Category: Health News

Shamwari yeMwanasikana Responds To Health Minister’s Remarks On Access To SRH Services

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Shamwari yeMwanasikana, a Non- Governmental Organization that provides support for and supports the empowerment and emancipation of the girl child in Zimbabwe has vowed to continue fighting for adolescents and girls to access  Sexual Reproductive Health Rights Services (SRHS) without any restrictions. By Staff Reporter The development comes at the back of media reports that the ministry of health had shot down a request by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Health and the Thematic Committee on HIV and AIDS to have Section 35 of the country’s Public Health Act amended…

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People With Active COVID-19 Infections Cannot Be Vaccinated- Dr Matara

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PERSONS with active COVID-19 cases should pause getting vaccinated and wait until they would have recovered as the vaccine will not likely boost one’s immune response against a current infection, a Medical Expert has said. By Patricia Mashiri   Speaking to HealthTimes, Zimbabwe Association for Doctors for Human Rights (ZADR) president, Dr Norman Matara said even though with with active cases cant be vaccinated, those who would have previously tested positive for COVID-19 should not get vaccinated. People who got infected with COVID-19 can still get still get vaccinated because…

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WHO urges vaccinated people to continue wearing masks

Michael Gwarisa

THE World Health Organization (WHO) has urged fully vaccinated people to continue practising WHO guidelines which is to wear masks, practice social distance and sanitize as the highly contagious delta variant is spreading across the world. By Staff Reporter Dr Mariangela Simao, WHO Assistant Director- General said people cannot continue to feel safe just because they have two doses. They still need to protect themselves. Vaccines alone wont stop community transmission. People need to continue to use masks consistently, be in ventilated spaces, hand hygiene, physical distance. This continues to…

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WHO Zimbabwe Distances Self From Local Company Using WHO Logo

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THE World Health Organization (WHO) have distanced themselves from a local company, Live Well who are using the WHO logo illegally to sell their products they claim can cure COVID-19. HealthTimes Reporter In a statement, WHO said,”notes with concern the  unauthorized use of the WHO logo by several entities to advertise their  products. Recently, an organization, Live Well used the WHO logo on an  advertisement for products supposedly used to treat COVID-19. WHO  has not worked with Live Well and does NOT endorse their products. The use of WHO logo…

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Implementation Of National Disability Policy Key Says FODPZ

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THE Federation of Organizations of Disabled People in Zimbabwe (FODPZ), an umbrella body of various national disabled people’s organizations has challenged all stakeholders to implement the newly launched National Disability Policy (NDP) for it to have tangible meaning in the lives of persons with disabilities (PWDs). By Patricia Mashiri The National Disability Policy was launched by President Emerson Mnangagwa on 09 June 2021 in a move  that is likely to bring better livelihoods for Persons With Disabilities (PWDs). Speaking during a virtual meeting on critical reflection on the newly launched…

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Embracing My Beautiful Scars: Christine’s Journey With Vitiligo

Michael Gwarisa

“IF you look closely at a tree, you will notice its knots and dead branches, just like our bodies. What we learn is that Beauty and imperfection goes together wonderfully,” said renowned American Actor and philanthropist, Matthew Fox in one of his famous Quotes. By Michael Gwarisa The above quote aptly sums how one 21-year-old Christine Tafadzwanashe Matyavira, a young Zimbabwean model from Mbizo, Kwekwe and a University of Zimbabwe Film, Radio and Television Production student has changed the course of her life by accepting her skin condition and using…

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HealthTimes Scribe Scoops Top Spotlight Initiative Media Monitoring Award

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HEALTHTIMES Editor, Michael Gwarisa yesterday bagged yet another prestigious award in the Northern Chapter of the Annual Spotlight Initiative Media Monitoring Awards (SAMA) on  Sexual Gender Based Violence (SGBV), HP and Sexual Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) reporting. By Staff Reporter The awards were hosted by Musasa Project through support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and sought to recognize journalists that went out of their way in reporting GBV issues as well as bringing all forms of violence and traditional harmful practices to the open. Gwarisa came out top…

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We Haven’t Approved Blanket Use Of Ivermectin In COVID-19 Treatment

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THE Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) have clarified their position regarding the use of Ivermectin human formulation in the treatment and management of COVID-19 saying they  had not approved its blanket use and they were still running trials to determine its safety and efficacy. By Patricia Mashiri In an interview with HealthTimes Shingai Gwatidzo, Programs and Public Relations Officer, said the authority was yet to reach a conclusion on whether ivermectin human formulations are safe, effective and can be used in C0VID-19 management. The Authority took note of the…

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Zim Employers Appeal To Gvt Not To Impose Total Lockdown

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THE Employers Confederation of Zimbabwe (EMCOZ) has pleaded with government not to impose a total lockdown and save businesses from collapsing.  By Patricia Mashiri The call comes comes hot on the heels of a statement by Denford Mutashu, the president of the Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers who released a statement pleading with government to impose a month long intensive lock-down in the country. In a statement, Dr Israel Murefu the EMCOZ President said they have always been in support of measures put in place in avoiding the spread of the…

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Health Ministry Applauded For Sustaining Free Blood Initiative

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Ms Lucy Marowa NBSZ Chief Executive Officer

THE National Blood Service of Zimbabwe (NBSZ) says the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) has remained true to their word in supporting the country’s free blood initiative, a facility that facilitates free access to blood and blood products for vulnerable citizens in all public health institutions. By Michael Gwarisa The free blood initiative was launched in 2018 by the then minister of heath, Dr David Parirenyatwa where government committed to funding the initiative using funds generated from the health levy. In an Interview with HealthTimes, NBSZ Chief Executive…

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