November 2023

Environmental and Social commitment plan gets updated

The Ministry of Health and Child Care & Cordaid has a mandate to carry out all projects in accordance with the Environmental and Social Standards (ESSs). To this end, the revised and negotiated Environmental and Social Commitment Plan (ESCP) sets out material measures and actions to be carried out or caused to be carried out […]

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A Fruitful Marriage: Urban Voucher System Reduces Maternal Deaths in Harare’s Central Hospitals/Council Clinics

Like many women in high-density and peri-urban communities, Method Pagiwa (26), from Kuwadzana Phase in Harare, registered her pregnancy with the Antenatal Clinic at Rujeko Polyclinic in Dzivarasekwa, when she was seven months into her pregnancy. This, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) standards is not recommended as they prescribe that women in developing countries

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“Empowering communities through RBF: From a beerhall to a lifesaving clinic.

A needs assessment undertaken by the Mazowe District Health Executive (DHE) exposed the daunting burden pregnant women from Rinzi, Dockin and Dandamera communities were facing as they had to travel long distances to Concession Hospital for services. To address this challenge, the DHE used their Results Based Financing (RBF) subsidies to renovate a dilapidated beerhall

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Advancing the use of technology: Lessons learned from COVID-19. Installation of video conferencing facilities.

The project has supported the procurement and installation of video conferencing (VC) facilities from the MoHCC national level to provincial medical directorates (PMDs). The VC facilities’ benefits include improved communication among national level, provinces, and districts; greater convenience that drives efficient and cost-effective collaboration among meeting attendees. In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic has also led

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