© IN the absence of a national safety net coupled with the current prohibitive cost of healthcare services, it is imperative that Zimbabwe sets up a national health insurance scheme that caters comprehensively for every citizen to ensure the attainment of universal health coverage (UHC). [GoogleAd] UHC refers to a situation where all people receive…
© AS THE economic situation in the country continues to deteriorate, opposition legislators are now putting more pressure on government to deal with the issue of partisan food distribution. [GoogleAd] MDC legislators who have persistently accused Zanu PF of using food aid as a political tool are upping the ante in the current ninth Parliament….
© THE Daily News on Sunday this week launches a brand new feature: a weekly restaurant column, written by the experienced food writer Epicurean, and designed to alert readers to the wealth of enjoyable and entertaining dining opportunities available across Zimbabwe. [GoogleAd] Exclusive to this newspaper, the column will from time to time offer prizes…
© THE country’s largest opposition party, the MDC last month held its elective congress, where Nelson Chamisa became substantive leader for the next five years during time which he will be complemented by a new team with personnel such as new secretary-general Chalton Hwende who speaks to Senior Writer Mugove Tafirenyika in an interview whose…
© IN 1997, British-born anaesthetist Richard McGown was arrested and found guilty of causing the deaths of patients after he experimented on them. [GoogleAd] He was to be sentenced to six months in prison in 1999 after he lost an appeal against his conviction. McGowan had been convicted in January 1995 on two out of…
© It is impossible for Zimbabwe to establish health security through donated medicines in the absence of a viable and sustainable system of public and private sector medicines procurement and manufacturing. [GoogleAd] We last week discussed Government promise of high quality services that are accessible and affordable. Without adequate and consistent supply of medicines and…
© PREPARATIONS for the inaugural Arise o Deborah, a women’s conference meant to promote women spiritually and materially. The event is slated for the Agricultural Society Exhibition Park on July 25 through to 27. [GoogleAd] United Kingdom-based preacher Hadassah Caroline, who is behind the conference told the Daily News on Sunday that even though the…
© WRITING is an art that does not come easily but the best creators have done so in their own languages. However, most people argue that the best way of learning how to write is through reading what others would have written. [GoogleAd] English writing has had significant influence on authorship in the same language…
WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa ascended to power in November 2017, many hoped he will chart a new path and depart from his predecessor, former president Robert Mugabe’s ruinous ways. Upon occupying office, Mnangagwa’s government is mimicking Mugabe’s regime in so many ways. [GoogleAd] Human rights campaigners are particularly not impressed with how his administration is…
© Dying while giving lifeA UNITED Nations Population Fund (UNFP) report revealed recently that approximately nine women in Zimbabwe die every day while giving birth. [GoogleAd] It also estimated that one in 10 adolescent girls aged between 15 and 19 give birth every year and many die or are injured in childbirth as their bodies…
