Health and Child Care Minister David Parirenyatwa

‘Gvt Hospitals Unable To Provide Optimal Health Care As Zimbabwe Is Short Of 8,000 Nurses’- Dr Parirenyatwa

Posted on April 22, 2016April 22, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

ZIMBABWE is unable to provide optimal health care at government hospitals owing to a shortfall of 8,000 nurses, according to Health and Child Care Minister David Parirenyatwa. Parirenyatwa is demanding support from Cabinet colleagues for the lifting of a recruitment freeze which has seen 3,000 nursing graduates failing to find jobs – despite the jobs gap. Parirenyatwa made the remarks during the hand-over of an ambulance donated to Chivhu Hospital by the Zimbabwe National Chamber…

Chief Chiduku Urges People Not To Report Child Marriages, Because ‘Its Against Local Culture’

Posted on October 25, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

MAKONI: A traditional leader last Thursday surprised an anti-child marriages meeting when he openly discouraged reporting of perpetrators to the police saying this was against local culture. The chief also said waiting for girls to reach 18 before they are married off was mot “practical” as the economy was tough and marriage was a way out of abject poverty for many poor families. Chief Chiduku was speaking at a community dialogue held in the district…

Dr Parirenyatwa’s Private Firm Receives US$100 000 In Excess Of claims From (PSMAS)

Posted on October 22, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

Struggling Premier Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) paid Child Care Minister David Parirenyatwa US$100 000 to his private firm, a figure well above his claims. Parirenyatwa runs CHEST company and the money was paid on May 13, 2014 as claims payment. PSMAS effected an electronic bank transfer of US$90 000, less 10 percent tax, into CHEST’s CBZ Rusape Branch account number 010222710180015 on May 13, 2014 as claims payment. According to the Herald, the money…

‘Arrest Parents Of Child Brides’- Health And Child Care Minister-David Parirenyatwa

Posted on October 13, 2015October 13, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

PARENTS of children forced into early marriages should be arrested to help curb the scourge, Health and Child Care Minister David Parirenyatwa has said. Speaking at Mahusekwa near Marondera last week, Dr Parirenyatwa challenged chiefs and other traditional leaders to fight against early child marriages in rural areas. Stiff penalties should also be imposed on perpetrators, including parents who allow their children to be forced into such unions. “Traditional leaders have a pivotal role in…

‘Indigenisation & Economic Empowerment Promote Artisanal Mining (Chikorokoza) & TB’-Parirenyatwa

Posted on August 29, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

HEALTH and child care minister David Parirenyatwa says the country’s indigenisation and economic empowerment laws have promoted artisanal mining (Chikorokoza) which is contributing to the rise in Tuberculosis cases. The minister was speaking at the second stakeholder meeting on TB in the mining sector in Harare Friday. It is estimated that over two million people are into artisanal mining throughout the country with most of them in the gold sector. Artisanal miners who use traditional…

‘More Than 700 000 Orphans In Zimbabwe, Need Urgent Help’, Says Dr David Parirenyatwa

Posted on August 28, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

MORE than 700,000 orphans and vulnerable children are in urgent need of various forms of support including educational help, health and child care minister, David Parirenyatwa said Wednesday. He was speaking at a handover ceremony of $1.2 million Basic Education Assistance module (BEAM) funds to the social welfare department by the National Aids Council (NAC). “The children’s situation has been worsened by the economic hardships the country has been facing for decades leading to many…

‘Mugabe Visit To Zimbabwe Ends, And He Jets Off With Grace To USA New York ‘

Posted on July 7, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

President Robert Mugabe has left Harare for the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York, USA where he has been invited to attend a high level International Ebola Recovery Conference. The Ebola haemorrhagic fever that devastated three West African countries since its outbreak left more than 11 000 people dead and affected more than 27 000 others. President Mugabe, who chairs the African Union (AU) and SADC, is accompanied to New York by the First…