Category: Health News

Musasa One Stop Centre Assists 500 GBV Survivors

Michael Gwarisa

THE Hopley One Stop Centre being run by Musasa Project through support from the UNFPA and the ministry of Women Affairs, Community Development, has served a total 500 women and girls who experienced GBV and other forms of violence over the past 10 months. By Michael Gwarisa Hopley has a high incidence of GBV as well as other harmful practices such as Child Marriages and teenage pregnancies which are at 18% respectively while 70% of women in Hopley are mothers by age 24. Speaking during a visit to  centre by…

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New UNFPA Regional Director Tours Tariro Clinic and Youth Centre in Hopely

Michael Gwarisa

RECENTLY appointed United Nations Population Fund East and Southern Africa (UNFPA-ESA) Regional Director, Ms Lydia Zigomo Nyatsanza who is in the country on a mission visit, has applauded Tariro Clinic and Youth Centre for coming through to offer a range of healthcare services as well as life-skills training to vulnerable groups in Hopley. By Michael Gwarisa Tariro Clinic and Youth Centre  was born out of a 2017 partnership between the UNFPA, ILO, Lafarge Holchim Cement and the City of Harare which aims to improve sexual reproductive health (SRHR) outcomes of…

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Zim Commemorates World First Aid Day

Michael Gwarisa

THE Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS) held its belated  World First Aid Day National Commemorations in Gweru amidst growing calls for first aid training to be extended to all spheres of society. By Michael Gwarisa The commemorations ran under the  ‘Lifelong First Aid Learning.’ The event is celebrated every second Saturday of September is an act of humanitarian empowerment and  reaches a wider public audience. Officiating at the ceremony, Mr Munesuishe Munodawafa, Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe Managing Director said, “We are living in trying times and every day we…

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Herbal product, STC 30 Illegal In Zimbabwe: MCAZ

Kuda Pembere

MEDICINES and medical devices regulator, the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) says Superlife Total Care (STC30), a trending herbal medicine on social media, is illegal for it has not been registered with the Authority. By Kudakwashe Pembere On social media, STC30 is touted to cure almost every other disease and condition, something which is spurious and suspicious. In a statement, MCAZ Acting Director General Mr Richard Rukwata said as a Regulator mandated to safeguard the safety of public and animal health, STC 30 does not have regulatory approval to…

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Economic Induced Absenteeism Weighs Heavily On the Mental Health of Rural Manicaland School Children

Michael Gwarisa

For Alice Nyatsanga (16), school days are not something to cherish as they usually involve cat and mouse games with school authorities due to non-payment of school fees. To raise money for tuition, stationery and food, Alice is forced to join her grandmother in doing casual work in people’s fields as well as sell firewood by the road side along the busy Mutare/Masvingo Highway. By Michael Gwarisa in  Manicaland Province “At times, when we open schools, it does not matter lessons would have started, I have to abandon school for…

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Zim researchers reluctant in applying for research licenses of Medicinal Cannabis

Kuda Pembere

ONLY two research licenses for the cultivation of Medicinal Cannabis in Zimbabwe have been issued to date by the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) while 57 were given to those who want to grow it for export purposes. By Kuda Pembere A year ago, 57 local and foreign companies were given the license to grow the medicinal cannabis. A Cannabis Roundtable Meeting last Wednesday heard from MCAZ Regulatory Officer Mr Clive Kamhoti that the Regulator observed little interest in researching about Medicinal Cannabis amongst applicants. I do agree that…

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We need to avert teen pregnancies in SADC to build back better

Michael Gwarisa
Young Preganant Women

The 2gether 4 SRHR programme (UNAIDS, UNICEF, UNFPA, and WHO) in partnership with the Clinton Health Access Initiative, hosted a dialogue on high-impact practices on 11 September 2022, to avert teen pregnancies in the SADC region. By Staff Reporter The hybrid discussion was a call to action for decision-makers and public health professionals to ensure teenage pregnancy is curbed. University of Cape Town researcher Silinganisiwe Dzumbunu highlighted that key drivers of teenage pregnancy include poverty, natural disasters and climate change that lead to food and resource insecurity, and harmful cultural…

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Pariranyatwa Hospital Casualty Ward Ceiling Collapses

Healthtimes

Officials at Parirenyatwa Hospital have confirmed the collapse of a ceiling in one of the hospital wards at Parireyatwa Hospital. By Staff Reporter In a statement, Parireyantwa Hospiatl said, “We have come across social media reports of an accident in our hospital. We would like to confirm the occurrence of an unfortunate incidence in the Physician’s Bay today (13/09/22) in the early hours of the morning. “A small part of the ceiling in one of the cubicles unexpectedly fell on two of the patients under observation in the cubicle. Both…

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Zim’s Targeted TB Screening Model Detects Over 7,000 New TB Cases

Michael Gwarisa

A total 7,317 new Tuberculosis (TB) cases were detected in hard to reach population groups since the year 2019 through the Kunda-Nqob’iTB (KN-TB) project, a community centred TB research and case detection model being implemented in Zimbabwe. By Michael Gwarisa The KN-TB program is a five year United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Tuberculosis Local Organization Network (TB-LON) funded project running from 2019 to 2024. The project is supporting the national TB-HIV response in Zimbabwe in eight high burden districts across three provinces. The eight target districts are Gweru,…

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Operation Dudula Casts Dark Cloud On Zim Immigrant DR TB Patients

Michael Gwarisa

THE boiling anti-foreigner sentiment in neighbouring South Africa being advanced by a vigilante group, Operation Dudula is likely to have a negative impact on the treatment outcomes of South African based Zimbabweans with Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (DR-TB), a top TB expert has warned. By Staff Reporter The cautioning comes in the midst of indications that South Africa is a DR-TB endemic country and Zimbabwe immigrants who reside in South Africa make up a sizable number of DR-TB new cases recorded annually in Zimbabwe. However, of late, Operation Dudula has been…

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