Tag: Dr Tariro Makadzange

Zimbabwe Seeks New Partnerships to Strengthen Clinical Research Amid Declining Global Aid

Kuda Pembere

By Kuda Pembere Zimbabwe is pursuing new partnerships to bolster clinical research in the country as global development assistance continues to decline. Health and Child Care Minister Dr. Douglas Mombeshora, represented by Chief Director of Curative Services Dr. Maxwell Hove, highlighted this initiative on Wednesday while officiating an Africa Clinical Research Network (ACRN) meeting. His remarks come as US Goverment cuts funding to African and Asian countries, with South Africa being the latest to be affected. “As global development assistance for health decreases, the Zimbabwean government is increasingly investing in…

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Zimbabwe Advised To Adopt Annual Covid-19 Vaccination That Covers New Strains For High Risk Groups Amid Waning Vaccine Effectiveness

Michael Gwarisa

By Michael Gwarisa Data from a new study that sought to examine vaccine effectiveness in light of circulating Coronavirus variants following vaccination, has shown that the effectiveness of vaccines that were widely administered in Zimbabwe between 2021 and 2022 has weakened against emerging COVID-19 variants. The study dubbed COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness and SARS CoV-2 variants in Zimbabwe: Test Negative Case-Control study, Genetic sequencing and Serology (ZIMCoVVAR) was a test-negative case-control study to evaluate the effectiveness of inactivated vaccines and was conducted from November 2022 to October 2023. The study did…

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