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See Zimbabwe’s 2022 Full School Term Calendar

February 1, 2022 Healthtimes

2022 FULL SCHOOL CALENDAR: FIRST TERM Begins: Monday, 7 February 2022 Ends: Thursday 7 April 2022 Public Holiday: One No Of School Days: 45 Exeat Weekends: None Vacation: 26 Days SECOND TERM Begins: Tuesday 3, May 2022 Ends: Thursday 4 August 2022 Public Holidays: One No Of School Days: 69 Days Exeat Weekends: None Vacation: 30 Days THIRD TERM Begins: Monday, 5 September 2022 Ends:Thursday 8 December, 2022 Public Holidays: None No Of School Days: 71 Days Exeat Weekends: None Vacation: 31 Days First term2023 begins: Monday…

Many countries struggle to provide chemotherapy drugs to their children; St. Jude wants to change that

February 1, 2022February 1, 2022 Healthtimes

Charity Kawadza is often the one to tell parents there are no chemotherapy drugs available for their children at Parirenyatwa General Hospital in Harare, Zimbabwe. None in the whole country. Kawadza is a nurse and the health promotions coordinator with KidzCan Zimbabwe, a non-governmental organization that supports the hospital’s ward for children suffering from cancer. “You know children are fighters,” she said. “They can actually survive cancer. … And now you are left with explaining to the parent — some parents will take it and understand, but other parents will…

Zimbabwe Red Cross Deploys Support Team And Assistance To Floods Affected Areas

January 26, 2022 Healthtimes

THE Zimbabwe Red Cross Society, ZRCS, has deployed surge support and started assessments in Mashonaland West, Mashonaland East, Mashonaland Central and Manicaland Provinces, while also distributing response materials to worst affected areas with the support of Danish Red Cross and Finish Red Cross. Own Correspondent Part of the response also includes offering first aid to the injured while pre-positioned relief materials will be distributed in response to needs assessment include tents/ tarpaulins, hygiene kits, blankets, jerrycans and mosquito nets. ZRCS volunteers are already on standby, while in some places such…

Omicron Related Diseases Severity Lower Than Other Variants- CDC

January 26, 2022January 26, 2022 Healthtimes

DESPITE the Omicron variant having recorded the highest reported numbers of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations during the pandemic, disease severity indicators, including length of stay, ICU admission, and deaths as a result of the strain were lower than during previous pandemic peaks. According to a weekly morbidity and mortality report by the American Center for Disease Control (CDC) that analyzed trends in Disease Severity and Health Care Utilization During the Early Omicron Variant Period between the December 2020–January 2022 period, the majority of the cases were mild compared to previous…

People Hospitalised for COVID-19 In 2020 At Greater Risk Of Readmission or Death- Study

January 26, 2022 Healthtimes

A new study led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), the University of Oxford and clinical software provider TPP has gathered that people who had been hospitalised for COVID-19 in 2020 – and survived for at least one week after discharge – were more than twice as likely to die or be readmitted to the hospital in the next several months compared to the general population. HealthTimes Reporter Previous research has suggested that people with COVID-19 may face a greater risk of health issues for several…

Generation Health Joins the Cervical Cancer Awareness Movement

January 26, 2022January 26, 2022 Healthtimes

Compliments of the new season! A time we plan for the year and what a better time to keep urging women to get screened for cervical cancer. According to the Lancet Journal, “each year, more than half a million women are diagnosed with cervical cancer and the disease results in over 300 000 deaths worldwide.” To bring it closer to home it accounts for close to one third of cancers in Black Zimbabwean women and is also the number one cause of cancer deaths in Zimbabwe. Caroline Mbofana – Dyirakumunda…

Antimicrobial Resistance Kills 1.2 Million People In One Year, Overtakes AIDS And Malaria

January 24, 2022 Healthtimes

More than 1.2 million people died worldwide in 2019 from infections caused by bacteria resistant to antibiotics, according to the largest study of the issue to date. SOURCE: BBC This is more than the annual death toll from malaria or Aids. Poorer countries are worst affected but antimicrobial resistance threatens everyone’s health, the report says. Urgent investment in new drugs and using current ones more wisely are recommended to protect against it. The overuse of antibiotics in recent years for trivial infections means they are becoming less effective against serious…

#JUSTIN: Veteran Zim Musician Zex Manatsa Dies

January 20, 2022January 20, 2022 Healthtimes

LEGENDARY musician and Zex Manatwa has died. He was 78. Staff Reporter Manatsa was battling a cancer known as Multiple Myeloma and this was announced through his official facebook page. Multiple myeloma is a cancer of plasma cells. Normal plasma cells are found in the bone marrow and are an important part of the immune system. The immune system is made up of several types of cells that work together to fight infections and other diseases. Manatsa in knowsn for his hits like Tea Hobvu amongst a host of other…

PrEP Uptake Still Very Low

January 18, 2022 Healthtimes

USE of daily oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), is not expanding enough as was anticipated. HealthTimes Reporter According to the the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) weekly report, the COVID-19 also had a negative impact on the uptake of the drug. “It has been more than a decade since the first evidence of the efficacy of daily oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) was published. PrEP is now a valuable additional option for people who are at higher risk of acquiring HIV, and its global uptake has continued to increase, despite…

COVAX delivers its 1 billionth COVID-19 vaccine dose

January 18, 2022 Healthtimes

On 15 January 2022, a shipment of 1.1 million COVID-19 vaccines to Rwanda included the billionth dose supplied via COVAX. Own Correspondent Together with our partners, COVAX is leading the largest vaccine procurement and supply operation in history, with deliveries to 144 countries to date. But the work that has gone into this milestone is only a reminder of the work that remains. As of 13 January 2022, out of 194 Member States, 36 WHO Member States have vaccinated less than 10% of their population, and 88 less than 40%.…