after laboratory tests.

Zimbabwe will join 46 other World Health Organisation member states in commemorating the 3rd African Vaccination Week where children who had missed out on routine vaccination will get an opportunity to be vaccinated against deadly diseases.

Medical experts have called on local authorities in Harare and surrounding towns to urgently address water and sanitation issues if the country is to rid itself of diarrheal diseases.

Segregation was so rife in the health sector before the country attained independence to an extent that blacks, the majority, had no access to good medical facilities while the white minority enjoyed first class service at hospitals that were reserved for whites only.

Harare’s City Health Department has received money from an affiliate of the World Health Organisation, TB Reach, for the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis with special focus on diabetic patients who are prone to the disease.

Stakeholders in the national response to HIV and AIDS say it is possible to reduce mother to child transmission of HIV by about 5% by 2015.

The Ministry of Health and Child Welfare has lamented the lack of data on oral health in the country saying authorities have failed to carry out periodic surveys because of a shortage of resources.