Harare, June 22, 2012 – The Ministry of Health and Child Welfare (MOHCW) is partnering with CDC/Zimbabwe through its cooperative agreement partner Biomedical Research & Training Institute (BRTI) to strengthen Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) in Health Facilities in Zimbabwe. BRTI is conducting the second in a series of Training of Trainers (TOT) workshops for 25 of health workers in Harare June 25-29, 2012, at the Cresta Lodge Harare. The Zimbabwe Infection Prevention and Control Project (ZIPCOP) project will improve infection control practices in health care facilities nationwide to prevent the transmission of infectious diseases, including TB, among patients and staff. ... Continue Reading
“There will never be a better Zimbabwean than a Zimbabwean,” Mtukudzi tells students headed to U.S. universities on scholarship” Harare, June: United States colleges and universities have collectively offered $4.7 million in scholarships to twenty-two Zimbabwean students who participated in the United States Student Achievers Program (USAP) in the past year. “Reflecting on my nearly three years in Zimbabwe…I enjoy celebrating well-deserved achievement with bright, energetic, youth filled with dreams of furthering their educations,” said Charles Ray, U.S. Ambassador to Zimbabwe during a send-off ceremony at Prince Edward School to honor the recipients on Friday. Musical icon Oliver Mtukudzi was... Continue Reading
Thursday, 21 June 2012, Cape Town — Francois van der Merwe, chairman of International Tobacco Growers Association (ITGA) Africa Region, spoke to CNBC Africa about proposals by international regulators that will restrict—and eventually prevent—farmers in Africa from producing tobacco, destroying hundreds of thousands of jobs. “The Framework Convention of Tobacco Control (FCTC) is going into the soft underbelly of the value chain,” said Van der Merwe, also a tobacco farmer in the region. “They’re going into farmers and want to forcefully remove them and prevent them from growing tobacco.” He said the current FCTC’s proposals will: – prevent government and industry programs... Continue Reading
Despite the Nairobi helicopter crash that killed Kenya’s security minister, his deputy, two bodyguards and two pilots, the international security conference he planned for Nairobi in September will go ahead. Internal Security Minister George Saitoti, a mathematics professor and former vice-president of Kenya, was pursuing offensives against the Somali militant group al-Shabab and had planned to stand for the Kenyan presidency. His assistant Joshua Orwa Ojode also died in the crash. Dr Ojoide was working on an initiative to involve African business in tackling new security problems. Both men were prominent supporters of the first African Forum on Business and... Continue Reading
Businesswoman of the Year, Dr Nondumiso Mzizana, launches Success Summit: Johannesburg – Dr Nondumiso Mzizana, Businesswomen’s Association Businesswoman of the Year for 2012, is launching Success Summit, a series of business summits that will feature top-drawer speakers, all specialists in their field. The first two summits, which are to be held at The Venue in Melrose Arch on 27 July and at the Sheraton Hotel in Pretoria on 31 August, will not only give entrepreneurs the chance to hear from and meet some of the country’s foremost business thinkers, but also to connect with and network amongst their peers. The... Continue Reading
