Month: December 2023

Madzimai Ane Zvivakashure Zvakati Kurei Haarware-rware

Michael Gwarisa

Nyaya na Michael Gwarisa Mazuvano, madzimai nevasikana vari kumhanya mhanya kuda kuita zvidya mafuta zvisingakore kana kuti ma Slender. Hazvina kushata, kasi manga muchizviziva here kuti kune tsvakurudzo yakaitwa inoratdiza kuti madzimai ane mwanda we zvivakashure ane hutano uye haarware rware sezvinoita avo vasina. Tsvakurudzo yakaitwa ne chikoro chezvidzidzo zvepmusoro che Oxford University’s . Pamadzimai zviuru gumi ne vavatanhatu (16,000) vakaongororwa musarudzi idzi varatidza kuti vakadzi vane zvivakashure zvakati kurei havangiorina njere chete muchikoro kasi havarware rware nezvirwere zvinonzi ma chronic illnesses zvinobata avo vasina. Mukru we tsvakurudzo idzi, Muzvinafundo…

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Zimbabwe’s Top 10 Exceptional Public Health Interventions and Innovations For 2023

Healthtimes

Even though Zimbabwe’s healthcare sector is facing challenges, there remains some extraordinary work that the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC), development partners, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and individuals are doing to enhance the quality care and services in Zimbabwe’s healthcare sector. Zimbabwe just like the rest of the world, is recovering from the effects of COVID-19, which to a greater extent disrupted public health interventions such as National Immunisation programs, vaccinations, and health promotion amongst a host of other interventions. Despite these challenges, Zimbabwe has innovated and come…

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WHO prequalifies a second malaria vaccine

Michael Gwarisa

WHO has added the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine to its list of prequalified vaccines. In October 2023, WHO recommended its use for the prevention of malaria in children following the advice of the WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunization and the Malaria Policy Advisory Group. The prequalification means larger access to vaccines as a key tool to prevent malaria in children with it being a prerequisite for vaccine procurement by UNICEF and funding support for deployment by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. The R21 vaccine is the second malaria vaccine…

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Idle Buildings Converted Into Life-Saving Oral Rehydration Points For Cholera Patients In Manicaland

Michael Gwarisa

By Michael Gwarisa in Manicaland Almost 15 kilometers from Zvipiripiri Rural Clinic, Sekuru Ramson Nyatsanza* (79) from Nyangani Village Ward 16 in Mutare rural, is experiencing severe Cholera symptoms. He is vomiting profusely and the rice water-like diarrhoea is not stopping. Despite being a member of an Apostolic Sect that is known for prohibitin followers from seeking healthcare services, Sekuru Nyatsanza is determined to get help. His relatives carry him to an Oral Rehydration Point (ORP) that the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) through technical and financial support…

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Zim Kambucha officially an Alcohol

Kuda Pembere

By Kuda Pembere With a majority of Zimbabweans defending Kambucha as a non-alcoholic beverage, it has emerged that it is a liquor, an alcoholic substance. The beverage is touted as “a health drink made from natural ingredients such as lemon, garlic, black pepper and ginger”. Manufactured by Fresh Kambucha Zimbabwe, the product was Tuesday granted a wholesale liquor license by the Liquor Licensing Board. This means it is actually an alcohol quashing notions from its consumers that it wasn’t. Fresh Kambucha Zimbabwe is owned by one Mr Willard Chinguwa with…

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Zim among African countries to roll out Dapivirine Ring

Kuda Pembere

By Staff Reporter Having sold over 113 000 dapivirine rings under the ‘DapiRing’ brand as of September this year, Zimbabwe having approved it, is among the African countries set to roll the product out. The dapivirine vaginal ring, an alternative HIV prevention method for women will be rolled out to fill this yawning gap where adolescent girls and young women are among the groups most at risk in sub-Saharan Africa. The antiretroviral ring is now approved or authorized for use in 11 countries in East and Southern Africa, according to a November…

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Call for dedicated Infection Prevention and Control funding in Zim

Kuda Pembere

By Kuda Pembere The Ministry of Health and Child Care’s Nursing Services Director Mrs Nyaradzai Chiwara has called for stand-alone funding for Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) in the country’s health facilities to help improve patient safety while reducing transmission of infections. She said this officiating an Infection Prevention and Control Association of Zimbabwe Trust (ICAZ-T) organized media briefing on advocating for a dedicated IPC budget. As is the norm, since IPC cuts across the health sector for quality health provision, it was often neglected as a separate discipline, getting…

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Government Launches Strategy to Address GBV

Ntokozo Gudu

By Nthokozo Gudu The Ministry of  Women’s Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises and Development on Friday launched a Gender Based Violence (GBV) National Strategy for preventing and addressing this scourge. Women’s Affairs, Community , Small and Medium Enterprises and Development Minister Monica Mutsvangwa said the government has implemented effective legal frameworks and institutional mechanisms to prevent and respond to gender based violence. “Government has put in place legal and policy frameworks backed by institutional mechanisms that are working towards Gender Based Violence prevention and response, laws such as the…

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Reducing Unsafe Abortions through Family Planning

Dr Munyaradzi Murwirwa

By Dr Munyaradzi Murwira Background According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), family planning (FP) and comprehensive abortion care are part of primary health care (PHC), and the availability of these services is essential for achieving universal health coverage (UHC). However, lack of access to these services remains a big challenge across the world. Health care providers in many African countries lack the relevant skills and knowledge to provide evidence-based, person-centred and respectful services in these critical areas. Post-abortion family planning (PAFP) is the use of family planning methods immediately…

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STREAM Network launches in Zimbabwe

Ntokozo Gudu

By Nthokozo Gudu Zimbabwe has launched its chapter of the STREAM Network,  a new system born out of the STREAM Network created out of a 4-day meeting held in Nairobi, Kenya ,from 30 September to 3 October 2022. In Nairobi, the Network is hosted by Positive Young Women Voices of Kenya and has launched its strategic plan for Zimbabwe in Harare this week. STREAM Network Zimbabwe’s Board Vice Chairperson, Barnabas Muhoma goutlined the objectives of the launch. STREAM stands for Stepping Stones Trainers Engaging with Activists Movements, it was formed…

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