Covid-19 is not sexually transmitted says Ministry of health

Across the world, the Coronavirus has not only become another disaster to wipe us all out of the earth but has also put the spotlight on the level of competence of our political leaders.In Africa, the case is not different as governments are putting in draconian measures to halt the spread just like their counterparts in Europe and Asia.
With the eminent role health ministers are playing in fighting this global pandemic, I delved into a special finding to uncover the female faces leading the...

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Ministry eyes compulsory health insurance
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THE government is considering enacting laws that will make health insurance compulsory to all, as a reliable way of ensuring accessibility of health services by everyone. The Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Seif Rashid, said this in Dar es Salaam ...

Ministry of Health to table NHIF Bill
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THE Ministry of Health and Social Welfare will next year table the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) Bill in Parliament for discussion before being approved into law. Deputy Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Kebwe Stephen Kebwe, said that the ...

'Health ministry will enroll 35973 students'
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The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare will at least enroll 35,973 students in various health colleges to beef up the shortage of employee in the ministry. Speaking in the National Assembly on Tuesday, Dr Seif Rashid, the Minister for Health and Social ...

The Zanzibar House of Representatives (ZHR) yesterday rejected the 2014/15 budget estimates for the ministry of health, saying the allocated funds are too little to address problems facing the health sector.

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Dr Donan Mbando, Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Health and Social ...
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Short of any specifics, the newly appointed Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has pledged to address the ongoing dire shortage of medicines in public hospitals and work to regulate service charges in the sector. Announcing ...

In the framework of on-going World Health Assembly in Geneva, on 21 May 2014, the National Health and Family Planning Commission People's Republic of China (NHFPC) and the Ministry of Health of Zanzibar signed a Memorandum of Understanding to implement a programme to eliminate schistosomiasis from Zanzibar.
As part of the China-Africa-WHO collaboration on schistomiasis control, the signing was conducted by Hon. Wang Guo Qiang, Vice Minister, NHFPC, and Hon. Juma Duni Haji, Minister of...

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Jonathan Macauley works as a GP in several rural clinics in South Africa.