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Gvt Continues To Distribute Hydroxchloroquine Despite Red Flag From Local Pharmacists

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

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

Michael Gwarisa

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

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

Michael Gwarisa

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

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

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

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