June 22, 2020 - HealthTimes

Gvt Continues To Distribute Hydroxchloroquine Despite Red Flag From Local Pharmacists

June 22, 2020 Michael Gwarisa

INFORMATION and broadcasting services minister, Honorable Monica Mutsvagwa says Hydroxchloroquine is still amongst some of the COVID-19 treatment medications in stock in the country. By Michael Gwarisa This is however despite calls by local pharmacists to halt dispensing the drug for COVID-19 treatment until conclusive studies on the effectiveness of the drug in managing the disease have been arrived. In a media brief, minister Mutsvangwa said stocks of drugs and medicines used in the treatment of COVID19 symptoms continue to increase in the country. Presently our stocks include 27.6 million…

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Refugee-Led Organizations Can Deliver Education to Refugee Children During COVID-19 and Beyond

June 22, 2020 Michael Gwarisa

Joseph Munyambanza Youth Engagement & Inclusion Consultant, Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program Founding Member, COBURWAS International Youth Organization to Transform Africa (CIYOTA)

WHEN I was six years old my family moved to Kyangwali refugee settlement in Uganda. For two decades, I called Kyangwali my village and home. Every day, for seven years, I walked kilometers to and from school before completing my primary school in Kyangwali. When I went to secondary school and university outside the refugee settlement, I was inspired and excited to go back to work with, and support, fellow refugee youth. In collaboration with my colleagues in the settlement, we established CIYOTA, an organization that promotes education and entrepreneurial…

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Men Should Suck Women’s Breasts To Prevent Breast Cancer – Expert

June 22, 2020 NewsRoom

A midwife, Madam Mary Azika, has encouraged men to frequently suck their wives’ breasts as a means to prevent breast cancer in women. SOURCE: THE HERALD NIGERIA The midwife in the Upper East Region stated that the advise as trivial as it may sounds seeing as men had often jested about it could help women in the war against breast cancer. While speaking at a seminar organised by the Upper East Regional Chapter of the Distance Education Students Association of Ghana (DESAG) of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), the…

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Celebrating Tendayi Westerhof @54, A Beacon Of HIV Activism In Zimbabwe

June 22, 2020June 22, 2020 Michael Gwarisa

TODAY, June 22, 2020 marks exactly 54 years since Tendayi Westerhof, a woman who has grown to be a force to reckon in the fight for the rights of persons living with HIV in Zimbabwe was born in the rural villages of the midlands province. Despite having ascended to fame as a model back in the 90s, Tendayi’s humble rural background has made her tough and unwavering in the things she holds dearly at heart. At one point in 1979 towards the end of the liberation struggle, Tendayi together with…

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