Category: BREAKING NEWS

Annah Sango To Speak At The 2022 AIDS Conference

Michael Gwarisa

GLOBAL Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+) Advocacy Officer, Annah  Sango has been listed amongst the featured speakers to headline the 2022 International AIDS Conference , the world’s largest conference on HIV and AIDS. By Michael Gwarisa The 2022 AIDS Conference will be held in Montreal Canada and will draw various key speakers from various parts of the world. Speaking to HealthTimes on the development, Anna said the AIDS conference will provide her with a platform to speak on various interventions Zimbabwe is working on to improve access to…

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Hundreds Thousands Of Condoms Go Missing In Kenyan Warehouse

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Hundreds of thousands of condoms, mosquito nets and tuberculosis drugs worth $100,000 (£77,000) are alleged to have disappeared from a warehouse operated by the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa). BBC They are believed to have been stolen and resold on the black market and to private chemists, according to the UN’s Global Fund to fight HIV, TB and malaria. It also accuses the agency of drastically inflating the price of the medicine, with some drugs being sold for one hundred times the correct cost. The government agency has not yet…

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5000 Young Women Aged 15–24 Become infected With HIV Every Week

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YOUNG women and girls still constitute the largest proportion of new HIV infections with indications that every week, around 5000 young women aged 15–24 years become infected with HIV, according to the UNAIDS Global AIDS Statistics Fact Sheet. By Staff Reporter According to the report, in sub-Saharan Africa, six in seven new HIV infections among adolescents aged 15–19 years are among girls. Young women aged 15–24 years are twice as likely to be living with HIV than men. Around 4200 adolescent girls and young women aged 15–24 years became infected…

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JICA Offers Technical Support To Zim Hospitals Management Systems

Michael Gwarisa

THE Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), is currently providing technical support to enhance management of healthcare facilities across the country with the aim of catapulting Zimbabwe towards attaining Universal Health Coverage (UHC). By Michael Gwarisa The support by JICA and the support by Japan to Zimbabwe’s healthcare industry is part of efforts by the Asian country to enhance cooperation with Zimbabwe and improve access to healthcare services for the majority of Zimbabweans. Speaking at handover ceremony of healthcare equipment in Harare recently, Ambassador of Japan to Zimbabwe, His Excellency, Mr…

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Close To 10 Million Zimbabweans Could Be Food Insecure By September

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ZIMBABWE is one of the African countries staring food insecurity in the face, with indications that between 40 percent to 60 percent of the country’s population could food insecure by September, 2022. By HealthTimes Correspondent A Food Assistance Outlook Brief prepared by the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) shows in its estimated acutely food insecure populations that only Zimbabwe and Somalia have 40 percent to 60 percent of their populations which are to be food insecure in September 2022. This 40-60percent translates to 5 million to 9.9 million…

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Hospitals and Healthcare Workers Attacked In Ukraine Following Russia’s Invasion

Michael Gwarisa

THE World Health Organisation’s (WHO’s) surveillance system for Attacks on Healthcare (SSA) has documented 31 attacks on healthcare workers by Russian forces, a development that has compromised access to healthcare services for Ukrainian citizens. By Michael Gwarisa A join statement issues by WHO, UNICEF and the UNFPA has called for a ceasefire in Ukraine and resuscitation of normal healthcare operations. Today, we call for an immediate cessation of all attacks on health care in Ukraine. These horrific attacks are killing and causing serious injuries to patients and health workers, destroying…

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Call to have open-heart surgeries done in Zim gets louder

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PARENTS, guardians of children with congenital heart diseases alongside specialist cardiologists in Zimbabwe have taken Government to task asking it to come up with measures that will see open heart surgeries being done in the country. HealthTimes Correspondent Experts who spoke last Friday in a webinar on congenital heart diseases expressed concern over the thousands of United States dollars spent on heart surgeries which can be done in the country. The experts said Zimbabwe has the potential to do cardiac-thoracic surgeries which can only be realized fully if Government and…

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Onward Gibson Announced As 2022 AVAC Fellow From Zimbabwe

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SEXUAL Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) advocate, Oward Gibson Chironda has together with other seven individuals and organisations been announced as a 2022 AVAC Advocacy Fellow. By Staff Reporter The 2022 AVAC Advocacy Fellows, marks the 12th class of the flagship Fellows Program. The group of eight advocates that have been selected for the 2022 program will participate in an 18-month program that supports their advocacy efforts, invests in the further development of their skills, shapes the agenda for HIV prevention research, and influences how quickly new interventions move into…

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#BREAKING: South Africa Approves Dapivirine Vaginal Ring for Use by Women

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First long-acting HIV prevention product designed specifically for women Approval paves the way for the monthly ring’s introduction  Nearly two-thirds of new adult HIV infections in South Africa occur among women SILVER SPRING, Md. (March 11, 2022)—The nonprofit International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM) today announced that the monthly dapivirine vaginal ring received regulatory approval from the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) for its use by women ages 18 and older to reduce their HIV risk. This marks a major milestone that brings the first long-acting and woman-controlled product…

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241 000 Zim Girls Married Before Turning 15

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ZIMBABWE’S child marriage woes have reached dire levels having more than 1 million married before the age of 18 with 241 000 of these getting betrothed before they turned 15. By Staff Reporter This emerged in a latest UNICEF report on Child Marriages across the world. Zimbabwe’s statistical profile according to Unicef showed that Matebeleland north was rife with child marriages. “Zimbabwe is home to over 1 million child brides; 1 in 3 young women were married in childhood,” said Unicef.    

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