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VanaChiremba Vakuru Voratidzira Nenyaya Yekushaya Zvipfeko Zve COVID-19

July 16, 2020July 16, 2020 Healthtimes

VANACHIREMBA vakuru vanoshandira muzvipatara zveHurumende, vazivisa kuti vachaisa pasi mapadza ebasa mushure mekunge vamwe vavo vawana utachiona hweCOVID-19 vari pabasa. Mutsamba yavakanyorera mukuru akafanobata chigaro chegurukuta ravanoshandira reUtano Nekurerwa Kwakanaka Kwevana, Muzvinafundo Amos Murwira, musi weChitatu 14 Chikunguru, 2020 vakati tinokuzivisai kuti mukupera kwemazuva gumi nemana, tichaisa tsvimbo dzebasa, mapadza nenhava pasi kana kuchema kwedu kwatadza kunzwikwa. Vakuru vakati mwana asingacheme anofira mubereki. Na Catherine Murombedzi Nekuda kwekushaya simba kunomuka mari yemuno yaita musi nezuva, mari yemuno inotambirwa nanamukoti vakuru haichina basa zvachose. Mari yavanotambira yasiiwa kure kure mumujawo nemitengo,…

Youth and COVID-19 Diaries: Tutoring brother, nursing granma and learning a new language

July 16, 2020 Healthtimes

Zimbabwe: 28-year-old Sharon Fadzai Muchena’s Story Date of diary session: “My main worry right now is whether my sanitary [products] will take me through to the end of lockdown.” After COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, the government of Zimbabwe issued a number of statutory instruments in March this year. One of these imposed a curfew and bans on public gatherings. Zimbabwe has joined other countries in a total lockdown. Today is day 40 and I am locked down with my family (my mom, dad and siblings).…

#JUSTIN: Harare Council Clinics Peg Consultation Fees In USD

July 16, 2020 Healthtimes

CITY of Harare health institutions have announced a new United States Dollars (USD) based payment regime for clinical and hospital consultations. HealthTimes Reporter Through their official micro-blogging platform, City of Harare said its clinic and hospital consultation fees will now be pegged against the prevailing inter-bank or an unequal in USD. Adults pay an equivalent of US$5 inter-bank rate. Adults pay an equivalent of US$5 while children pay US$3. Maternity fees are pegged at US$25. “The local component ZWL will vary on a weekly basis depending with the weekly USD…

COVID-19 Inogona Kutapukira Kumwana Achirimudumbu- Vanamazvikokota

July 15, 2020July 15, 2020 Healthtimes

VANA Chiremba veku France vazivisa ivo kuti COVID-19 inogona kutapukira kumwana achiri mudumbu. Izvi zvakazivisa mushure mekunge chikomana chakaberekwa namai vaive neCOVID-19 chakawana chirwere ichi chisati chaona zuva. Nyaya Na Cathrine Murombedzi Chikomana ichi chinonzi chakazvimba huropi. Izvi zvinonzi zvakaitika utachiona hwakadanhira kubva mubvuo (placenta) chichipinda kumwana. Zvinofadza ndezvekuti mwana arikuratidza kuita zvakanaka zvekuti achanaya kuve chigwindiri. Vazvina fundo vaive vambonyeurira veruzhinji nekutapukira kweutachiona nguva apfuura, asi vaive vasina ruzivo ruzere nazvo,” munyori mukuru, Dr Daniele De Luca, vanoshandira paAntoine Beclere Hospital iri pedyo neguta guru reParis. “Tazviona zvavapachena kuti…

Networks Of People Living With HIV Plug The Gap In Essential Services As Weak Health Systems Struggle To Cope With COVID-19

July 14, 2020 Healthtimes

AS health systems the world over are buckling under the pressure of COVID-19, volunteers and activists from the HIV movement have stepped in to ensure that essential services continue. A survey by GNP+, ICW and Y+ Global has found that networks of people living with HIV are using innovative ways to ensure their peers and their communities continue to have access to the critical services that they need. The results of the survey, released today in our report Living with HIV in the time of COVID-19, show how governments are focusing…

#Covid-19: Masiyiwa Steps Up Campaign For Use Of Face Masks

July 14, 2020July 14, 2020 Healthtimes

BUSINESSMAN and philanthropist Strive Masiyiwa has urged people to wear masks in the fight to combat the spread of the deadly coronavirus. HealthTimes Reporter This comes at a time the World Health Organisation (WHO) has indicated that wearing masks in public places could provide “a barrier for potentially infectious droplets” By now it should be clear to everybody that the most powerful tool to fight coronavirus infection is the humble Mask,” Masiyiwa said on his Facebook page. “We have to wear Masks for the next 12 months, every day, in…

Oxford, Wits Universities Conducting ÇOVID-19 Vaccine Trails

July 13, 2020 Healthtimes

Dr Portia Hunidzarira, University of Zimbabwe, Clinical Health Science (CHS)-Clinical Trials Research Centre (CTRC) in March walked journalists on the vaccine roadmap.

THE Oxford University is running COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Trials in collaboration with Wits University of South Africa. The vaccine was developed at the University of Oxford’s Oxford Jenner Institute and is currently on trial in the UK. Over 4 000 participants are already enrolled into the clinical trial and enrolment of an additional 10 000 participants is planned. The clinical trials are running in the UK, Brazil and South Africa. Why South Africa for vaccine trials? South Africa is the epicentre of COVID-19 in Africa. With 60% of the infections…

Religious Beliefs And culture, Barriers To Accessing SHRH

July 13, 2020July 13, 2020 Healthtimes

“PUBLIC hearings are announced, people do not attend. The communities show no interest in the formation of policies only to complain later…” By Catherine Murombedzi Health Correspondent Conforming to societal expectations has been a drawback to acceptance that culture is dynamic. The need to adapt and adopt to the ever changing requirements in life are required to keep pace with the changes. Some cultural and religious norms have limited or even hindered acceptance to changes in the global village. In Zimbabwe, we have societal pressure as a barrier in most…

Address by His Excellency Cyril Ramaphosa Focus on South Africa …effect on neighbours, Zim in particular

July 12, 2020 Healthtimes

By Catherine Murombedzi Health Correspondent ● Country remains at Level 3 ● Not yet at peak, ● All taxis on long trips must observe 70% occupancy ● Local taxis to ply at 100% observing all measures ● Alcohol sales prohibited with immediate effect ● Curfew effective Monday 13 July, 2020, 9pm to 4am no travel except from work or seeking medical assistance. ● Ease restrictions on auctions eased, agriculture, parks open for exercises. ● Family visits still prohibited, we note as social beings those with aged parents find it difficult,…

Zim Reports Steady Improvement In Uptake of Maternal, Reproductive & Adolescents Health Services Under Lockdown

July 12, 2020July 12, 2020 Healthtimes

THE ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) says there has been a steady improvement in the uptake of Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) for the first time since the national lockdown was effected in March this year. HealthTimes Reporter According to the health ministry, there was a decline in the utilization of Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) services such as family planning, antenatal care, postnatal care and other reproductive health services, particularly in the month of April 2020. The decline was due to challenges…