Category: Health News

Roots Africa Integrates COVID-19 & HIV Programs In Mazowe

Michael Gwarisa

ROOTS Africa, a young woman led organisation working towards the promotion of economic and social justice among young people in peri-urban, rural and mining communities says it  is working with the ministry of health and child care (MoHCC) to integrate COVID-19 and HIV health interventions in Mazowe district by taking health services to people’s doorsteps. By Michael Gwarisa Mazowe district in Mashonaland Central province has a high HIV incidence in young women and girls as well as a high Early Unintended Pregnancies (EUPs) rate owing to rampart uncontrolled artisanal mining…

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Call for increased investments towards mental health services

Healthtimes

Harare, Zimbabwe – October 10 marks the Mental Health Day and this year’s commemorations are coming at a time when the world is dealing with the Covid19 pandemic. By HealthTimes Reporter  The Covid19 pandemic exposed the gaps within many countries’ health care systems, Zimbabwe included, with health experts calling for increased funding towards improving mental health care services. We are dealing with a pandemic that exposed, created and unravelled a lot of mental health issues to patients, caregivers, health practitioners literally everyone across the world,” says Dr Sarifice Chirisa, Ministry…

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HER Voice Fund To Help Reduce HIV Incidence In Young Girls and Women In Zimbabwe

Michael Gwarisa

THE HER Voice Fund, a grant that has been set aside to support meaningful community engagements and leadership of adolescent girls and young women (AGYW), is set to help reduce new HIV infections in AGYWs through amplifying the voices and priorities of AGYW in order to inform the decisions that affect their lives. By Michael Gwarisa In an interview with HealthTimes on the sidelines of the HER Voice Inception meeting in Zimbabwe, HER Voice Fund Ambassador, Tambudzai Magwenzi said the grants have been warded to at least six organizations to…

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Africa Medical Supplies Platform (AMSP) partners with bioMérieux to facilitate supply of high-quality COVID-19 diagnostics

Michael Gwarisa

BIOMÉRIEUX and the Africa Medical Supplies Platform (AMSP), have announced a new partnership to facilitate the supply of high-quality diagnostic solutions from the bioMérieux Pandemic Response Portfolio to African Union Member States. The AMSP portal is an online marketplace that enables the supply of COVID-19-related critical diagnostics and medical equipment and consumables in Africa and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). It was developed under the leadership of the African Union Special Envoy, Strive Masiyiwa and powered by Janngo, on behalf of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC).…

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Knowing Zimbabwe Recommitments To The ICPD Agenda At Nairobi Summit

Healthtimes

The year 2019 marked a huge milestone for UNFPA globally, Zimbabwe included, as UNFPA acelebrated 50 years and counting of delivering for women and young people on the Sexual Reproductive Health and Right (SRHR) agenda. In the same year 2019, the agency celebrated 25 years of commitment to the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action. It was a year to strengthen partnerships and harness recommitments in the continued empowerment of women, young people and ensuring access to sexual reproductive health services. SOURCE: UNFPA Annual Report At…

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LANDMARK MOVE: South Africa & India propose no patents on COVID-19 medicines, tools during pandemic

Michael Gwarisa

IN a landmark move, India and South Africa on 2 October asked the World Trade Organization (WTO) to allow all countries to choose to neither grant nor enforce patents and other intellectual property (IP) related to COVID-19 drugs, vaccines, diagnostics and other technologies for the duration of the pandemic, until global herd immunity is achieved. This bold step is akin to efforts by governments nearly 20 years ago, which spearheaded the use of affordable generic HIV/AIDS medicines, and, if approved, could signal a major turning point in countries’ response to…

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Mpilo Hospital Reduces Maternal Mortality

Healthtimes
Young Preganant Women

MPILO Central Hospital has successfully implemented measures to reduce  maternal mortality from an average of  three deaths per week to zero which include reasonable service delivery, free maternal services and free blood transfusion services. On average the hospital witnesses 30 deliveries a day. There have been massive reductions in maternal mortality from an average of 3 per week to zero or three per month. SOURCE: Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC)

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US Government launches US$5 Mln Initiative To Expand Economic Opportunities For Zim Youth

Michael Gwarisa

THE United States Agency for International Development (USAID) launched the Local Works Zimbabwe Youth Program, a US$5 million economic empowerment initiative. This youth-led initiative will help create economic opportunities to address youth unemployment, increase incomes, and combat rising poverty among young people in urban and rural areas. In his remarks at the Local Works Zimbabwe Stakeholder Meeting, held on October 7, USAID/Zimbabwe Mission Director Mr. Art Brown said, “USAID would like young people to take the driver’s seat. Our approach under the Local Works program is slightly different from the…

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#BREAKING: The Avenues Clinic Restructures, 13 Employees Laid Off

Michael Gwarisa

MEDICAl Investments Limited’s (MIL) flagship company, The Avenues Clinic says it is going through a restructuring exercise which has largely been driven by reduced operational capacity and some inefficiencies currently being experienced in certain departments. By Michael Gwarisa The exercise will likely see 13 of its employees being laid-off while the leadership of the organisation is finalising the process so as to ensure a smooth transition to the revised work structures. In an interview with HealthTimes, MIL Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mr Searchmore Chaparadza indicated that there has been a…

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Breaking the Cycle of Neglect: New Report Highlights the Economic Benefits of Eliminating NTDs in Africa

Michael Gwarisa

More than 1.7bn people require treatment for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) worldwide, with over 40% of the burden in Africa. Data indicate that reducing the illness and early death associated with NTDs would increase adults’ current and future economic productivity. Treating and preventing NTDs at a large scale could greatly increase the GDPs of countries that are currently burdened by disease.  OVER 560 million people across Africa remain at risk of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) – a group of parasitic and bacterial infectious diseases, such as river blindness and intestinal…

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