Day: November 21, 2017

Survival against all odds-The story of Siphiwe Sindisi

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Around the year 2003, the HIV epidemic was a disease of unimaginable proportions both in trying to contain it and being diagnosed with it. Being infected with the disease meant a condemnation to a life of isolation as the society as well shunned those who had the disease. That was the very time, the late Siphiwe Sindisi, a registered general nurse based in Mt Darwin learnt of her HIV positive status when her husband died of the same disease. This publication met up with Siphiwe, some weeks before her demise,…

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Musiiwa Cause of Death Yet To Be Established

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SOURCE NEWSDAY (Vanessa Gonye) GOVERNMENT is yet to establish the late Health deputy minister Aldrin Musiiwa cause of death, minister David Parirenyatwa said yesterday. “We have not been told the postmortem results, but i can confirm the body is still in Dublin. We are hopeful of communication from that side later on in the day,” he said. [pullquote]An official in the ministry also said: “We had a series of meetings today (yesterday), but nothing in line with the postmortem was communicated.”[/pullquote] Mussiwa (51) collapsed and died in Dublin, Ireland on…

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