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Zim Wont Be Adopting New ARVs Soon- Minister

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HEALTH and Child Care minister, Dr David Parirenyatwa says Zimbabwe wont be stampeded into adopting new Anti Retro Viral drugs (ARVs) by the donor community, HealthTimes has learnt. By Michael Gwarisa His response comes at a time when most countries in the high HIV burden zones are moving towards embracing new ARV drugs which bring convenience and comfort to people living with HIV. At an international scale, a number of new ARV drugs are being rolled out with some African countries such as Kenya and South Africa having already agreed…

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UNAIDS Founding Father Urges Zim To Prioritise Research To End AIDS

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UNAIDS founding executive director, Baron Professor Peter Piot who is in the country to discuss various partnership opportunities with the purpose of strengthening research capacity in areas of health and science, has implored Zimbabwe to prioritise research if it is to  defeat the AIDS pandemic. By Michael Gwarisa The call comes at the back of an impending adolescent epidemic which has shifted its focus from the adult populace to the adolescents and young people groups, posing a threat to the 2030 targets of eradicating AIDS. Speaking at a reception ceremony…

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HIV Infections To Rise In Young Women In Sub Saharan Africa- Experts Blame Blessers

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PUBLIC health experts have warned of a rise in new infections in young girls in Sub Saharan Africa owing to various factors chief among them being poverty which exposes them to the insatiable desires of older men who have greater financial muslcle. Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Caprisa’s associate scientific director said, “You’ve got this ongoing cycle” of transmission fed by a constant supply of girls reaching teenhood. In a 2016 study, she and other researchers at Caprisa found that women ages 15 to 24 in Vulindlela , South Africa and a…

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Minister Should Stop Cheap Media Propaganda- Striking Doctors

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HEALTH and Child Care minister, Dr David Parirenyatwa should stop his cheap media propaganda and address doctors concerns before more people die, vice President and spokesperson for the Zimbabwe Hospitals Doctors Association (ZDHA), Dr Mxolisi Ngwenya has said. By Michael Gwarisa Speaking to Journalists on the sidelines of a doctors demo at Parirenyatwa Hospital, Ngwenya said they were cognizant of the situation at the hospitals and that more people were at risk but they would not return to work until government heeds to their call. “We want our rural medical…

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Five Barriers To Ending TB According To MSF

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This World Tuberculosis Day (March 24), Doctors Without Borders (MSF) profiles five key strategies on which government and donors should focus their finances and efforts in order to end the deadly TB epidemic. BY MSF TB is curable, but there are numerous challenges that exist at every level of TB diagnosis and care – not only in South Africa, but around the world, where one person dies every 18 seconds from TB. Below are the five barriers to effective TB treatment Barrier 1: Stigma exacerbates the TB epidemic, which is already commonly…

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Government In A Fix Over Doctors’ Strike- Parirenyatwa

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HEALTH and Child Care Minister  Dr David Parirenyatwa says treasury is caught between a rock and hard place on whether they should heed to the doctors calls to increase allowances and remuneration for doctors amidst fears that such a move could trigger an even worse industrial action across other sections of the health sector. By Michael Gwarisa The doctors strike has entered its 21st day and indications of the industrial action ending soon are slim as doctors and associations representing doctors have vowed to dig in unless their demands are…

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Nestle Avails 63 Neonatal kits to Health Ministry

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Government on Wednesday received 63 neonatal resuscitation kits from Nestle Nutrition Institution Africa which will help reduce neonatal mortality rate. By Kudakwashe Pembere In a speech read on his behalf by Principal Director Preventive Services Dr Gibson Mhlanga Health and Childcare minister David Parirenyatwa said the kits will help tackle neo-natal mortality. “It is my pleasure and singular honor to be officiating at this important event where we are here to witness the handover of 63 neonatal resuscitation kits from Nestlé Nutrition Institute Africa. This signifies great private sector support…

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Food programme improves school enrollment in Chivi rural

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TEACHERS in Chivi central Masvingo province have applauded the government for implementing food programme in schools saying the number of pupils enrolling in schools has since improved. By Staff Reporter The teachers said the children were feeding on wild berries and having one meal a day in the hunger stricken province. The Home Grown School Feeding Programme was launched in 2016 as one of the direct interventions in the health of learners making schools places of promoting education and nutrition. Jaka Primary school headmaster, Pfuurai Chimbunde, in a n interview…

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#SisterToSister Program Keeps UMP Girls Off Early Marriages and HIV Risk

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THE Sister to Sister program being spearheaded by the Zimbabwe Community Health Intervention Research project (Zichire) is working flat out to ensure young girls in Uzumba, Maramba and Pfungwe (UMP) pursue their dreams without the inconvenience of early marriages and HIV infection. By Michael Gwarisa recently in UMP The issue of early marriages is most prevalent in the UMP district with members of the Appstolic sect (Mapostori ekwa Marange) and artisanal miners (Makororkoza) being the major perpetrators  and drivers of early marriages. In an interview on the sidelines of a…

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Zim Commemorates World Oral Health Day

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Zimbabwe on Wednesday joined the rest of the world in commemorating World Oral Health Day. By Kudakwashe Pembere The celebrations ran under the theme Say Ahhh. Think mouth. Think health. Officiating the celebrations, Health and Childcare minister Dr David Parirenyatwa revealed that about 30 percent of Zimbabwean children have been found with tooth decay alongside a 60 percent having a tooth or more pulled. “In Zimbabwe in at each school’s screening a significant proportion have tooth decay (more than 30%) and at every community outreach more than 60% of the…

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