Staff at centres such as old people’s homes and child care homes need to be capacitated through trainings in infection prevention and control so as to enhance detention centres’ capacity to respond and manage Covid-19.
On Friday November 26, 2021, ZADHR held one such training for staffers from children’s homes such as Fairfield (Mutare), Tariroyashe (Kadoma), Imba Zimbabwe (Chitungwiza) and Musha weVana (Marondera).
The Covid-19 pandemic has taken its toll on healthcare workers (HCWs) in Zimbabwe and globally.
ZADHR has come up with programmes to train HCWs on how to deal with Covid-19 mental health.
On Wednesday November 15, 2021, ZADHR in partnership with City of Mutare Health Department held one such workshop.
The workshop focused capacitating health professionals on identifying, treating and referring mental health patients; raising awareness of burnouts as pertains to health professionals ensuring the mental health of fellow cadres as well as strengthening the referral system within the districts/cities for mental health disorders.
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission in partnership with ZADHR on Tuesday November 9, 2021 made a donation to the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services to assist in the fight against COVID-19 in detention centres.
The items, which were sourced from ZADHR, included four 5 000-litre water tanks, 4 water pumps and fittings, infra-red thermometers, surgical masks, reusable branded face masks, face shields, boxes of latex gloves, 800 single units of soap and hand sanitisers.
ZHRC executive secretary Delice Mazambani (in black costume) handed over the donation to ZPCS Deputy Commissioner-General Social Ndanga
ZADHR salutes the great partnership with the ZHRC.
ZADHR believes engagement and partnership are the future as the organisations seeks to build strong institutions that are responsive to emerging health and human rights challenges. Covid-19 is one such challenge.
The organisation hopes that the support extended to ZPCS through ZHRC will go a long way in enhancing access to water, sanitation and hygiene in prison settings.
@ZadhrDoctors in partnership with @MasvingoCity on Tuesday November 2, 2021 held a #Covid19Zim response and preparedness capacity building workshop. The workshop focused on Covid-19 mental health training. The objective of the workshop was to capacitate health professionals on identifying, treating and referring mental health patients to raise awareness of burnouts as pertains to health professionals ensuring the mental health of fellow cadres as well as to strengthen the referral system within the districts/cities for mental health disorders.
Tariroyashe Children’s Home in Kadoma got to experience ZADHR’s benevolence after getting PPE and sundries & hygiene material as it was capacitated to fight #Covid19Zim. ZADHR has been on a drive to capacitate vulnerable institutions in the fight against the global pandemic
The @ZadhrDoctors on Friday October 29, 2021 donated PPE and sundries & hygiene material to Rutendo Home for the Aged and Destitute in Kwekwe as a way of capacitating the institution’s fight against #Covid19Zim. Mr Musonza, Social Services Officer at Redcliff Municipality, received the donation on behalf of the institution.
Mr Musonza, the Social Services Officer at Redcliff Municipality, receiving the donation on behalf of the institution
The @ZadhrDoctors on Wednesday October27, 2021, held a Covid-19 Response and Preparedness Capacity Building Workshop at Chegutu Hospital. The workshop aims to capacitate HPs on identifying, treating and referring mental health patients; raise awareness of burnouts as pertains to HPs ensuring the mental health of fellow cadres; and, strengthen the referral system within the districts/cities for mental health disorders
Dr Rukudzo Mwamuka leading a healthcare workers discussion on stress and burnout during a Covid-19 Response and Preparedness Capacity Building Workshop at Chegutu Hospital on Wednesday November, 27, 2021
Following a donation of PPE and hygiene material to Bumhudzo Old People’s Home in St Mary’s Chitungwiza by @ZadhrDoctors on Tuesday October 26, 2021, Dr Brighton Chizhande demonstrates the correct donning and doffing of PPE to caregivers at the institution
Following a donation of PPE and hygiene material to Musha weVana Children’s Home in Marondera, Dr Brighton Chizhande conducting a COVID-19, Vaccines and National Vaccination Rollout Programme discussion today
Healthcare workers are at risk too. Supporting the health and mental wellbeing of healthcare workers in a time of COVID-19. Below, nurses at Chinhoyi Provincial Hosp attending a Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR) and Zimbabwe Nurses Association workshop yesterday on capacitating cadres on identifying, treating and referring mental health patients as part of ZADHR’s efforts in continuously building resilience among cadres.
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