November 17, 2021 - HealthTimes

Global leaders call for cervical cancer elimination on Day of Action

November 17, 2021 Healthtimes

New HPV vaccine prequalification aims to rectify gross inequities in access to lifesaving tools New R&D recommendations for artificial intelligence-based screening technologies New investments and commitments by the French government’s L’Initiative facility, FIND, University of Miami, WHO THE World Health Organisations (WHO) joins advocates around the world to commemorate a landmark Day of Action for Cervical Cancer Elimination and welcomes groundbreaking new initiatives to end this devastating disease, which claims the lives of over 300 000 women each year. As with COVID-19, access to lifesaving tools is constrained, with women…

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Separating Premature New Borns From Their Mothers Increases Risk Of Death In Babies

November 17, 2021November 17, 2021 Michael Gwarisa

THE act of separating preterm or premature babies from their mothers soon after birth has been proven to have negative health implications on the growth and development of the child and in most cases a leading cause of death in preterm babies, an expert has said. By Michael Gwarisa Premature babies are babies are “born too soon” ,born before 37 weeks of gestation and according to global health statistics, preterm birth is the leading cause of death in children under the age of five; each year, about 15 million babies…

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Zimbabwe On The Verge Of Decriminalizing HIV Transmission

November 17, 2021November 17, 2021 Michael Gwarisa

FOLLOWING massive lobbying and advocacy from Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), parliament, the media and some quasi government institutions, Zimbabwe is at the cusp of decriminalizing wilful or deliberate transmission of HIV. By Michael Gwarisa This was revealed during the launch of a Media Tool Kit on HIV criminalization by the Health Law & Policy Consortium in Harare. The decriminalization of HIV in Zimbabwe is tied to the Marriages Bill, Section 53 (2) which if enacted, will result in the repeal of Section 79 of the Criminal Law Code which criminalizes…

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Teen Pregnancies and Early Marriages Rear Ugly Head in Zim’s Farming Communities

November 17, 2021October 10, 2022 Michael Gwarisa

IT’S a normal day inside Sable Ranch, a farming community at least 6 kilometers outside Marondera town in Mashonaland East province. Since its tobacco planting season, majority of labourers have been sent on a two-week long leave to give the tobacco plant enough time to grow. Just like their parents, school children at Ranch Farm and other surrounding farming communities are attending school just twice every week to adhere to government set COVID-19 prevention protocols. By Michael Gwarisa recently in Marondera, Mashonaland East While the adults have capitalized on the…

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