Category: Health News

Deaf Community Needs Career Guidance

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INDIVIDUALS with speech and hearing impairment require also require assistance in choosing career paths so as to widen their choices of employment. By Patricia Mashiri In most instances in Zimbabwe, Deaf people end up eking a living from vending or some informal trade, in the process, increasing their vulnerability to economic shocks in the event of an emergency such as the COVID-19 pandemic or political instability occuring. In an interview with HealthTimes, Ms Tinotenda Chikunya, the Deaf Zimbabwe Trust (DZT) Communications said it has always been difficult for Deaf people to…

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Two Years After Nairobi Summit, High-Level Commission calls for urgent, ambitious action to end alarming disparities in sexual and reproductive justice

Michael Gwarisa

Two years on from the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25 — where governments, civil society and the private sector came together voluntarily to recommit to realizing the promises of the landmark 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo — the High-Level Commission on the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25 Follow-up has launched its first report. Own Correspondent The Commission, an independent advisory body of eminent leaders from around the world was formed to track progress on the 12 commitments in the Nairobi Statement.  In its report, “No Exceptions. No…

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Shamwari yeMwanasikana Welcomes High Court Ruling

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Shamwari yeMwanasikana a Non- Governmental Organization that supports the empowerment and emancipation of the girl child in Zimbabwe has welcomed the decision by the High Court to allow fathers to access and obtain birth certificates of children who would have been abandoned by their mothers. HealthTimes Reporter Over the years obtaining a birth certificate in the absence of the mother has been a challenge. In a press statement Shamwari yeMwanasikana highlighted that they have been running a campaign in the importance of acquiring national identity documents. As Shamwari yemwanasikana, we…

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Boost For Zim COVID-19 Fight As Zim Red Cross Receives 35 Oxygen Concentrators That Use Atmospheric Oxygen… No Need for Refills

Michael Gwarisa

THE Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS), has received 35 Oxygen Concentrators from the Singapore Red Cross through the International Federation of Red Cross (IFRC) and the Red Crescent Societies that will enhance the country’s capacity to handle oxygen demanding emergencies including COVID-19. By Michael Gwarisa The donation comes ahead of an envisaged 4th Wave of the COVID-19 that many fear could have devastating effects compared to the previous three waves. The 35 Oxygen Concentrators will be installed at the Red Cross Clinic in Harare and will be used in the…

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SAT Calls For Harmonization Of Cultural, Religious And Statute Laws To Improve SRHR Access

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HARMFUL traditional, cultural and religious practices have over the years been major contributing factors towards the perpetration of sexual abuse , Gender Based Violence (GBV) and to a larger extent inhibits access to Sexual Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) services, hence the need to integrate customary laws and statute law.   By Patricia Mashiri Speaking during a harmonization of culture, religion and human rights in promoting SRHR dialogue in Harare, Mrs Hamida Ismail- Mauto , the SRHR Africa Trust (SAT) Country Operations Manager, said SRH Rights should not be infringed by…

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ZNFPC, Partners Launches HIV Prevention Program For Young Girls and Women

Michael Gwarisa

IN a move that is meant to reduce new HIV infections in young people in Southern Africa, the Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC) and its partners Botswana Family Welfare Association (BOFWA) and Namibia Planned Parenthood Association (NAPPA) have introduced a project that will integrate HIV prevention methods with Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) for Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) and their partners. By Patricia Mashiri The USD$100 872.00 SADC member countries resource mobilization initiative, is a two year funded project which is aimed at building capacity for…

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Tobacco Harm Reduction Journalists Forum Revived

Michael Gwarisa

A Journalists platform comprising of media practitioners from East, West and Southern Africa whose purpose is to enhance coverage of alternative smoke free and non-combustive tobacco products has been revived after a two year hiatus. By Michael Gwarisa The Tobacco Harm Reduction media forum was formed in November 2017 at Enashipai Resort, in Naivasha, Kenya through support from Phillip Morris International (PMI) a leading producer of tobacco and smoke free products. Since 2017, Barnabas Tondhlana, a seasoned Journalist and Publisher from Zimbabwe co-chaired the forum with David Ohito, a Kenyan…

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Red Cross Offers First Aid Training To Zim Members Of Parliament

Michael Gwarisa

THE Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCR), has just completed a week long basic first aid training for legislators in a bid to equip them with first aid skills requisite in resuscitating accident survivors in the event of an emergency. By Michael Gwarisa According to the Red Cross, they kicked off the training with Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Transport who will then cascade the skills  to the general public in their respective constituencies. Speaking during a basic first aid training for the motoring public for the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Transport…

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Key Population Groups Remain Target For Stigma and Violence

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KEY population (KPs) remain a target of violence and stigma and discrimination in communities they live and work in despite numerous awareness campaigns that have been held to raise awareness against discrimination of the groups. By Patricia Mashiri The discrimination and stigma has extended in such a way that the communities struggle to access public health services which a basic right for every Zimbabwean citizen regardless of identity, profession color or creed. Speaking during a 2 day Journalist HIV/AIDS workshop by the National AIDS Council (NAC), the NAC Community, Key…

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Human Wildlife Interaction Could Trigger Rise In Zoonotic Diseases-AWF

Michael Gwarisa

THE African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) Vice President, Species Conservation and Science, Dr Philip Muruthi says the increase in human and wildlife interaction across Africa could increase the prevalence of Zoonotic diseases and probably lead to another devastating pandemic of the same magnitude as COVID-19. By Michael Gwarisa A zoonotic disease or zoonosis is any disease or infection that is naturally transmissible from vertebrate animals to humans and there are over 200 known types of zoonosis in the world. The coronavirus belongs to the zoonosis family as its origins have been…

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