Category: Health News

Robin Gorna Appointed Frontline AIDS Substantive Executive Director

Healthtimes

Frontline AIDS has appointed Ms Robin Gorna its new Executive Director. By Staff Reporter Robin Gorna brings substantial leadership experience to Frontline AIDS, having been Executive Director of the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations, the International AIDS Society, and the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health. She is currently Vice-Chair of the Technical Review Panel for the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria. Robin’s work as an AIDS activist, a writer and a leader began in the mid-1980s, when she volunteered with UK community groups, the Terrence…

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Journalists Urged To Lead Social Media Discourse On Health Issues To End Misinformation

Healthtimes

FOLLOWING the rise in misinformation and disinformation around health issues on Social Media, Digital Media trainer, media and gender consultant, Buhlenkosi Tshabangu-Moyo has called on heath Journalists to take charge and lead the conversati0n on health issues online. By Nthokozo Gudu Addressing journalists at a half day training on digital and social media skills that was hosted by the Health Communicators Forum (HCF) in Harare, Buhle said Journalists need to connect the dots to conversations happening online around health issues and probe further to come up with factual, verified and…

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CATALYST HIV Research Study Launched In Zimbabwe

Michael Gwarisa

THE Maximizing Options to Advance Informed Choice for HIV Prevention (MOSAIC) consortium, has launched CATALYST, a research study that evaluates delivery of HIV prevention methods in women and girls at greater risk oF new HIV infections. By Michael Gwarisa The three-year, multi-country implementation study builds on decades of research related to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention and is aimed at assessing the delivery of multiple PrEP methods to women in real-world settings in five African countries, including Zimbabwe. The study will deliver choice among three PrEP methods — daily…

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EU gives Zim USD1.1 million for improved migration management

Kuda Pembere

The European Union (EU) has released EUR 1 million (USD 1,090,150.00) to enhance community-based surveillance at some of Zimbabwe’s busiest borders and along the routes that migrants travel, to improve migration management and inform preparedness plans in urban areas. By Staff Reporter To be implemented by IOM Zimbabwe over two years, the project seeks to strengthen IOM’s Flow Monitoring (FM) activities at borders, within border communities, and in areas where migrants congregate at different stages of their migration journeys. Speaking ahead of the project’s inception, IOM Zimbabwe Chief of Mission,…

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MCAZ, Customs, Police, and Prosecting Authority commit to eliminate remarketing of dangerous drugs

Kuda Pembere

THE Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe on Friday convened a stakeholder engagement meeting with the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Criminal Investigations Department Narcotics Division (CID Narcotics), National Prosecution Authority (NPA)as well as the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) where they expressed commitment to eliminate dangerous drugs from the streets. By Kuda Pembere Zimbabwe is seized with the reduction of drug and substance abuse with youths being heavily affected. Speaking after meeting, MCAZ public relations officer Mr Davidson Kaiyo said they agreed on continued collaboration between the stakeholders in law enforcement, judiciary…

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People with Vitiligo bemoan exorbitant sunscreen cost

Kuda Pembere

THE huge cost of sunscreens and other body creams used by people with skin conditions such as vitiligo is preventing many from accessing the essential commodities, exposing them to skin diseases including skin cancers. By Kudakwashe Pembere In some instances, people have to folk out not less US$20 every month for a bottle of sunscreen. This emerged during a vitiligo commemoration organized by Lancet Laboratories on Thursday where people with vitiligo said sunscreen products are expensive. Lancet, can we please have affordable sunscreen because sunscreen is very expensive and affordable…

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Zimbabwe at risk of Zoonotic TB in humans

Michael Gwarisa

THE removal and vandalism of perimeter fences separating wildlife reserves from grazing areas for domestic animals as well as human habitats in most communal areas in Zimbabwe, poses a risk of transmission for Bovine Tuberculosis, a renowned Veterinary expert has said. In 2019, President Emmerson Mnangwga announced that government would erect perimeter fences around national parks as part of measures to reduce human-wildlife conflict which if left unchecked, could lead to the uncontrolled spread of Zoonotic diseases such as Bovine Tuberculosis also known as Zoonotic TB. A Zoonotic disease or…

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Ministry of Health to deploy advanced AI Tool for TB detection

Michael Gwarisa

AT a time the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare has grown across the globe, the Ministry of Health and Child (MoHCC) is set to launch a Computer-Aided Detection Artificial Intelligence tool (CAD AI), to screen for Tuberculosis (TB). By Michael Gwarisa The move comes at a time Zimbabwe is making headway towards addressing the TB burden as evidenced by the country’s removal from the world’s top 30 list of countries heavily burdened by TB. Zimbabwe now has a double burden of TB/HIV and MDR-TB. In an interview with…

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CIMAS rolls out smoking cessation program to help those trying to quit smoking

Michael Gwarisa

IN a bid to reduce morbidity and mortality associated with smoking combustible cigarettes, CIMAS Medical Aid Society has rolled out a three month long smoking cessation program to allow smokers to gradually quit smoking. By Michael Gwarisa The program is covered under CIMAS Medical Aid drug and substance abuse rehabilitation package and will see smokers accessing nicotine through patches that deliver nicotine without combustion or burning. Speaking during a virtual meeting to mark World Drug and Substance Abuse Awareness day, Tinashe Katikiti, Highlands Wellness Clinical Psychologist and General Manager said…

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Vuzu sex parties invade Harare

Kuda Pembere

A famous Bulawayo frenzy of wild sex parties monikered ‘vuzu’ parties, has now entered Harare’s Hatfield suburb, HealthTimes has learned. By Kudakwashe Pembere Vuzu parties are indoor gatherings common in Bulawayo mostly held by teenagers where they engage in beer, and drug binges as well as illicit unprotected sex. This was revealed in an interview by a Hatfield resident Tapiwa Chandavengerwa, a recovered addict who is working with some organisations in the reduction of drug and substance abuse. Chandavengerwa said there is a house in Hatfield which hosts these vuzu…

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