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Experts call for clampdowns on exploitative formula milk marketing in new Lancet series

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The formula milk industry’s marketing tactics are exploitative and urgent clampdowns are needed to tackle misleading claims and political interference, according to a new three-paper series published in The Lancet today. Industry influence – which includes lobbying against vital breastfeeding support measures – seriously jeopardizes the health and rights of women and children, the papers show. “This new research highlights the vast economic and political power of the big formula milk companies, as well as serious public policy failures that prevent millions of women from breastfeeding their children,” said Professor…

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Bandits Kill MSF Medical Staff In Burkina Faso

Michael Gwarisa

ARMED men yesterday morning (8/2/23) shot and killed two Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) medical staff in the Boucle du Mouhoun region, in northwestern Burkina Faso. By Michael Gwarisa The now deceased were on board an MSF vehicle, clearly identified as such, carrying a medical team of four on the road between Dédougou and Touga. The other two managed to escape the attack.The two victims, both from Burkina Faso, had been employed by MSF as a driver, since July 2021, and a logistics supervisor, since June 2020. They were 39 and…

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Don’t Arrest Drug Users says local CSO

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FOLLOWING the recent announcement by Harare Metropolitan Province Minister, Mr Tafdzwa Muguti that government will be arresting and jailing drug users, a local Civil Society Organisation  (CSO), the Zimbabwe Civil Liberties and Drug Network(ZCLDN) has called on government to find alternative ways of dealing with the matter. By Staff Reporter The ZCLDN advocates for safer and less harmful ways of using drugs in those who use rather than criminalization of drug and substance abuse. ZCLDN in a statement said jailing drug users was not the solution. For starters, the utterances…

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5.4 percent of Zim Households received Govt COVID-19 social assistance: Survey

Kuda Pembere

Approximately 5.4 percent of Zimbabwean households received Government social protection assistance in the form of COVID-19 cash transfers, 3.3 percent got food and grain assistance, as well as the Government public works programme between 2020 and 2022 the Zimbabwe Statistical Agency (Zimstat) said in a survey report. By Kudakwashe Pembere Zimstat conducted a Rapid PICES Monitoring Telephone Survey is based on Poverty, Income, Consumption and Expenditure Surveys (PICES) from July 2020 to August 2022. The COVID-19 pandemic created an urgent need for timely statistics to help monitor and mitigate the…

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UN Environment Programme Senior Official Sonja Leighton to Visit Zimbabwe

Michael Gwarisa
Sonja Leighton

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Acting Deputy Executive Director, and Director of Corporate Services Ms. Sonja Leighton-Kone will visit Zimbabwe from 06 to 11 February 2023. By Staff Reporter During her visit, Ms. Leighton-Kone will meet with His Excellency President E.D. Mnangagwa; and other senior Government officials including Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade; Minister of Environment, Climate, Tourism and Hospitality Industry; Minister of Energy and Power Development; and Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Fisheries and Rural Development. In addition, Ms. Leighton-Kone will be meeting with the UN…

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WHO launches new roadmap on breast cancer

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The World Health Organization (WHO) released a new Global Breast Cancer Initiative Framework today providing a roadmap to attain the targets to save 2.5 million lives from breast cancer by 2040. The new Framework launched ahead of the World Cancer Day campaign marked tomorrow, recommends to countries to implement the three pillars of health promotion for early detection, timely diagnosis and comprehensive management of breast cancer to reach the targets. By Staff Reporter There are more than 2.3 million cases of breast cancer that occur each year, which make it…

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Zim’s National Disability Bill under review

Kuda Pembere

Zimbabwe is reviewing its National Disability Bill in the bid to align it with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities the country ratified about a decade ago. By Kudakwashe Pembere This was said during a validation of the policy lab model for Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs) workshop ending tomorrow. UNESCO Regional Office for Southern Africa Director and Representative Professor Lidia Arthur Brito said the workshop comes at the nick of time following the launch of the National Disability Policy last year which was officiated by…

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Out Of Pocket Expenditure Towards Healthcare Grows In USD Terms Among Zim Households

Kuda Pembere

OVER 90 percent of Zimbabwean households were using United States dollars for healthcare services while about 9 percent used local ZWL$ currency last month, a Zimbabwe Statistical Agency (Zimstat) senior official said. By Kudakwashe Pembere This was arrived at by the Zimbabwe Statistical Agency (Zimstat) following surveys during the month in question using the blended Consumer Price Index (CPI). A majority of Zimbabweans mainly civil servants earn in the local ZWL$ currency only to be forced to convert the money into USD required in pharmacies, private doctors and other healthcare…

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ENT Patients Stranded As Parirenyatwa Shelves Non-Emergency Surgeries

Michael Gwarisa

PATIENTS in need of elective Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) surgeries at Parirenyatwa Hospital are currently struggling to get services as the hospital is currently focused on emergency surgeries only due increased for services. By Michael Gwarisa According to investigations conducted by the HealthTimes, patients have been visiting the facility with the hope of getting surgery bookings. However, the institution has rescheduling doctors appointments to a later date  for all elective surgeries cases. Indications are that the Hospital last conducted elective ENT surgeries more than Six months ago. Patients who…

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Baby Born Clutching Mothers IUD Contraceptive In Hand

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A 20-year-old woman who got pregnant while on birth control has detailed the shocking moment her baby was born – with her IUD in his hand. DAILY MAIL Violet Quick, from Idaho, married her husband John Francis at 19, and while the two lovebirds weren’t planning on having a child, just one year into their marriage they were met with a surprise when the now-mom-of-one learned she was expecting. Violet and John welcomed their baby boy Rudy one week ago and in a viral video, which has amassed 22.8 million…

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