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CAB-LA Game Changer for Closing the Leaks to New HIV Infections among young people

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Onward Gibson Chironda- AVAC Fellow, Zimbabwe Zimbabwe approved cabotegravir long-acting (CAB-LA) for HIV prevention. In March 2021, the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) approved CAB-LA for use as HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in combination with oral emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (FTC/TDF). This landmark approval made Zimbabwe the second country in sub-Saharan Africa, after South Africa, to approve CAB-LA for HIV prevention. The approval of CAB-LA in Zimbabwe is a significant step forward in the country’s efforts to close the tap and the leaks reduce new HIV infections. Zimbabwe has one of…

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Teen Pregnancies Are Soaring. Is Revamping Sex Education the Answer?

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BIKITA, ZIMBABWE — When Delight Ziwacha was 16, she didn’t know one could get pregnant after having unprotected sex only once. A friend told her that it had to happen multiple times. So, after experimenting with alcohol during a high school soccer tournament, she had unprotected sex with her 17-year-old boyfriend. A month and a half later, she found out she was pregnant. By Evidence Chenjerai Senior Reporter “It only happened that one time,” she says. Ziwacha, now 19, doesn’t remember ever receiving any sex education in school. The little…

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Media, a critical partner in ending TB

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A THIRD of tuberculosis (TB) infections in Southern Africa are linked to mining activities and recent studies estimate that 3 to 7 percent of miners are becoming ill with TB each year (TIMS Epidemiological Study,2012). Health Times Reporter in Johannesburg, South Africa To address these challenges, media practitioners from 12 SADC member countries converged yesterday, 27 April 2023 in Johannesburg, South Africa for a two-days capacity building workshop to enhance informed reporting on TB-related issues including TB in the mining sector at the invitation of the East, Central and Southern…

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Recognition and support for village health workers in Zimbabwe: Panacea to ensure the success of primary health care and universal health coverage

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By: Enock Musungwini, MPH, MBA The Zimbabwe Village Health Worker programme began in the 1980s, soon after independence, with the aim of enhancing access to primary health care (PHC) services in line with the then Alma Ata Declaration (1978) and now the Astana Declaration (2018) and Universal Health Coverage (UHC 2030). According to the World Health Organisation, “primary health care is a whole-of-society approach to health that aims at ensuring the highest possible level of health and well-being and their equitable distribution by focusing on people’s needs and as early…

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Gay People are sick in the head says Museveni

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Uganda Attorney General, Kiryowa Kiwanuka recently informed President Yoweri Museveni that the Anti-Homsexuality bill if passed by Parliament in its current form criminalizes even those who voluntarily come out to have practiced homosexuality and need to be helped. By Staff Reporter The development resulted in President Museveni returning the controversial bill to parliament for fine-tuning citing that it was silent on psychologically disoriented persons and how it intends to deal with those who voluntarily come out as gay and how they will be helped to access mental rehabilitation services. Once…

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Zimbabwe Hosts Workshop on Integrating Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) and Mental Health Components in HIV Programming for Global Fund

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Harare, Zimbabwe – Representatives from Ghana, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe, whose funding request proposals are due for submission to the Global Fund, are meeting in Harare, Zimbabwe from 19-21 April 2023. The meeting gives these high impact countries a chance to integrate Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) and Mental Health components in their proposals. The workshop is being hosted by the Government of Zimbabwe with financial and technical support from the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNAIDS. The meeting marks a step up in action towards achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC)…

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WHO releases the largest global collection of health inequality data

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Today, WHO is launching the Health Inequality Data Repository, the most comprehensive global collection of publicly available disaggregated data and evidence on population health and its determinants. The repository allows for tracking health inequalities across population groups and over time, by breaking down data according to group characteristics, ranging from education level to ethnicity. The data from the repository show that, in just a decade, the rich-poor gap in health service coverage among women, newborns and children in low- and middle-income countries has nearly halved. They also reveal that, in…

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There Is No Better Way To Start Your Day Than To Start With An Orgasm

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Have you ever noticed how agitated and militant people can be when they are sexually frustrated? It’s like they are always to fight and in a perennial defensive mode. Sexual frustration is described a state of irritation, agitation, or stress resulting from sexual inactivity or dissatisfaction. It is a common, natural feeling, and can affect anyone. According to Medical News Today, Sexual frustration is a natural response that many people experience at one time or another. It refers to an imbalance between a person’s sexual desires and their reality. Some…

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Chief Charumbira faces arrest over sexual indecency

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CHIEF Fortune Charumbira has been charged for sexual indecency after he allegedly fondled and kissed his niece without her consent. By Staff Reporter He is the President of the Chief’s Council of Zimbabwe and also the President of the Pan African Parliament. The niece Paidamoyo Majaya aged 27 reported the case at Masvingo Police Central which has since been transferred to Harare. It is alleged the two met twice on different occassions in Harare where Chief Charumbira allegedly fondled her without her consent. He was charged under the INDECENT ASSAULT…

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Cholera Sets Foot In Bulawayo

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Zimbabwe’s second largest City, Bulawayo has since recorded two suspected Cholera Cases, bringing the total number of provinces that have recorded suspected cases to nine. By Staff Reporter According ti the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC), 12 new suspected cholera cases, 1 suspected death and 11 laboratory confirmed case were reported yesterday. These were reported from Beitbridge (7). Mutare City (3), Mutare Rural (1) and Bulawayo (1).  As of 12 April 2023, 12 cases are hospitalized. These are admitted at: Beitbridge District Hospital CTC (6) in Mat…

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