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Chidamoyo Christian Hospital in Hurungwe District equipped with high-precision digital X-ray machine through support of Japan
Japan has supported Chidamoyo Christian Hospital in Hurungwe District to have a new high-precision FujiFilm digital X-Ray machine. The support came through the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP) Programme, and amounted to US$ 92,418.
Govt hails Chidamoyo Hospital
Government has hailed Chidamoyo Christian Hospital in Hurungwe for being the first referral health centre in Zimbabwe to deliver HIV-free babies in the past two years. The hospital, which serves about 30,000 people in Hurungwe, is an important referral centre for areas such as Siakobvu, Kariba, and Karoi.
Zimbabwe: It Takes a Village
A five-year-old program here has solved a surprisingly vexing piece of the HIV puzzle: making sure infected people take their drugs. HIV medications are extremely effective.
Zimbabwe Health Care, Paid With Peanuts
CHIDAMOYO, Zimbabwe People lined up on the veranda of the American mission hospital here from miles around to barter for doctor visits and medicines, clutching scrawny chickens, squirming goats and buckets of maize. But mostly, they arrived with sacks of peanuts on their heads.