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Zuma/Magufuli Petitioned Over Human Rights Abuse

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The Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (SAHRDN) today petitioned the Tanzanian government and Southern African Development Community (SADC) over the persecution of human rights defenders (HRDs) by State actors, which impede the legitimate work of human rights defenders. SAHRDN, a coalition of Southern African HRDs organisations delivered the petitions to the Embassy of Tanzania and the South African embassy for onward transmission to President Jacob Zuma, who is the Chairperson of SADC. Through the petition, which has been endorsed by more than 100 organisations and individuals, SAHRDN noted with…

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Sanitary Pads Prices Increase

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SOURCE: The DailyNews The Price of Sanitary wear has shot through the roof despite the fact that importers of raw materials used to manufacture them are not paying any duty at the ports of entry. Beginning this year, government scrapped duty on sanitary wear raw materials to make the products affordable following a strong push by legislators. [pullquote]A survey by DailyNews revealed  however that pads that were fetching around $0.89c have now gone up in prices to as up by as much as 124 percent to $1.99. [/pullquote] Other sanitary…

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Patient groups march for access to medicines in South Africa

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Finalise the draft policy and amend laws to save lives, activists tell dti PRETORIA – Today, more than 1,000 members of the Fix the Patent Laws Coalition (FTPL) will march to the Department of Trade and Industry (dti) in support of the government’s efforts to fix our patent laws and ensure everyone has access to the medicines they need. Made up of 36 patient groups and civil society organisations representing people affected by most major diseases in South Africa, the FTPL Coalition will hand over its in-depth submission in support of the draft…

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Public Health Bill To Take Longer Than Expected- Experts

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By Daniel Phiri GAZETTING of the Public Health Bill (PHA) which is being prepared in Parliament might take longer than expected, legal watchdog Veritas Zimbabwe has said. In its Bill Watch update series dated October 20, 2017, Veritas Zimbabwe said the Bill had been taken to the government printer but was likely to take long before it is gazetted. “Parliament’s latest Status of Bills list reflects that the Public Health Bill was sent to the Government Printer on 3rd October.As this is bound to be a very long Bill that…

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Oral Sex With 5 or More Partners Could Up Your Risk of HPV

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While oral sex has many, many upsides, it’s actually one of the most common ways human papillomavirus (HPV) is spread. HPV is a sexually transmitted infection that can increase your chance of throat cancer, depending on which strain you contract. Now, further research shows that the risk of HPV is higher in men who regularly smoke cigarettes and have multiple sexual partners. A new study published in the Annals of Oncologylooked at data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, which had data from 13,089 people ages 20-69 who participated in it…

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Breaking: WHO Director General Revokes Mugabe’s appointment

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By Kudakwashe Pembere World Health Organisation Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has rescinded the appointment of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe after giving in to the demands of  disgruntled Zimbabweans and the rest of the world. Mugabe’s Goodwill Ambassador role for non communicable diseases barely lasted a two days. An online petition was created by one Velez Rubio in Spain challenging the unpopular decicion to give  him such a post. The online petition created yesterday titled “Mugabe Must Not Be WHO Good Will Ambassador Zimbabwean Are Suffering Because of Him…

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UK ‘disappointed’ as Robert Mugabe becomes WHO goodwill ambassador

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SOURCE: THEGURDIAN UN body appoints Zimbabwean despot to help tackle non-communicable diseases, despite dire health crisis under his rule. The UK government has criticised the World Health Organization’s decision to appoint Robert Mugabe as a “goodwill ambassador”, calling the move “surprising and disappointing”. A Downing Street spokesman said British diplomats had raised serious concerns with the WHO director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, over the decision to offer the high-profile role to the Zimbabwean president. The UN body asked the 93-year-old, who has been in power since 1980, to help tackle non-communicable diseases…

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President Mugabe Appointed WHO Ambassador

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HealthTimes Reporter  President Robert Mugabe has been appointed the World Health Organisation (WHO) Ambassador for Africa to help governments tackle chronic diseases such as diabetes, stroke, cancer and heart diseases. President Mugabe will work with national and local politicians to highlight the heavy economic and health burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), United Nations health agency said. WHO director-general Tedros Ad-hanom Ghebreyesus said President Mugabe’s appointment would enable governments to “strengthen our response together” to these “major public health challenges”. NCDs and injuries are responsible for 43 million deaths each year, according…

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Midlands Province Successfully Integrates Pediatric ART and Nutrition

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By Michael Gwarisa recently in Lower Gweru THE Midlands province has successfully integrated nutrition and paediatric Anti Retro Viral Therapy (ART) programs in a bid to reduce infant mortality as a result of HIV induced malnutrition, a health official has said. Briefing Journalists on the side-lines of a Save the children Nutrition Media Sensitisation Tour of Lower Gweru, Midlands Province District Medical Officer, Dr Shakespeare Mureyano said there was poor uptake of Pediatric ART in the area and as a result, opportunistic infections like diarrhea would attack children who are…

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UNFPA making inroads in restoring ZNFPC’s former glory

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By Kudakwashe Pembere The United Nations Population Fund Zimbabwe (UNFPA) is making headways in returning the Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council to its former glory using various initiatives, an official has said. This was said by UNFPA Zimbabwe assistant Ms Abbigail Msemburi during the launch of the SWOP findings on Wednesday(yesterday). Ms Msemburi went down through memory lane where ZNFPC was a regional family planning powerhouse, a status that went down the drain. “We hear a lot of what ZNFPC used to be like at about independence where it was…

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