Day: May 16, 2024

Making Waves with Adolescent Girls and Young Women In HIV and AIDS Programing

Healthtimes

By Young Female Leaders in the HIV HIV remains a significant public health threat. Without addressing the social determinants, the status quo persists. Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) in the Sub-Saharan region, including Zimbabwe, still face limited leadership opportunities in the HIV response. The 2023 World AIDS Day theme serves as a reminder that communities must lead for interventions to be sustainable. It’s time to shift the perspective on AGYW—from mere service users to capable service providers. According to the Global AIDS Strategy 2021-2026, community-led organizations, especially those led…

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Community-based TB treatment highly effective in Togo

Michael Gwarisa

By Staff Reporter New research finds that a community-based approach to delivering TB treatment is highly effective at achieving successful TB treatment outcomes in Togo. The Union led the study in partnership with Togo’s National TB Programme (NTP) and the World Health Organization’s Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases. The researchers found that 93% of participants had favourable outcomes after six months (e.g. cured and/or completed treatment) through a community health worker-led approach to supervising treatment intake, compared to 78% through a family member supervising treatment intake.…

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Local organization supports children with neurological conditions

Kuda Pembere

By Kuda Pembere A group of youths from one of Harare’s oldest suburbs Highfields teaming up to start an organization supporting children living with neurological conditions says much can be done to allieviate the plight of caregivers and their children with intellectual and developmental disorders. The Charity Project was founded by Dr Mark Chunga, working with Ms Wadzanai Majuru, the operations manager; Ms Natasha Machingura, the programs manager and Mr Munyaradzi Edmore Kashiri, the finance manager. The organization has presence in Zimbabwe South Africa and Botswana. The organization birthed after…

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