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In Zimbabwe, a Mobile App “One Impact” Has Enhanced Human Rights Outcomes for Persons with TB

Michael Gwarisa

By Michael Gwarisa As a young person who has survived Tuberculosis (TB), Munyaradzi Saruchera (27) from Dzivarasekwa in Harare now wants to make an impact in Zimbabwe’s TB response. He volunteers as a TB champion under the Stop TB Partnership Zimbabwe. His roles encompass getting feedback from the TB community regarding access to services, monitoring TB patients, and following them up to check if they adhere to medications. He also monitors the availability of TB services and commodities such as TB medicines, and screening services. However, collecting data and feedback…

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Zimbabwe’s TB Financing Timebomb: 95% Of Zimbabwe’s TB Financing Comes from Donors

Michael Gwarisa

By Michael Gwarisa Tuberculosis (TB) is by far one of the world’s most ancient diseases, dating back to about 9000 years ago when TB was first detected in humans in Atlit Yam, a city now under the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Israel. History has it that Archaeologists found TB in the remains of a mother and child buried together. Despite being a disease from medieval times, Tuberculosis is one of the world’s second-leading infectious killers after COVID-19 (above HIV and AIDS). According to the World Health Organisation (WHO)…

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