Day: June 23, 2021

Government Vaccination Program Targets COVID-19 Hotspots

Healthtimes

INFORMATION, Publicity and Broadcasting Services minister, Senator Monica Mutsvangwa has announced that 500 000 Sinopharm vaccination doses that has been procured from China will be expected in the country by the end of this month end and the next priority of vaccination program will be at the country’s hotspots. By Staff Reporter Briefing Journalists, minister Mutsvangwa said government was also in the process of procuring two million more doses of vaccines from China. On procurement of COVID-19 vaccines, Cabinet is pleased to report that arrangements are currently in progress to…

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Sexual Exploitation Exposes Zim’s Young Sex Workers Living With HIV To HIV Reinfection

Patricia Mashiri

SEX work has been on the increase in Zimbabwe, and for close to two decades due to a myriad of factors, chief among them being economic induced hardships, lack of employment opportunities and growing poverty levels, sex work has becoming the low hanging option for women and girls. Unlike in the old days when sex work used to be a preserve for adult women of consenting age, a growing number of adolescent girls in Peri-urban and farming communities in Zimbabwe are taking up sex work to survive. By Patricia Mashiri…

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Open Up Space For Adolescents To Access SRHR Services

Healthtimes

RECENTLY, I was saddened to read that a dead infant was found during a burst sewer pipe at a primary school in Bulawayo. I imagined the state of hopelessness the parent must have felt to resort to infanticide. And I felt angry about the lack of prioritization of women’s and girls’ sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), especially during this time of COVID-19 lockdowns, that may have contributed to this horrific outcome. By Edinah Masiyiwa The insufficient attention to women’s and girls’ needs and disruptions in health systems during…

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