Day: February 19, 2024

Zim’s National Cancer Control Plan on cards

Kuda Pembere

By Kuda Pembere The Ministry of Health and Child Care is on the verge of completing the National Cancer Control Plan to guide Zimbabwe in the management of cancer in the country. This was said by Mr Lee Nkala from the Health Ministry’s Non-Communicable Diseases Department during the commemorations of International Childhood Cancer Day at KidzCan Offices in Harare last Thursday running under the theme, “Unveiling Challenges.” International Childhood Cancer Day is a global collaborative campaign to raise awareness about childhood cancer and to express support for children and adolescents…

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All systems go for Zim’s Oral Polio Vaccination

Kuda Pembere

By Kuda Pembere   As the Zimbabwean government has taken stock of over 10 million novel oral polio vaccine doses, the Ministry of Health and Child Care commences the national vaccination campaign tomorrow, save for Harare Province currently seized with cholera vaccination, to be delayed three days after other provinces in the country.   Addressing the media during a national Polio update, the National Polio Incident Manager and the National Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) manager Colline Chigodo said the vaccination campaign was given the nod to be rolled out…

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USAID, FAO launches US$2.7 million fund for livestock diseases fight in Zim

Kuda Pembere and Nthokozo Gudu

By Kuda Pembere and Nthokozo Gudu With Zimbabwe’s cattle herd under threat from livestock diseases, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) availed to the tune of US$2.7 million an emergency project fund to fight these diseases. Most common of the livestock diseases in Zimbabwe are tickbone diseases such as theileriosis better known as January Disease. Officiating the event last week, Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development Permanent Secretary Professor Obert Jiri said the livestock sector is currently bedevilled with several…

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Single Dose Oral Cholera Vaccine Strategy Bears Fruit On the African Continent

Michael Gwarisa

By Michael Gwarisa Following indications of Global Shortages of the Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV), the International Coordinating Group (ICG), the body which manages emergency supplies of vaccines announced a temporary suspension of the standard two-dose vaccination regimen in cholera outbreak response campaigns, using instead a single-dose approach. Despite fears from countries currently battling Cholera, the one-dose strategy has proven to be effective in responding to outbreaks, even though evidence on the exact duration of protection is limited, and protection appears to be much lower in children.  With a two-dose regimen,…

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Wearing Tight-Fitting Pants Increases Risk of Infertility in Men- Zim Doctor Warns

Michael Gwarisa

By Michael Gwarisa Tight underwear, boxers or pants generate so much heat that could literary overheat the sperm and compromise sperm quality, a top Obstetrician and researcher, has warned. His warning comes in the wake of evidence of a notable increase in the prevalence of infertility in men over the years, amid a growing fashion trend where slim-fit or tight-fitting clothes have become trendy. Data from a cross-section study by Dr Mugove Madziyire et al which explored “The causes of infertility in women presenting to gynecology clinics in Harare, Zimbabwe”…

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