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Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University (ZEGU) Throws Lifeline to underprivileged Communities Amidst Covid 19 Pandemic

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ZIMBABWE Ezekiel Guti University (ZEGU), a local private university has synergized with the University of Zimbabwe, Women’s University in Africa as well as international universities from the United Kingdom, University of Nottingham and University of Wolverhampton towards  low cost COVID-19 alleviating solutions. HealthTimes Reporter These universities will work closely with a local NGO, the National Age Network of Zimbabwe, to come up with various solutions targeting the less privileged communities as they leverage on ZEGU’s low cost COVID-19 innovations. The project which is being funded through the UKRI’s GCRF/Newton Fund…

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Sexual Gender Based Violence Linked To High Unsafe Abortions in Zimbabwe

Michael Gwarisa

HIGH cases of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) have been linked to an increase in cases of unsafe and illegal abortions by young girls and women in Zimbabwe, a top government official has said. By Michael Gwarisa Speaking at the Health and Wellness Day that was organized by the Women Action Group (WAG) in Mabvuku, Ministry of Women Affairs, Community Small and Medium Enterprise Development Provincial Development Officer Mr Ernest Chimbodza said Zimbabwe was losing lives of young women and girls to unsafe abortions every year. Ladies and gentlemen,…

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Religious and Traditional Leaders join SRHR Africa Trust in the fight against GBV

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TRADITIONAL leaders have agreed that there are some harmful cultural practices that should be abolished if the vision to end Gender Based Violence (GBV) is to be realised. By Patricia Mashiri These abusive cultural norms include chiramu (i, kugara nhaka (wife inheritance) and kuzvarira (marrying off young girls) among others. The traditional leaders accepted that culture is dynamic and therefore people should not be confined to past practices in which some of them were against women’s wishes and were abusive. Speaking during a GBV dialogue led by Sexual Reproductive Health…

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Over 1000 Zim Nurses Punished For Defying Flexi Hours Ban

Michael Gwarisa

A total 1 280 Zimbabwe nurses face disciplinary action for failure to comply with government’s ban of the flexi hours working arrangement. By Michael Gwarisa The flexi-hours regime was introduced early this year to cushion nurses who had gone on a strike owing to poor wages and high costs of living. In a pots cabinet media brief, Information and broadcasting services minister, Senator Monica Mutsvangwa said Cabinet was briefed by Vice President Honourable C.G.D.N. Chiwenga, as the Minister of Health and Child Care, on the Withdrawal of Labour by Nurses.…

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MOZAMBIQUE: Hundreds of thousands displaced now at risk of malaria & COVID-19, urgent assistance needed

Michael Gwarisa

BY now over 400,000 people from Mozambique’s northern province of Cabo Delgado have been displaced according to government estimates announced last week. After fleeing violence from ongoing attacks by armed groups and military actions from Mozambican forces, these displaced people now face serious health risks and inadequate living conditions. “Approximately 10,000 displaced people arrived by boat to the provincial capital of Pemba last week alone,” said Joaquim Guinart, Cabo Delgado Project Coordinator for the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders (MSF). “They were dehydrated. Women gave birth at sea.…

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United States Launches Two Projects Worth US$78 Million to Provide Critical HIV Healthcare Services

Michael Gwarisa

DEMONSTRATING its commitment to the people of Zimbabwe, the United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), launched two projects worth a combined US$78 million to provide critical HIV healthcare services for over half a million Zimbabweans. HealthTimes Reporter “The United States is proud to stand with the people of Zimbabwe to address HIV,” stated USAID/Zimbabwe Mission Director, Mr. Art Brown. Together with our partners, USAID is ensuring that people living with HIV can start treatment early, adhere to treatment, reach…

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#JUSTIN: MCAZ Extends Shelf Life For Pyridoxine

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THE Medecines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ), has extended the shelf-life of various batches of Pyridoxine by five months up to March, 2021 following a request from the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC). In letter written to the National Pharmaceutical Company of Zimbabwe (NatPharm) and director health services at City Council run Hospitals and those in the security services, Director Curative Services, Dr Max Hove said that MACAZ conducted laboratory tests of specified batches and they passed all the tests. See Batches Below    

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Chitungwiza Hospital To Conduct Pauper’s Burials For 31 Unclaimed Bodies

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CHITUNGWIZA Central Hospital has released names of 31 bodies lying unclaimed at their mortuary since July, 2019 to date. According to the Hospital, they will soon be conducting Pauper Burials for the unclaimed if no one comes to claim the bodies. The Hospital called on relatives or anyone who knows the people on the list to contact hospital. Please See the list Attached Below  

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Stunting Remains Zimbabwe’s Leading Form Of Malnutrition In Children- ZimVAC 2020

Michael Gwarisa

CHILD Stunting continues to slow efforts to address malnutrition in Zimbabwe amidst indications that stunting remains high at 29.4% for the children under the age of five according to the 2020 Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee (ZimVAC) survey. By Michael Gwarisa According to the ZimVAC, the national stunting prevalence was reported to be 29.4% among children6-59 months. The Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) rate was 3.7% and below the WHO threshold for emergency. Children identified as underweight was 9.45 and comparable with other assessments Stunting remains high (29.4%) and the leading form…

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Christmas Comes Early For Gloria, As Impala Car Rental Donates Wheelchair

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MIRACLES happen everyday and they come in different forms. For Gloria Dzorwa (27) her only wish over the years has been to be mobile and move freely, but due to her disability, this has not been happening as she had to rely on aids and family who would at times carry her from one place to another. HealthTimes Reporter Due to a rare spinal disorder, Gloria had been condemned to a life of immobility. However, all that changed Friday, 30 October when she received a wheelchair donation from Impala Car…

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