November 2, 2022 - HealthTimes

5 000 Zimbabwean babies infected with HIV in 2021…As mothers shun PMTCT

November 2, 2022November 4, 2022 Kuda Pembere

Close to 5000 babies got infected with HIV in 2021 due the mothers’ reluctancy to get antiretroviral therapy during pregnancy and breastfeeding. By Kudakwashe Pembere Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) Deputy PMTCT and Paediatric HIV Care and Treatment Coordinator, Dr Precious Andifasi last Friday told journalists at a National Aids Council media training workshop in Chinhoyi that 4 750 babies got infected during pregnancy and breastfeeding. As a program, we collect some data every year just to try and see where the new infections are coming from. So,…

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Media Trained On Improved Attitudes Towards Safe Abortion

November 2, 2022 Patricia Mashiri

The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists together with the Population Services Zimbabwe (PSZ) held a three day media training workshop to improve the knowledge and attitude towards safe abortion in Zimbabwe. By Patricia Mashiri The training termed the Value Clarification Attitudes Transformation (VCAT) was also centred on discussions around religious and cultural beliefs around abortion, the legal framework that guide abortion in Zimbabwe and how to report sensitively on the issue so as to change the attitudes of the society . Mrs Edna Masiyiwa, the Women’s Action Group (WAG)…

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A fairer tax system, the answer to health funding gap

November 2, 2022 Wenyasha Chingono

EASTERN and Southern Africa (ESA) countries continue to face critical health budget deficits while sources of income to fund the sector remain subdued, experts have said. By Nyasha Chingono While there is agreement that universal coverage of health is a human right, countries still fall short of the Abuja Declaration which calls on states to spend 15% of the total domestic budget on health services. The Covid-19 pandemic, which caught many countries unprepared, exposed lack of investment in health sectors across the region while widening the gap between the “haves…

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Turning a Dump-Site into a fountain Of Hope: How MSF’s Sanitary Seals Are Purifying Underground Water in Harare’s Cholera Hotspots

November 2, 2022November 2, 2022 Michael Gwarisa

Mrs Netsai Manthenga (46), a resident of Mbare National, recalls how they used to wake up as early as 4:00 in the morning to queue for water at Stoddard Hall in Mbare only to return home around mid-day. Elderly residents who failed to cope with the shoving and pushing at the water points would at times get their water from a nearby stream where raw sewage and dirty water that is usually drained from the Swimming pool nearby flows. By Michael Gwarisa It wasn’t easy,” she says, “Imagine spending eight…

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