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Avoid Risky Promiscuous Behavior During Lockdown- NAC

August 12, 2020August 13, 2020 Michael Gwarisa

THE National AIDS Council (NAC) has implored citizens to desist from engaging in risky promiscuous sexual behavior under the prevailing lockdown period to avoid an increase in new HIV cases amongst the population. By Michael Gwarisa In an interview with HealthTimes, NAC Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr Bernard Madzima said people need to be vigilant especially during these times when access to various health services including HIV services could be restricted in some instances owing to the strict lockdown regulations. During this COVID-19 lockdown or new normal, there are a…

#BREAKING: Some Of The Children Who Were Taken From Mt Hampden Shelter By Police Are Living With HIV & Might Have Missed Today’s Dosage ARVs

July 30, 2020July 30, 2020 Healthtimes

AT least three children from the 46 who were whisked away by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) and the social welfare team yesterday from a home in Mt Hampden to a yet to be identified location in Kadoma, are living with HIV and are feared to have missed their Antiretroviral (ARVs) medicines. Voice of Kiri Madamombe Activist Mubatiranwa Trust Click Here To Listen To Interview

AVAC applauds positive opinion from EMA on woman-initiated prevention option

July 24, 2020 Healthtimes

New York City, July 24, 2020 – AVAC applauded the positive opinion adopted today by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on the use of the Dapivirine Vaginal Ring as an HIV prevention option for cisgender women 18 and older. The International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM), the developer of the ring, announced that it will be moving swiftly toward the next steps needed to get this critical prevention option into the hands of women who want and need it. AVAC congratulates IPM, welcomes this commitment to bringing a much-needed woman-initiated HIV…

Sei Zvakakosha Kumwa Ma ARVs Nenguva Huye Kuva Ne Wachi Nguva Dzose Kana Uri Pachirongwa

July 24, 2020 Michael Gwarisa

WACHI kana kuti Chiringazuva mudziyo wakakosha zvikuru kunyanya kumhunhu akurarama ane hutachiona hwe HIV huye ari pamapiritsi ema Antiretroviral (ARVS), vakadaro ve sangano re Family AIDS Caring Trust (FACT). By Michael Gwarisa Vachitaura ne bepanhau repamasai-sai re HealthTimes ku dunhu re Manicaland, Mukuru anoona nezvekufambiswa kwezvehutano (Community Health Officer) mu sangano re FACT, muzvare Mirriam Muchadzingwa vakati ivo vanhu vazhinji mudunhu re kwa Marange Ku Municaland vanorarama nehutachiona uye vari pa ma ARVs vanotadza kumwa mapiristi nenguva nekuti havana zviringazuva (Wachi). Tine dambudziko guru munzvimbo dzatinoshandira nekuti vanhu vakawanda havana…

Networks Of People Living With HIV Plug The Gap In Essential Services As Weak Health Systems Struggle To Cope With COVID-19

July 14, 2020 Healthtimes

AS health systems the world over are buckling under the pressure of COVID-19, volunteers and activists from the HIV movement have stepped in to ensure that essential services continue. A survey by GNP+, ICW and Y+ Global has found that networks of people living with HIV are using innovative ways to ensure their peers and their communities continue to have access to the critical services that they need. The results of the survey, released today in our report Living with HIV in the time of COVID-19, show how governments are focusing…

73 Countries Face ARVs Stock-outs Due To COVID-19 Warns WHO

July 8, 2020 Michael Gwarisa

SEVENTY-THREE countries have warned that they are at risk of stock-outs of antiretroviral (ARV) medicines as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new WHO survey conducted ahead of the International AIDS Society’s biannual conference. Twenty-four countries reported having either a critically low stock of ARVs or disruptions in the supply of these life-saving medicines. The survey follows a modelling exercise convened by WHO and UNAIDS in May which forecasted that a six-month disruption in access to ARVs could lead to a doubling in AIDS-related deaths in sub-Saharan…

Zim PLHIV Situation Room Launched

July 6, 2020July 6, 2020 Michael Gwarisa

THE People Living with HIV (PLHIV) Situation Room has been launched in Zimbabwe as a means of enhancing communication and data collection system aimed at improving PLHIV engagement, inform service providers, and foster positive change in the HIV response. By Michael Gwarisa Speaking during a virtual launch of the platform, Zimbabwe National Network Of People Living With HIV (ZNNP+) Executive Director, Mr Tatenda Makoni said the facility will boost advocacy work and facilitate communication between Civil Society Organisations and the HIV community. The program comes with a toll-free line and…

Sex Workers Panic Over New Condom Prices

June 26, 2020June 26, 2020 Michael Gwarisa

SEX workers from most parts of the country have raised a red flag over the new prices of condoms which has gone beyond the reach of many, a situation which could lead to a spike in new HIV infections and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs). By Michael Gwarisa A pack of Durex Condoms now range between ZW$107 and ZW$119 which is twice the price of bread. To worsen the situation, accessing free condoms or Dembare Condoms has also become a challenge. Sex workers who spoke to HealthTimes pleaded with government to…

#COVID-19: ARVs Cost Could Go Up- UNAIDS Warns

June 23, 2020June 23, 2020 Healthtimes

THE COVID-19 could affect the availability, cost and distribution of antiretroviral (ARVs) medicines in low- and middle-income countries around the world, a new UNAIDS study has revealed. HealthTimes Reporter According the study, the impact on production and logistics caused by COVID-19 could have a significant effect on antiretroviral therapy supply worldwide, but steps taken now could lessen the damage done. The UNAIDS survey discovered that the lockdowns and border closures imposed to stop COVID-19 are impacting both the production of medicines and their distribution, potentially leading to increases in their…

NAC Hands Over ZW$1Mln Worth of COVID-19 PPE To Mash West Province

June 23, 2020 Michael Gwarisa

THE National AIDS Council (NAC) today donated a consignment of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) valued at ZW$1 000 000 in a move that will improve the province’s management of the disease which has already claimed 6 lives and infected 512 others. By Michael Gwarisa Speaking at the handover ceremony to officially hand over NAC procured COVID-19 personal protective equipment (PPE) to the Ministry of Health and Child Care and to launch HIV prevention models NAC Chief Executive Officer, Dr Bernard Madzima said the equipment was part of efforts meant to…