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COVID-19 exposes children to Child labor

May 26, 2021May 26, 2021 Healthtimes

A report by the Human Rights Watch shows that there has been a rise in Child labor in countries like Ghana, Nepal and Uganda due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Staff Reporter According to the International Labour Organization even though the three countries had made remarkable strides in reducing child labour which had decreased by approximately 94 million between 2000 and 2016 presenting a 38% drop, the prevalence of child labor is on its way up. Jo Becker, Children’s Rights Advocacy Director Human Rights Watch said policies protecting children should be…

Isolated And Frowned Upon: The Plight Of Zim Women With Obstetric Fistula

May 26, 2021 Michael Gwarisa

UNFPA Says there is need for post-surgery psycho-social support for survivors MEMORY (50) (real name protected) from Bikita, Masvingo experienced Obstetric Fistula for the first time on October, 27, 1995 when she had her second child. At first, she didn’t even know what was happening to her, she thought it was just a minor tearing which would heal after a few days. Obstetric fistula is described as the “most devastating birth injury” by the World Health Organization (WHO), that results in continuous and uncontrollable leaking of urine or faeces, resulting…

Children More Prone To Typhoid Fever: WHO

May 24, 2021 Healthtimes

THE World Health Organisation (WHO) Zimbabwe National Professional Officer for Expanded program on Immunization, Dr Maxwell Rupfutse said research shows that children under the age of four are more susceptible to typhoid as compared to other age groups. By Patricia Mashiri Speaking during a virtual media sensitization meeting on Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine Introduction and catch up vaccination campaign, Dr Rupfutse said typhoid fever death rates may rise when left untreated. Severe cases may lead to serious complications or even death. Death rates in typhoid fever range from 1-4% in treated…

Zim Public Not Ready For Another Long Lockdown

May 24, 2021 Healthtimes

MAJORITY of people who spoke to HealthTimes have indicated that going into another lockdown would worsen an already fragile socio-economic situation in the country. By Tanaka Moyo Their fears come at the back of government’s recent move to institute a localised lockdown in Kwekwe following the detection of a highly virulent and infectious Indian variant B.1.617.2 in the mining town. Junior George Jonasi an actor popularly known as ‘Tumbwiti’ in a local drama called Tunga, also a film producer and a script writer expressed great concern that the Indian variant…

White Sadza Is Very Fit For Human Consumption- Zim Nutritionists

May 24, 2021May 24, 2021 Michael Gwarisa

LAST week, Zimbabwean Journalist, Hopewell Chin’ono torched a storm on social media when he attacked Zimbabwe’s staple food, Sadza and suggested through his tweet that Zimbabweans should dump Maize meal Sadza for small grains since Maize was only fit for livestock consumption. “Sadza has ZERO value to our well-being!” he said. “Our ancestors ate superior starch than Sadza. Why aren’t we doing the same? Maize is originally Mexican. In advanced economies, it is for cattle!” By Michael Gwarisa He also added that Maize meal is fortified because it lacks the…

Zimbabwe Rolls Out “SAYANA PRESS,” A New Long-term Contraceptive Method

May 23, 2021May 23, 2021 Michael Gwarisa

A modern and long lasting but reversible contraceptive method called Sayana Press, is currently being rolled out across Zimbabwe in a move that is set to expand birth control options for women. By Michael Gwarisa The contraceptive product was piloted in 2020 while the rollout commenced in April 2021 covering, Mashonaland East, Matebeleland North, Bulawayo and Matebeleland South. In other parts of the country, the Sayana is only being administered at Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC), Population Services International (PSI) and Population Services Zimbabwe (PSZ) clinics. Speaking to HealthTimes,…

Ensuring a better future for future generations: A journey towards curbing the HIV epidemic

May 23, 2021May 23, 2021 Healthtimes

IT is past midday and Portia* (22) arrives at a local Clinic in Filabusi, Matabeleland South, after a seven-kilometre walk from her homestead. Winter is fast approaching, and it is windy, she bends down to wipe the dust off her feet using a cloth and fixes her mask as she walks briskly towards the gate. From a distance, she sees the clinic is not as busy as she had anticipated. By Tariro Mhute and Osiah Chinemo She quickly washes her hands with the soapy water at the entrance and cheerfully…

Nedbank Sponsors 15th Edition Of Medical, Dental and Maternity Outreach

May 23, 2021May 23, 2021 Michael Gwarisa

THE Doctors and Nurses on a Mission has announced that Nedbank has come through as the sponsor for their Medical, Dental and Maternity health outreach program to be held in Domboshava on May, 29, 2021. By Michael Gwarisa In an interview with HealthTimes, Mr Edmore Munyoro said the bank’s sponsorship had come at the right time and will facilitate ease of health service delivery on the day. So Nedbank Zimbabwe has answered our plea seeking sponsorship for our upcoming medical, dental and maternity outreach scheduled for Saturday 29 May 2021…

Government Defends Kwekwe Lockdown

May 22, 2021 Michael Gwarisa

THE Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) says the decision to put Kwekwe under lockdown was informed by epidemiological evidence and will go a long way in reducing the spread of the highly infectious and virulent B.1.617.2 COVID-19 variant to other parts of the country. By Michael Gwarisa The new variant is highly dominant in India where it has caused not less than 298,000 deaths and 26, 506, 167 infections since it was first reported in the Asian country. In Zimbabwe however, the new variant was reported a week…

Vice President launches Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine to benefit over 6million children

May 22, 2021May 22, 2021 Healthtimes

THE Vice President and Minister of Health and Child Care has launched a Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine into routine childhood immunisation in Zimbabwe, as part of a broader strategy to eliminate epidemic prone diseases. By Patricia Mashiri The vaccination campaign which is set to start on 24 May up to 4 June 2021 will provide catch up Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine vaccination for over 6 million children aged 9 months to below 15 years in line with recommendations from global and local immunisation experts. Thereafter all children in Zimbabwe will begin to…