By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on 263Chat
The Zimbabwean government is considering allowing more private institutions to train general nurses, Health and Child Care Minister Douglas Mombeshora said. Any expansion will depend on the results of the pilot programme at Dr Auxillia Mnangagwa School of Nursing in Kadoma, while Avenues Clinic has applied for approval to launch a general nursing diploma, 263Chat reports.
The Zimbabwean government plans to establish 16 million Pfumvudza agricultural plots to help three million smallholders withstand drought linked to the El Niño phenomenon. Agriculture Minister Anxious Masuka said more than 9.6 million plots were already in place and that the authorities were encouraging the cultivation of traditional grains, reports 263Chat.
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Zimbabwean Education Minister Torerai Moyo has inaugurated interactive boards and connected classrooms at Sandon Academy in Gutu for about 800 pupils. The system tracks attendance, teacher activity and pupils’ medical needs, while the school also has a medical evacuation helicopter, according to 263Chat.
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Zimbabwean Parliament Speaker Jacob Mudenda is calling for stronger oversight of public policies, particularly in health and vaccine distribution, as well as an assessment of parliamentary committees’ results. At a budget seminar in Bulawayo, he also called for closer links between universities and businesses to better align training with industrial needs, reports 263Chat.
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Kebba Madi Bojang, leader of Gambia’s National Democratic Party, has called on the government to strengthen healthcare and ease congestion at Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital, the country’s main referral facility. He proposed transferring patients to the new hospital in Farato if it is operational and asked President Adama Barrow to visit the facility regularly, Kerr Fatou reports.
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Tornado tears roof off hospital in Siakobvu, ZimbabweA violent gust tore the roof off Siakobvu Hospital in Zimbabwe on Sunday afternoon. The phenomenon swept through the Siakobvu area, NewsDay reports.
Eight-year-old girl discovers bullet lodged in foot in EswatiniAn eight-year-old girl in Eswatini discovered that a pistol bullet had remained lodged in her foot for several weeks after an injury sustained while playing with her siblings. An X-ray at hospital revealed the projectile after several treatments failed to improve her condition, reports the Times of Eswatini.The week in Africa
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