Category: BREAKING NEWS

Cholera Spreads To 17 Traditional Hotspots In Zimbabwe

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Zimbabwe is experience another Cholera wave amidst indications of a surge in new cases in rural communities and traditional Cholera hostposts. By Staff Reporter To date, 4 730 suspected cases of Cholera have been recorded countrywide, with 944 having been confirmed. 30 Confirmed deaths and 100 suspected deaths have so far been recorded since the outbreak was reported in Chegutu early this year. According to the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) daily Cholera Situation Report, 34 new suspected cholera cases, (0) suspected deaths and (5) laboratory confirmed results…

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Kutabila Virtual Platform Impact on Health Service Provision in Bindura

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By Pardon Gonorashe, Mashonal and Central Provincial Coordinator Saimona, Bindura STIs are on the rise in Bindura. In January 2023 a rapid assessment conducted by the Zimbabwe National Network of People Living with HIV (ZNNP+) Mashonaland Central Province in partnership with the Ministry of health and Child Care Environmental Health Team (EHT) found 23 men aged between 17 to 45 had contracted sexually transmitted infections (STIs) from one person. The demographic (students, artisanal miners, KPs etc) characteristics in Bindura has caused a general fear of HIV and STIs among the…

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PSH Hosts Religious Indaba On Child Marriages and Intimate Partner Violence in Zimbabwe

Michael Gwarisa

Population Solutions for Health (PSH) in collaboration with Population Services International and support from the Swedish Embassy in Partnership with the Ministry of Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprise Development held a three day religious leaders dialogue in Mazowe, Mashonaland Central Province. By Michael Gwarisa Speaking to HealthTimes, PSH said the dialogue was meant to change harmful cultural norms and values that drive intimate partner valance and child marriages at community level. Child marriage is a practice that negatively affects young girls socially, culturally, economically and their health even…

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UNFPA Regional Director calls for greater investment in Population and Development issues ahead of international conference in Zimbabwe

Michael Gwarisa

UNFPA East and Southern Africa Regional Director Ms. Lydia Zigomo has called for greater investment for the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) agenda ahead of the 20th International Inter-Ministerial Conference on South-South Cooperation in Population and Development. By Staff Reporter Ms Zigomo is in Zimbabwe ahead of this important conference that will take place in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe from 9-10 October 2023. The Population and Development conference seeks to track progress of commitments made at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) held in Cairo in 1994.…

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Ama 2000 Need New HIV Communication Strategies- NAC

Michael Gwarisa

The National AIDS Council (NAC) says it can’t be business as usual regarding HIV and AIDS communication, as the landscape has drastically changed and needs new communication strategies that are cognisant of the new environment. By Michael Gwarisa The call comes in the midst of a surge in new HIV infections amongst adolescent girls and young women, a generation popularly known as Ama 2k or Ama 2000 in the Southern African countries. According to UNAIDS data, in Sub-Saharan Africa, four in five infections among 10-19 years olds are among girls.…

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#BREAKING: Dr Aspect Maunganidze Appointed New Health Ministry Perm Sec

Michael Gwarisa

Zimbabwe’s President, Emerson Mngangagwa has appointed Dr Aspect Maunganidze the new Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC). Dr Maunganidze replaces Dr Jasper Chimedza who served as the ministry’s Permanent secretary from 2022 to October, 2023. His appointment according to the Press Statement, is with immediate effect.      

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Doctors and Nurses receive training on Drager’s MRI anesthesia machine

Kuda Pembere

Doctors and nurses received training on the safe use and installation of the anesthesia device used alongside the Magnetic Resonance Imaging machine at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals. By Kuda Pembere The training was facilitated by officials from Drager Germany headquartered company and its local distributor PCD Diagnostics.  About 16 nurses and doctors underwent the one-day training session. Speaking to HealthTimes, Drager Area Manager for Southern Africa Ms Delia Glazer who is in the country said the training workshop went on well with trainees expressing enthusiasm over the use of the…

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UZ International Centre for Surgical Simulation holds second international training

Kuda Pembere

A second training workshop for minimal invasive surgery or laparoscopic surgery is underway at the University of Zimbabwe International Centre for Surgical Simulation (UZICSS), with students in Zimbabwe getting knowledge from other experts from the UK, Kenya, Tanzania and the US. By Kudakwashe Pembere With Professor Bijendra Patel returning to the country to teach this subject, the first training was held this April. In an interview with UZ Professorial chair of surgical sciences Professor Godfrey Muguti, he said they facilitators from Kenya and Tanzania in country to impart their expertise…

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Stanbic Bank Donates two Haemodialysis Machines to Marondera Hospital

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Leading Africa focused financial services organization, Stanbic Bank has donated two haemodialysis machines worth US$50 000 to Marondera Hospital in Mashonaland East Province  which is set to ease the burden faced by renal patients within the province. By Nthokozo Gudu Speaking at the handover ceremony Stanbic Chief Executive said the gesture by the bank came about after a visit by the bank’s officials in September last year to access the needs of the hospital. Our needs assessment coupled with the passion to serve patients shown by the Marondera hospital team…

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#BREAKING: South Africa Orders 16,000 Dapivirine Vaginal Rings For HIV Prevention In Women

Michael Gwarisa

 Three key organizations involved in preventing and responding to HIV in South Africa – AIDS Foundation of South Africa, Beyond Zero, and Networking HIV & AIDS Community of Southern Africa – have placed an initial order of 16,000 dapivirine vaginal rings for HIV prevention with the support of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund). By Staff Reporter The pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) ring is a silicone ring that is inserted in the vagina every month and delivers long-acting, topical, and localized HIV prevention. To date,…

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