Day: February 17, 2022

Parental Consent Laws Leave Adolescents Vulnerable To HIV Says UNAIDS

Michael Gwarisa

COUNTRIES with laws that forbid adolescents from accessing Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) services without consent from their parents or guardians, tend to have higher HIV incidence and prevalence in young girls as compared to countries that have liberalized age of consent and opened up room for young people to make their own decisions. By Michael Gwarisa   Zimbabwe is among the many countries that still have age of consent laws and according to the UNAIDS weekly report, many countries have age of consent laws in relation to sexual activity that…

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Health Ministry tasked to provide provincial COVID-19 vaccination targets

NewsRoom

CABINET has directed the Ministry of Health and Child Care to devise monthly vaccination targets for the country’s 10 provinces as a way of increasing COVID-19 vaccine uptake. By Staff Reporter On February 15 2022, 2 868 received the first jab today bringing cumulative for first dose to 4 318 495. The number of people who got their second dose was 2 270 bringing cumulative for second dose to 3 349 207 while 1 594 had their third dose bringing cumulative this dose to 86 364. Upbeat about the COVID-19…

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