Day: June 2, 2023

Zimbabwe Gvt Bans Use Of Cancer Causing John & Johnson Baby Powder

Healthtimes

FOLLOWING findings from a study which unearthed that a chemical used in the manufacturing of Johnson and Johnson baby power causes cancer, Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) has ordered retailers and pharmacies to destroy or immediately stop selling the J&J baby powder products to the public. By Staff Reporter Research by the American Academy of Paediatrics gathered that the talc used in the production of the baby powder was highly toxic due to contamination with carcinogen asbestos. Tanzania Bureau of Standards on the 19th of April 2023,…

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NAC’s HIV response efforts pay off for Mat South

Kuda Pembere

THE HIV response in Matebeleland South has been improving dropping the prevalence and incidence rates in the province owing to consistent massive campaigns by the National AIDS Council (NAC) over the past 11 years. By Kuda Pembere recently in Gwanda This was said by the former NAC Mat South Provincial Manager Mr Isaia Abureni during a media tour around his province organised by the organization. Despite the province ranking the highest in terms of HIV prevalence in the country in most of the years, its incidence dropped by more than…

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