Day: February 14, 2022

Unvaccinated Zim Civil Servants Won’t Get Salaries

NewsRoom

THE Public Service Commission of Zimbabwe (PSC), has warned that civil servants who refuse to get vaccinated without any proof or meaningful medical reason for not getting vaccinated, shall be barred from their workplaces and will not be getting their salaries for the period of their banishment. By Staff Reporter In a circular written to permanent secretaries for various ministries, PSC Secretary, Ambassador Jonathan Utaunashe called on all vaccinated civil servants to return to work in line with the new COVID-19 containment measures. In view of the announcement by the…

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Epilepsy Day this year falls on the Valentine’s Day

Healthtimes

International Epilepsy Day is celebrated on the second Monday of February every year in at least 130 countries worldwide, Zimbabwe included. Ironically this year’s commemoration falls on the 14th of February which is the Valentine’s Day, a day set aside to celebrate love. Valentine’s Day has influenced this year’s commemoration as the epilepsy community is simply asking for the world to show love to people with epilepsy. By Jacob Ngwenya Epilepsy is a central nervous system( neurological) disorder in which brain activity is affected causing seizures or periods of unusual…

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“The importance of counselling for parents post a childhood cancer death”

Healthtimes

AS we join the rest of the world in commemorating International Childhood Cancer Day; it is important to note that comprehensive palliative care is essential to the health and the well-being of children facing life-threatening illness especially cancer. The aim of palliative care is to improve the quality of life for the children and their families and minimise suffering by providing physical, psychological, spiritual and social care throughout the entire course of illness. Counselling and support are an integral part of palliative care. By Eunice Garanganga, Executive Director, HOSPAZ Parents…

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‘We Found Love In a Hopeless Place:’ The tale of a Young HIV Positive Zimbabwean Couple

Michael Gwarisa

THERE was once a very dark period in HIV and AIDS when an HIV diagnosis was equivalent to a death sentence. It was during those days when many lives both young and old, were lost to the ravenous AIDS pandemic owing to the absence of effective treatment regimens, stigma and discrimination against people with HIV, ignorance and negative attitudes from healthcare workers, among other factors. By Michael Gwarisa Throughout that period, finding love as an HIV positive person especially if your status was known to the public was a Sisyphean…

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