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Zimbabwe To Phase Out Plastic Bags By December 2022
THE Environmental Management Agency (EMA) has written to retailers and their affiliate organizations to start considering alternative carrier bags instead of plastic as they were now working on completely phasing out the use of plastic bags. Staff Reporter In a communique addressed to the Retailers Association of Zimbabwe, EMA Environmental Education and Publicity Manager, Steady Kangata said plastic has become a menace, hence the need to reduce the use of plastic. “The Environmental Management Agency is therefore taking steps towards the phase-out of plastic carrier bags. We are encouraging your…
Read MoreZNFPC Engages Parliament Over Teen Pregnancies And Child Marriages
THE Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC) has met the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Primary and Secondary Education where they presented challenges faced by adolescents and young people in accessing Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) services. By Patricia Mashiri The meeting was a precursor to the numerous other assemblies scheduled for the no so distant future where they intend to find lasting solutions to the growing burden of early child marriages and teenage pregnancies. In her presentation,Fadzai Mandishona, the ZNFPC Programme Officer Adolescents Sexual Reproductive Health (ASRH) said there was need…
Read MoreLove Shouldn’t Hurt Campaign Launched
THE Population Solutions for Health, an organization that spearheads innovation around Sexual Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) and HIV has launched a campaign against gender-based violence called Love Shouldn’t hurt that is aimed at reducing intimate partner violence through engaging male peers to act as change makers in raising awareness against Gender Based Violence (GBV). By Patricia Mashiri Amongst the peers who have been engaged are Winky D, Holy Ten, Seh Calaz, Roki, Albert Nyathi footballer Hardlife Zvirekwi and Ammara Brown. Speaking during the launch, Honourable Jenifer Mhlanga, Deputy Minister of…
Read MoreGlobal leaders call for cervical cancer elimination on Day of Action
New HPV vaccine prequalification aims to rectify gross inequities in access to lifesaving tools New R&D recommendations for artificial intelligence-based screening technologies New investments and commitments by the French government’s L’Initiative facility, FIND, University of Miami, WHO THE World Health Organisations (WHO) joins advocates around the world to commemorate a landmark Day of Action for Cervical Cancer Elimination and welcomes groundbreaking new initiatives to end this devastating disease, which claims the lives of over 300 000 women each year. As with COVID-19, access to lifesaving tools is constrained, with women…
Read MoreSeparating Premature New Borns From Their Mothers Increases Risk Of Death In Babies
THE act of separating preterm or premature babies from their mothers soon after birth has been proven to have negative health implications on the growth and development of the child and in most cases a leading cause of death in preterm babies, an expert has said. By Michael Gwarisa Premature babies are babies are “born too soon” ,born before 37 weeks of gestation and according to global health statistics, preterm birth is the leading cause of death in children under the age of five; each year, about 15 million babies…
Read MoreZimbabwe On The Verge Of Decriminalizing HIV Transmission
FOLLOWING massive lobbying and advocacy from Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), parliament, the media and some quasi government institutions, Zimbabwe is at the cusp of decriminalizing wilful or deliberate transmission of HIV. By Michael Gwarisa This was revealed during the launch of a Media Tool Kit on HIV criminalization by the Health Law & Policy Consortium in Harare. The decriminalization of HIV in Zimbabwe is tied to the Marriages Bill, Section 53 (2) which if enacted, will result in the repeal of Section 79 of the Criminal Law Code which criminalizes…
Read MoreTeen Pregnancies and Early Marriages Rear Ugly Head in Zim’s Farming Communities
IT’S a normal day inside Sable Ranch, a farming community at least 6 kilometers outside Marondera town in Mashonaland East province. Since its tobacco planting season, majority of labourers have been sent on a two-week long leave to give the tobacco plant enough time to grow. Just like their parents, school children at Ranch Farm and other surrounding farming communities are attending school just twice every week to adhere to government set COVID-19 prevention protocols. By Michael Gwarisa recently in Marondera, Mashonaland East While the adults have capitalized on the…
Read MoreUNICEF Zim Donates DNA Analysis Equipment To ZRP To Assist Rape Victims
IN a bid to enhance the delivery of justice to survivors of sexual and gender-based violence through DNA evidence, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has handed over DNA analysis/forensic equipment to boosts capacity for credible evidence when handling Sexual Gender Based Violence (SGBV) cases. By Fungai Masona The equipment was handed over under the Spotlight Initiative after noting that lack of evidence has been hampering justice and a barrier for survivors to report cases of sexual violence. According to UNICEF, Sexual and gender-based violence offenses are often…
Read MoreRace affecting HIV service provision in the United States of America
HIV service disparities by race have been documented in several parts of the developed world. In the United States of America, black people account for a disproportionately large percentage of new HIV infections in the country: 41% in 2019, although they represent only about 13% of the national population. This is in part due to lower coverage of HIV prevention services. Just 8% of black Americans and 14% of Hispanics/Latinos who were eligible for pre-exposure prophylaxis were prescribed it, compared to 63% of whites. Studies also report significant racial disparities…
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