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ZUJ Conducts Gender Equity And Safety Training Workshop For Journalists

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IN a move meant to bring gender equity and safety in the workplace, the Zimbabwe Union for journalists (ZUJ) recently conducted a gender safety workshop for both male and female journalists. By Patricia Mashiri Issues of gender inequality, harassment and abuse in newsrooms have been topical rooms females being the most affected ones. Speaking at the training Michael Chideme, The President of ZUJ said journalists should raise alarm over gender-based violence and harassment in newsrooms. I hope there are gender desks where journalists can raise these issues. Wherever we are…

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Restart Whole Vaccination Process, COVAXIN Recipients Told

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THE COVID-19 Chief Coordinator in the President’s Office, Dr Agness Mahomva has urged Zimbabweans who received their first jabs of COVAXIN vaccine but failed to get their second doses to start afresh with a different one. By Patricia Mashiri She made this plea following indications that thousands of people who received their first doses of the COVAXIN vaccine in May and June when Zimbabwe received its shipment of 35,000 doses from India are yet to get their second jabs five months down the line. Speaking during a Science Cafe, Dr…

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ZWMB Partners Youth Engage To Provide Loans To Young Women

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ZIMBABWE Women Microfinance Bank (ZWMB) has partnered with Youth Engage, a grassroots focused organization that advocates for the health of young people in their diversity to give financial freedom to  young women and girls. By Patricia Mashiri The Bank empowers women economically and socially by providing access to affordable and innovative women-centered financial products and services. It also assists young women in their individual capacity, in groups/clubs/cooperatives or as micro, small, and medium enterprises. Speaking to HealthTimes, Ms Barbara Muyengwa, Head of Marketing and Public Relations ZWMB said they decided…

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Male Breast Cancer Accounts For 0.9% In Zimbabwean Men

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HOSPICE and Palliative Care Association of Zimbabwe (HOSPAZ), an organization that deals with palliative care for cancer, TB, HIV and other communicable and non-communicable diseases have warned that men were not excluded from developing breast cancer and should always be on the lookout for signs and symptoms of the disease. By Patricia Mashiri The call also comes in the month when the world is commemorating breast cancer awareness month which is running under the theme Budding Up With One Another Because No One Should Fight Cancer Alone. Speaking to HealthTimes…

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More than 120,000 American Kids Lost a Parent or Other Caregiver During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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THE number of U.S. children orphaned during the COVID-19 pandemic may be larger than previously estimated, and the toll has been far greater among Black and Hispanic Americans, a new study suggests. More than half the children who lost a primary caregiver during the pandemic belonged to those two racial groups, which make up about 40% of the U.S. population, according to the study published Thursday by the medical journal Pediatrics. These findings really highlight those children who have been left most vulnerable by the pandemic, and where additional resources…

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Erectile Dysfunction Risk 6 Times Higher in Men With COVID

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COVID-19 increases the risk of developing erectile dysfunction (ED) by nearly six times, according to data from the first study to investigate the association between ED and COVID-19 in young men in a real-life setting. The preliminary numbers also indicated that having ED also increased men’s susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection. Men with ED are more than five times more likely to have COVID-19. For men with a history of COVID-19, the estimated risk of developing ED was 5.66 higher. Those numbers remained even after other factors considered. The study, which…

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Vice President Opens Kwekwe Infectious Disease Hospital

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THE Vice President and Minister of Health and Child Care, Dr Constantino Chiwenga has officially opened the Kwekwe Infectious Disease Hospital which will cater for all infectious diseases except COVID-19. By Patricia Mashiri Speaking during the official opening, Vice President Chiwenga commended the city of Kwekwe’s leadership for  constructing the infectious disease hospital. Let me hasten to underscore that this facility will not cater for COVID-19 patients, but all other infectious diseases that the Kwekwe community would suffer from. To the City of Kwekwe, I also want to recognize the…

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Irvines donates 6000 eggs to Derbyshire Primary

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Irvines one of the biggest egg and chicken produce in the country has donated 6000 eggs to Derbyshire Primary School in Waterfalls as a way of celebrating world egg day. HealthTimes Reporter World egg day, a global event celebrated on the second Friday of October every year, is a day set aside to honour the unique contribution eggs make to supporting people around the world. It was established in Vienna, Austria in 1996. Anele Zunga, Irvine Commercial Director said “In the past years, we have celebrated this special day with…

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#BREAKING: Former Health Minister Obhadia Moyo Acquitted

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minister Obhadia Moyo at Court

High Court Thursday quashed charges against former health minister Obadiah Moyo, arrested in June last year for awarding US$60m contracts to Drax International without following tender process. Justice Kwenda said charges did not disclose elements that constitute an offense Former health minister was being charged with criminal abuse of office over the alleged awarding of a $60m contract for Covid-19 supplies. He was sacked by Emmerson Mnangagwa for inappropriate conduct by a public official. According to court papers then, Moyo allegedly awarded a multimillion tender to Drax International LLC, headquartered…

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VISUS initiative to address school safety assessments in Zimbabwe

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More than 70 participants joined the launch session of the Visual Inspection for defining the Safety Upgrading Strategies (VISUS) Initiative which helps to assess the safety of schools in Zimbabwe, with an initial focus on schools in Chimanimani district. This initiative is being implemented in the context of the Zimbabwe Idai Recovery Project (ZIRP) funded by the World Bank and managed by UNOPS. The launch session which was held on 4 October 2021, drew participants from the government, academia, civil society organisations and local schools. Some physically attended the launch…

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