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Rural Girls Use Rags As Sanitary Pads

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Staff Reporter  YOUNG girls in rural Zimbabwe have resorted to using rags as sanitary pads in the face of perennial economic woes obtaining in the country. In a video recorded by Organize4 Zimbabwe, rural girls in Chisumbabnje confessed to using rags and other inexplicable materials as pads during menstruation. In some cases, the girls have to dispense themselves from attending school since going to school with a rag under their garments is not that comfortable. “We have to wash the rags as soon as it’s soaked in blood, i can repeat…

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More funding needed for HIV prevention- NAC

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By Michael Gwarisa FUNDING towards HIV prevention programs is insignificant as more resources are being channeled towards HIV treatment, a top National Aids Council (NAC) official has said. In an interview with HealthTimes news, NAC director operations Raymond Yekeye said funding HIV prevention was currently on the low and called on stakeholders to consider scaling up financing of prevention initiatives. “Currently, the country has limited funding for HIV prevention as the majority of the resources are being channeled towards treatment in order to ensure we keep those already on ART…

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‘Zim moving e-Health in slow motion’

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By Kuda Pembere Zimbabwe is moving at tortoise speed when it comes to telemedicine and e-health development in the country, an expert in the field says. Speaking to HealthTimes,  Cumii Connected Health Manager Dr Marlon Nyakabau said telemedicine in Zimbabwe was lagging behind compared to other countries. “The evaluation is that we are behind. But we are beginning to take off. What the government is doing,  what Potraz has done to fund the pilot phase in Manicaland, that’s getting us toward the right direction  as well as NGOs coming in,…

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Africa CDC ready to tackle DRC Ebola outbreak

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By Staff Reporter AFRICA Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (ACDCP) director Dr. John Nkengasong says his organisation has activated the Emergency Operational Centre (EOC) to monitor the Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). DRC has reported 11 suspected Ebola cases in the Likati Health Zone, Bas Uele Province in the north, bordering the Central Africa Republic since April 22, 2017. The National Institute of Biomedical Research in Kinshasa on 11 May 2017 confirmed one positive case among the five samples collected. The first suspected case is…

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Katswe launches anti AIDS campaign

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By Daniel Chigundu PRO-Women rights group Katswe Sistahood says it is launching the “Staying negative campaign” which is aimed at helping girls in marginalised areas protect themselves from HIV/AIDS and related diseases. The 30-day campaign which comes just a month before the commemoration of the Day of the African Child is also seeking to interrogate why HIV prevalence rate is higher for girls compared to the boy child. In a statement Katswe said there have been so many speeches about protecting girls adding that it was now it’s time for…

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Donald Trump ‘to allocate $9bn for global health services that refuse to provide abortions’

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Donald Trump is dramatically expanding the federal government’s support for healthcare organisations that agree to not provide abortion services. The State Department has announced a programme, called Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance, which will get $8.8bn (£6.8bn) to fund non-governmental organisations around the world that comply with the “global gag” rule. It that states that no organisation receiving US money can promote or discuss abortion services, even if they are using foreign funds to do so. READ MORE Donald Trump tells Congress he wants to ‘invest in women’s health’…

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4Cs Cough Syrup Contaminated

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FINANCIAL GAZETTE THE Medical Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) has directed CAPS Pharmaceuticals to recall from the market 170 000 units of the popular 4Cs syrup used to treat children with flu and cold, due to suspected contamination. The syrup, released into the market in six batches of 28 000 units apiece, is presumed to have contamination in the form of black materials concentrated mainly inside the screw cap. Three batches were recalled at the beginning of last week, but towards the end of the week, the number of recalled…

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U.S. to maintain HIV funding for Zimbabwe

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By Staff Reporter THE United States Ambassador Harry Thomas Jr says says his country will maintain, and even increase, HIV funding levels to Zimbabwe despite a change in administration. There were fears that the new American President Donald Trump would pull the plug on Zimbabwe, following announcement that his government was working on reducing international aid to various countries. Addressing journalists during a tour of the OK- PEPFAR First Street Stage during the just ended Harare International Festival of the Arts (HIFA), Ambassador Thomas said international aid has not been…

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MSF intensifies fight against Sexual Violence

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By Michael Gwarisa MEDECINS Sans Fronteres (MSF), has upped efforts to reduce cases of Sexual Gender Based Violence (SGBV) through a number of initiatives which include setting up a Clinic at the Edith Opperman Clinic in Mbare as well as decentralising care to other clinics in Harare. MSF Mbare coordinator An Vandeborne presenting at the media workshopSpeaking during a media workshop, MSF Mbare Project Co-ordinator An Vanderbone said Zimbabwe had made strides on the legal framework in terms of protecting cictizens against gender based violence but said more needs to…

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Teenager dies after negligent treatment at Parirenyatwa

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A Bulawayo family is grappling to come to terms with the suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of their 15-year-old son, who had been admitted at Parirenyatwa Hospital amid reports that gross negligence could have contributed to the death.   BY PHYLLIS MBANJE Brian Mhlanga, who had leukemia, died on March 14 after staff at the referral hospital allegedly dragged their feet in actioning his treatment, which included receiving three pints of blood. Brian’s distraught mother, Sikhulile Mahlongwana, is adamant that her son would be alive today had the concerned staff…

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