Author: Michael Gwarisa

Editor for HealthTimes, Zimbabwe's leading online health news publication

Go Further Partnership Reaches Over Half a Million HIV-Positive Women with Cervical Cancer Screening in its First Year

Michael Gwarisa

The United States’ PEPFAR program, the George W. Bush Institute, Merck and UNAIDS are aiming to end AIDS and cervical cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa within a generation through an innovative public-private partnership On the margins of the 2019 United Nations General Assembly, former President George W. Bush and Ambassador Deborah L. Birx announced that the Go Further partnership to end AIDS and cervical cancer has reached over half a million HIV-positive women with cervical cancer screening and treated thousands of women for pre-invasive cancerous lesions in its first year. The…

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Prominent Zim Health Journalist Dies In Namibia

Michael Gwarisa

PATIENCE Nyangove, a Zimbabwean born Journalist has succumbed to a brain infection in Namibia. Patience has been hospitalised at a Windhoek hospital over the past months after doctors detected a brain infection. Until the time of her demise she has been a senior journalist at The Confidente Newspaper in Namibia. A top-drawer reporter covering health, hard news, investigative and feature writing, Patience has over 15 years working experience in print industry. Her journalism career began in Zimbabwe where she worked for the AMH Media Holdings which publishes The Standard, NewsDay…

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Bilharzia Causing Worm Increases Risk Of HIV Infection

Michael Gwarisa

SCHISTOSTOMIASIS, the worm that causes Bilharzia can increase the risk of infection. Article Originally Written by Felicia Wong Fresh water sources are a lifeline to so many people across Africa. And yet they can harbour parasitic worms that increase the risk of HIV for women and girls. Share “Have you heard of schistosomiasis or bilharzia? Did you know that there is a link with HIV?” This has been my opening line for many conversations over the last two years. It was (and still is) often met with a pause. Mostly…

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Doctors Strike Enters Fourth Week

Michael Gwarisa

TODAY marks exactly four weeks since government doctors declared incapacitation as a result of poor living conditions, amidst indications that there could be no hope in sight to the end of the industrial action should government fail to meet their demands. By Michael Gwarisa In a statement, Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) acting Secretary General, Dr Tawanda Zvakada said doctors were committed to resuming work and saving lives but the situation on the ground was no longer workable. Several engagements have been made with the employer to come and address…

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Guruve Couples Turn To Withdrawal Method…As Contraceptives Crisis Deepens

Michael Gwarisa

IT’S a chilly evening in the sandy plains of Guruve and everyone is tucked in their homes waiting to have a hot meal and take an evening nap. Everyone is talking about the change of weather and how all of a sudden, September has turned out to be freezing  while some ambitious farmers are already contemplating tilling the land. By Michael Gwarisa recently in Guruve For married couples, evenings are like what Christmas is to a five year old. It is a well-known and scientifically proven fact that men get…

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Zim Hero Doctor Saves Ailing Patient Mid-air

Michael Gwarisa

DR Edgar Munatsi an off duty Zimbabwean medical doctor manged to resuscitate a a patient who had fallen on board flight to the United Kingdom (UK), HealthTimes has learnt. By Michael Gwarisa The hero doctor was on his way to take up a Chevening scholarship in the UK where he set to start an MSc in Public Health for Development at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.. I raised my hand, I quickly looked around to see if there was anyone who had responded, but there was none.…

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WAG Takes Gender Budgeting To The Grassroots

Michael Gwarisa

WOMEN’S Action Group  (WAG), has commenced pre-budget consultation meetings inorder to raise awareness on the importance of mainstreaming gender budgeting in the budgeting process. By Michael Gwarisa recently in Guruve Speaking during a public expenditure feedback and budget consultation meeting held in Guruve yesterday (25/09/19), WAG Programs Officer, Fiona Tinarwo said the national budget to be presented by finance minister, Prof Mthuli Ncube in November this year should be gender responsive and also prioritise women’s needs. For us to advance Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) for women, there is…

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Health Ministry Wants ZW$3 Billion in Forthcoming Budget

Michael Gwarisa

THE Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) has presented its budgetary proposal ahead of the 2020 National Budget presentation by the ministry of finance and economic development later on this year. By Michael Gwarisa Presenting their Budgetary bid during a pre-budget consultative meeting with the Parliamentary portfolio committee on health, ministry of health Director Finance and Administration, Mrs  Heather Machamire said they were looking at getting nothing below ZW$3 billion in the 2020 national budget inorder to resolve challenges bedeviling the health sector. Our ceiling for the year 2020…

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Zim Faces Spike In Illegal Abortions…As Gvt Warns Of Worsening Contraceptives Crisis

Michael Gwarisa

GOVERNMENT has hinted of a worsening contraceptives crisis spilling into 2020 owing to a plethora of factors chief among them being delays in the procurement processes both at local level and from source markets. By Michael Gwarisa Briefing the Parliamentary portfolio committee on Health, Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) Acting Permanent Secretary, Dr Robert Mudyiradima said the contraceptives situation is likely to worsen. The information that we have is that for the year 2020, there may be contraceptives challenges. That is the information that we have right now…

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Children Tariro: Building Economic Resilience For HIV Epidemic Control

Michael Gwarisa

“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” This adage as cliché and old as it may sound is relevant and key to developing strong systems for better epidemic control and management. By Michael Gwarisa In Manicaland Province Many a times, young people especially girls, fall prey to cunning and daring men who use gifts to lure them into having sexual intercourse as a result of poverty. Since most of these victims are below…

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