Day: October 24, 2022

Facing The Elephant In The Room: How Disinformation Is Standing In The Way Of Tobacco Harm Reduction

Michael Gwarisa

The American Centre for Disease Control (CDC) defines harm reduction as any behaviour or strategy that helps reduce risk or harm to yourself or others. For almost every societal problem, there are available harm reduction options. For example, to reduce the risk of contracting or transmitting HIV, one needs to practice safer sex or safer drug use. By Michael Gwarisa Since the year 2006, there has been exponential expansion of interest in Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) after the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) became the first American scientific…

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All You Need To Know About Breast Cancer

Healthtimes

By Marjory Haruwandwi Bayayi: Bachelor Of Science In Nursing Science Student at University Of Zimbabwe Breast cancer is the uncontrolled proliferation (increase) of cells and it comes in various forms. This is determined by the location of cancer in the breast. A breast is made of three main parts namely the lobules, ducts, and connective tissue. The lobules are linked to the ducts. The ducts are thin tubes where milk flows from the lobules leading to the nipple. The breast has no muscle. Most cancers develop in the ducts or…

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Zimbabwe’s per capita spending on health drops to US$20

Kuda Pembere

THE Zimbabwean Government through the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development allocated US$20 per citizen towards healthcare provision, which is US$25 lower than the US$45 it spent on an individual in 2021. By Kudakwashe Pembere This allocation or spending on a single person or single citizen is also known as per capita spending or per capita allocation. Presenting a paper last Thursday at a Community Working Group on Health (CWGH) workshop om National Stakeholder Engagement and Consesus on Revitalising Primary Health Care in Zimbabwe, Dr Prosper Chitambara noted Zimbabwe’s per…

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Values clarification workshops to improve abortion knowledge and attitudes: Post assessment

Mufaro Musiyazviriyo

By Mufaro Musiyazviriyo The Termination of Pregnancy Act of 1977 states that it is illegal to terminate a pregnancy unless it has been sanctioned by Government authorities which includes, the court and state hospitals agreeing that the pregnancy in question was as a result of unlawful intercourse (rape/incest). The Act also allows for termination of pregnancy if the pregnancy endangers the life of the women or the child to be born will suffer from a physical or mental defect of such a nature that they will permanently be seriously handicapped.…

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