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Unvaccinated Zim Civil Servants Won’t Get Salaries

Michael Gwarisa

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

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Epilepsy Day this year falls on the Valentine’s Day

Michael Gwarisa

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

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

Michael Gwarisa

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

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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,

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