Day: July 2, 2022

Gwanda wins water treatment plant

Healthtimes

GWANDA Municipality now runs the water treatment plant it has been battling to take from the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA). By Kudakwashe Pembere This handing over of the water plant to the council comes following intense advocacy by Matebeleland South MP Honourable Sipho Ndlovu-Mokone for ZINWA to relinquish it to the local authorities of Gwanda. Hon. Mokone-Ndlovu said she prays there won’t be any new problems related to water issues. It is quite applauded that Zinwa has official handed the plant to Gwanda Municipality,a move that we have been…

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Study Reveals Substantial Weight Gain In African Women Taking Dolutegravir HIV Drug

Healthtimes

A study analysing data from four African countries found that people living with HIV who switched to a dolutegravir-based antiretroviral regimen had a four-fold increase in average weight gain, compared to the year before the switch. AIDS MAP The World Health Organization endorsed dolutegravir as part of first-line antiretroviral therapy in 2018. It is a preferred antiretroviral medicine, for a range of reasons: it suppresses viral load very quickly, is well tolerated, shows fewer side effects and fewer drug-drug interactions, has a higher genetic barrier to developing drug resistance (as…

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#BREAKING: Government Disburses ZWL 3,790,919,745.02 To PSMAS

Michael Gwarisa

THE Government of Zimbabwe says it has been religiously honoring its pledge to financially support the beleaguered medical aid society, PSMAS contrary to what some labor unions are saying. By Staff Reporter In a statement, Ambassador Jonathan Wutawunashe, secretary, Service Commissions Public Service Commission (PSC) Secretary said disbursements made by Government to PSMAS, totalling ZWL 3,790,919,745.02 between January to May 2022, while June disbursement shall be made this coming week. The Commission wishes to update its stakeholders and workers on prudent steps that Government has taken to support PSMAS in…

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