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Pachoto Band Launches Album On Gender Based Violence

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 Pachoto music band which was adopted by Katswe Sisterhood has Launched an album titlded Tadambura Ngetani Staff Reporter  The album is comprised of song six tracks namely Zvandikona, Tinodamukana, Ngenzenjani, Veruwadzano, Mukereke and Tasumungurwa In an interview with this publication, Pachoto band Director Rumbidzai Tapfuma said Tadambura Ngetani is a project which is addressing issues which are being faced by women in churches. “Our album has six songs which are addressing difficult issues which are being face by women in churches we go to, as you know a lot of…

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Zim Records Lowest New Daily Deaths For The First Time in the Third Wave

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Zimbabwe has recorded the lowest number of deaths since the COVID-19 third wave hit the country in June. Health Reporter According to the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) Daily Situational Reported the country recorded 49 new cases and 2 deaths on 12 September 2021. Commenting through a social media platform Dr Grant Murewanhema, a local public Health Expert and Epidemiologist advised the nation to get vaccinated and continue observing the World Health Organization and the national lockdown so as to keep the numbers down. “We must pray and…

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Avenues Clinic Holds Minute Of Silence To Honour Frontline Health Workers Who Succumbed To COVID-19

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THE Avenues Clinic has observed a moment of silence for all doctors, nurses and other health workers who lost their lives due to COVID-19. By Patricia Mashiri Speaking during the event, Heath Dhana, the Chief Executive Officer, Medical Investment Limited said COVID-19 had affected everyone differently. It’s a bit of a solemn occasion as we come together today in this time of so much pain and hardship that has been caused by the COVID-19. Almost one of us here has been touched somewhere by the brutality of this pandemic. As…

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Positive Response On PSMAS Chronic Medicines Program

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PSMAS members with chronic conditions are positively responding to the call to register following the successful launch of the Chronic Medicines Programme on 1 September 2021. The programme is an initiative aimed at improving access to medications and health outcomes for PSMAS members with chronic medical conditions Own Correspondent PSMAS is dedicated to managing chronic medicine use in a manner that is beneficial to the health of members, and to ensuring quality care through holistic member care. The program is designed to benefit both members and beneficiaries alike. PSMAS members…

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Zim Vaccination Momentum Fading After Easing Of Lockdown

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THE relaxation of COVID-19 containment measures over the past two weeks and the downgrading of the lockdown restrictions from level 4 to level 2 have resulted in the reduction in daily COVID-19 vaccination numbers, a development experts fear could work against the country’s target of attaining herd immunity by December 2021. By Patricia Mashiri and Michael Gwarisa Even though the numbers seem to be on an upward trajectory, data from the Ministry of Health vaccination figures since beginning of September show an inconsistently fluctuating trend. Figures from Daily Situation reports…

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Imbokodo HIV Vaccine Study Was A Learning Phase

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Dr Portia Hunidzarira, the Imbokodo Principal Researcher said the discontinuation of the HVTN 705/HPX2008 or Imbokodo study gave researchers and scientist a new platform to learn and develop evidence  for future studies that might lead to an HIV vaccine breakthrough. By Patricia Mashiri She said the vaccine proved to be safe and caused no harm to participants even though it was unable to provide sufficient protection to prevent HIV infection which the study was looking. The study which commenced in 2017 and concluded vaccinations in June 2020 wanted to test…

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Skipping Breakfast Increases Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes In Adults- Study

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EPIDEMIOLOGICAL studies have indicated that breakfast skipping is associated with risk of type 2 diabetes. According to a recent study, there was a greater risk of type 2 diabetes in adults who skipped breakfast as compared to those adhered to a consistent breakfast routine. The study looked at data on 96,175 people to see if skipping breakfast had an impact on their health. What they found, was that the more people skipped breakfast – the more days a week – the higher their risk of type 2 diabetes,” said Cleveland…

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Govt Urged To Create Decent Working Conditions For Women

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GOVERNMENT has been urged to promote decent working conditions for women in the public sector as they carry the extra burden of social labor at home. By Fadzai Ndangana This came out in a virtual meeting organized by social justice movements- Action Aid Zimbabwe and Issues Pane Nyaya, where stakeholders were discussing the importance of decent work in the context of national development. Social labor at home is supposed to be paid for someone to do it but in Zimbabwe, civil servants cannot afford to pay that someone so in…

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A New Virus ‘Nipah,’ Deadlier Than COVID-19 Emerges In India, Kills Boy 12

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A 12-year-old boy has died in India of Nipah, a rare virus that is far deadlier than COVID-19 — and one that health officials have long feared could start a global pandemic. The unidentified boy died Sunday at a hospital in Kerala, the southern state already battling the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the hard-hit country, officials there said. He had already visited two other hospitals before his death, putting him in contact with potentially hundreds of people — with up to 11 showing potential symptoms, NDTV reported. Previous…

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Child Marriages Not Part Of Our Culture Says Chief Charumbira

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ZIMBABWE Chief Council (ZCC) president, Chief Fortune Charumbira has castigated grown men who take children as their wives and described the practice as unZimbabwean. By Patricia Mashiri In an interview with HealthTimes, Chief Charumbira said men who take child brides were doing so as a disguise to abuse children and force them into marriages in the name of culture. There is no culture which promote child marriages. Long ago people married girls at the age of 20 at most. They first looked if the girl could take care of a…

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