By Olivier Marbot Dr Michel Yao, Emergency Operations Programme Manager at the WHO’s Regional Office in Africa, discusses Africa’s next step now that COVID-19 has been declared a pandemic. Now that COVID-19 has been declared a “pandemic,” Dr Michel Yao, Emergency Operations Programme Manager at the World Health Organization’s Regional […]
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Fears of Zimbabwe health crisis as row over doctors’ pay continues
The government has suspended 550 medical staff and ruled the ongoing strikes over pay and conditions unlawful The government refuses to give in to the doctors’ demands and has ordered striking doctors to return to their posts. Acting president, retired general Constantino Chiwenga fired more than 550 doctors and radiographers […]
Crisis-hit Zimbabwe goes without doctors at Christmas
Staff Writer Zimbabweans woke up to an unprecedented Christmas Day after government suspended 550 striking doctors, while those who remained at work withdrew their services. The bulk of those suspended are junior doctors, who make up the majority of doctors in the country – understood to be less than a […]