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#BREAKING: Zimbabwe To Extend Vaccination To 12 and 15 Year Olds

February 22, 2022February 23, 2022 Michael Gwarisa

THE Zimbabwean cabinet has announced plans to vaccinate 12 and 15 year olds as part of plans to expand the vaccination program and attain herd immunity as the COID-19 pandemic gradually transforms into an endemic. By Michael Gwarisa The development comes a few months after government extended vaccination to 16 year olds. Briefing Journalists during a Post Cabinet Media Briefing in Harare, Joram Gumbo, the acting information minister said. “Based on advise from the paediatric association of Zimbabwe special COVID-19 vaccine group, and therefore has resolved to extend COVID-19 vaccination…

Dr Tony Fauci to deliver keynote address at the 6th Global Forum on TB Vaccines

February 22, 2022 Michael Gwarisa

Years of progress in the fight against tuberculosis (TB), the world´s second biggest infectious killer since the emergence of COVID-19, together with the rise of antimicrobial drug resistance has made vaccine development against the disease all the more urgent, scientists will be told next week at the 6th Global Forum on TB Vaccines (virtual, hosted by Toulouse, France). The event is being held under the high patronage of French President Emmanuel Macron and under the patronage of French Minister for Solidarity and Health Olivier Véran, and is an official event…

Nurses Verification Bribe: Health Ministry Director, Dr Mudyiradima Arrested

February 22, 2022 Healthtimes

HEALTH and Child Care Ministry (MoHCC) Chief Director Policy, Planning and Statistics, Dr Robert Mudyiradima was recently arrested in connection with a US$1000.00 bribe he allegedly took to facilitate the processing of a Nursing Verification Certificate for a nurse who wanted to leave for greener pastures. New Zimbabwe.com Dr Mudyiradima appeared at the Harare Magistrate Court Friday, 18 February 2022. It is alleged that Dr Mudyiradima committed the crime during the period when he was acting permanent secretary for the ministry of health. He was arrested on February 1 after…

Being vaccinated against Covid-19 opens doors

February 22, 2022 Healthtimes

THE Covid-19 pandemic has undermined economies and dramatically changed the way we work, disrupting labour markets both across the continent and globally. By Carême Kouamé What the pandemic has done is push both organisations and consumers to adopt new behaviours – some of which are likely to persist. The big question is the extent to which remote working will continue to be adopted. While remote working was at first highly appealing in the early days of the pandemic and national lockdowns, the cracks soon started to appear as boredom and…

Zimbabwe To Host Inaugural Light-up for TB Campaign

February 21, 2022February 21, 2022 Michael Gwarisa

FOR the first time in history, Zimbabwe will this year host a Light Up for TB campaign, which is a global campaign to draw attention to the 1.5 million deaths caused by TB each year and to show solidarity to the millions of people affected. Every year countries across the world come together on this day by lighting up buildings and significant monuments in RED. Speaking on the Light Up Campaign, Jointed Hands Welfare Organisation Executive Director, Dr Donald Tobaiwa urged cities and towns to take advantage of the Lights…

First antibiotic for super-gonorrhea enters human trials as new cases found in England

February 21, 2022 Healthtimes

The first antibiotic for super-gonorrhoea has entered human trials, as four new cases of the resistant infection have been found across England since December. The number of cases of gonorrhoea that do not respond to standard antibiotics has increased significantly over the past 50 years, prompting concerns that without the development of new drugs the disease may become untreatable. Gonorrhoea can cause pelvic inflammatory disease, infertility and ectopic pregnancies. Pregnant women can pass the disease onto their unborn baby. Earlier this month a woman in her 20s in London and…

Sweden avails PSH Additional USD1.6 million for Anti-GBV Campaign

February 21, 2022 Michael Gwarisa

Population Solutions for Health (PSH), formerly Population Services International (PSI) Zimbabwe, has received another SEK15 (USD1.6 million) for its campaign tackling child marriages and gender based violence. By Staff Reporter The financial boost comes at a time when Zimbabwe is enduring the multiple effects of COVID-19, GBV and child marriage in communities. The Covid-19 crisis has exacerbated GBV including child marriages. To intensify dialogue and awareness around these issues Sweden has awarded a further SEK15 Million to Population Services International for the design and placement of an 18 month national…

Operation of Hope Cleft Surgical Mission Back to Zimbabwe after two Years

February 18, 2022 Michael Gwarisa

The Operation of Hope Mission, a charity based organisation that offers free surgical operation to children and adults with cleft clip, cleft palate or other facial deformations is back in Zimbabwe this May, following two years of absence caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, raising hope for restoration for those with the condition. Staff Reporter Team leader Jennifer Trubenbach who is also the CEO and President of Operation of Hope Worldwide, said, “We are on a Mega Mission that will see us spending four weeks of free cleft surgery at Mpilo…

“We Are Happy With Conditions Of Service.” – Nurses Associations……ZINA labels them bootlickers and opportunists out for a quick buck ……Associations position not reflective of nursing sector stance

February 18, 2022 Michael Gwarisa

THE Nurses and Midwives in Government Association (NMGA), the Zimbabwe Young Nurses Association (ZYNA) and the Zimbabwe Confederation of Midwives in Zimbabwe say they are happy with the prevailing conditions of service and incentives being offered by government to the nursing profession and the generality of the civil service. By Michael Gwarisa Their proclamation comes in the midst of one of the worst exodus of skilled personal in the history of the nursing and midwifery professions in Zimbabwe where over 2000 nurses have left for greener pastures since January 2021,…

Parental Consent Laws Leave Adolescents Vulnerable To HIV Says UNAIDS

February 17, 2022 Michael Gwarisa

COUNTRIES with laws that forbid adolescents from accessing Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) services without consent from their parents or guardians, tend to have higher HIV incidence and prevalence in young girls as compared to countries that have liberalized age of consent and opened up room for young people to make their own decisions. By Michael Gwarisa Zimbabwe is among the many countries that still have age of consent laws and according to the UNAIDS weekly report, many countries have age of consent laws in relation to sexual activity that…