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CITIMED Chitungwiza Hospital, in partnership with Rotary International and other stakeholders, offered free health services to residents on Friday and Saturday.
The programme included tests for hypertension, diabetes, prostate and cervical cancer, as well as eye screening.
The initiative is expected to be extended to Mbare next week and reach other remote areas where health services are not easily accessible.
Sam Chikowore, Rotary International country coordinator, announced that the programme will become an annual event.
The project has already been implemented in other countries and is designed to provide health care to underserved communities.
“We are launching this programme in Zimbabwe for the first time.
“We want to make this an annual event where we provide health to our communities, but it would be our desire going forward that we take this service to the remote areas of Zimbabwe where health services are not readily available.
“We are also looking at infants and elderly as it is a family initiative free of charge,” he said.
Speaking at the same event, Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) co-ordinator in Zimbabwe, Khalid Abdelrahim, said:
“This is a very good initiative to have these kinds of activities happening here for the first time in Zimbabwe trying to reach the underserved community and reach populations with very limited access to health services. All age groups are receiving health care.”
Mathew Masinge
Online Reporter