Category: Health News

Young Men Also Vulnerable To Prostate Cancer

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HealthTimes Reporter EVEN young men in their late 30s are susceptible to Cancer of the Prostate and should visit medical institutions for regular check-ups, a top cancer expert has said. In an interview on ANN7 TV, Cancer Association of South Africa Official, Professor Michael  Herbest said Prostate Cancer was increasingly becoming a menace in younger generations owing to various factors chief among them being genetics, hormonal factors among others. “Just a few days ago, the 2013 statics on cancer were released and revealed that over 7000 men were diagnosed of…

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Shot in the arm for Zimbabwe Diabetes Association

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By Kudakwashe Pembere A Swiss based pharmaceutical company Novartis has handed over the Zimbabwe Diabetes Association five laptops to assist in the research which will assist the nation in enhancing the condition’s management. This comes as a boost to people living with diabetes in the country as it will keep them on the loop of what’s happening in Zimbabwe. Further considering the lack of research with the last one carried out in 2005 by Government, the donation will go a long way in updating the national data. ZDA president John…

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UK Govt Avails $82, 1million Grant for Zim Health

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By Kudakwashe Pembere THE UK Government through the Development for International Development (DFID) has availed a GBP 65, 2 million (US$82, 1 million) grant to Zimbabwe as a way of supporting a resilient health system in Zimbabwe. The grant seeks to improve sexual, reproductive health, and nutrition services for women, adolescents and children.A huge chunk of this grant has been earmarked for financing health interventions under the Health Development Fund while US$2, 2 million is for strengthening Zimbabwe’s capacity to prevent, detect and respond to disease outbreaks. In her remarks,…

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Sanitary Pads Crisis To Worsen… As Big Local Manufacturer Farai, Faces Closure

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ONSDALE Enterprises, one of the country’s major sanitary wear manufacturers is on the verge of shutting down ― and sending 140 workers home ― due to the shortage of foreign currency to import raw materials, a company executive has said. Company closures continue to drive Zimbabwe’s unemployment rate, estimated by independent economists to be about 90 percent, higher. A Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) manufacturing sector survey published last week, in partnership with The Financial Gazette, showed that about 30 percent of firms in the sector were on the brink of collapse…

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Zim mental health institutions full: ZNAMH

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By Kudakwashe Pembere Zimbabwe’s state owned mental health institutions are oversubscribed to the brim due to the increase of case of people with mental illnesses, it has emerged.Ngomahuru, Ingutsheni, Harare Central Hospital along with Parirenyatwa are some of the mental healthcare centres that offer psychiatric services to the mentally ill. In an interview with Zimbabwe National Association for Mental Health clinical psychologist and national coordinator Mr Ignatious Murambizi, he said in their snap surveys they found the youths being most affected due to substance abuse. “But from a few surveys…

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Initiate Every Prisoner On Prep Upon Sentencing

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By Michael Gwarisa THERE is a raging debate on whether prisoners should be allowed access to condoms during their incarceration period in order to prevent HIV transmission in among prison inmates. According to statistics, male prisons have an HIV prevalence rate of about 24 percent of which much of the infection is believed to be happening during their tenure in prisons as a result of sodomy activities. During a Parliamentary HIV awareness meeting in Kariba recently, elders and parliamentarians argued along the lines of having condoms distributed in prisons or…

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Zimbabwe Diabetics Association decries lack of current research

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By Kudakwashe Pembere The newly launched Diabetics Association of Zimbabwe has bemoaned the absence of updated official research on the condition with the last one done a dozen of years ago. The last research done by the Ministry of Health and Childcare was carried out in 2005. With other medical conditions like HIV/AIDS being timeously, constantly and consistently being looked into, Diebetes which is the ninth most killing condition has become a ‘Forgotten Condition’ in the country, according to DAZ president Mrs Tendai Gutu. Mrs Gutu said during the launch…

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ActionAid Commences Cash Transfer Project To Alleviate Hunger

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SOURCE: ActionAid  HUMANITARIAN organization ActionAid, has commenced a cash transfer project in Manicaland province and districts with the aim of improving livelihoods of the rural populace especially those facing food insecurity. The cash transfer programme is being implemented by ActionAid with support from WFP. It is running between October 2017 until March 2018, under a Lean Season Assistance (LSA) Programme which is running at a time when vulnerable communities have food challenges owing to food scarcity caused by poor previous farming seasons. Pauline Maitera (58), from Dehwe Village, Ward 3…

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US Gov Avails US$85 000 For Community Based HIV initiatives

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By HealthTimes Reporter Community based organisations  working with people living with HIV/AIDS from around the country’s six provinces received grants worth $85 000 from the United States government.  Speaking at the signing ceremony on Friday, US Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Jennifer Savage said these grants show US’ commitment to boost community initiatives that promote, self-funding sustaining development. “Each of these grants represents a partnership between the people of the United States and the people of Zimbabwe. Through these grants, we can support the work of Zimbabwean communities to assist…

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Five Maternal Deaths Recorded This Week

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  Ministry Of Health and Child Care  FIVE people succumbed to maternal mortality during the week ending 22 October 2017. The deaths were reported from Mpilo Central Hospital (2), Harare Central Hospital (1), Chitungwiza Central Hospital (1), Binga District Hospital in Matabeleland North Province (1) and Kwekwe District Hospital in Midlands Province (1). The cumulative figures for maternal deaths are 229  

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