East and Southern African Countries Meet in Harare to Chart Future of Immunisation Programmes
By Kuda Pembere Zimbabwe is hosting a five-day Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) Managers’ Meeting, bringing together representatives from 21 East and Southern African countries to explore ways of making immunisation programmes more sustainable as governments assume greater ownership of vaccination initiatives. The meeting has attracted development partners, officials from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, global
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Undetectable Isn’t the Whole Story: Study Finds Signs of HIV Immune Activity in the Brain
By Michael Gwarisa For millions of people living with HIV, achieving an undetectable viral load is the ultimate treatment milestone, a sign that antiretroviral therapy is working and that the virus is under control. But scientists are increasingly discovering that what happens in the blood may not tell the whole story. New research unveiled during
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Tendayi Westerhof Wins Global HIV Award for Championing Women Living with HIV
By Michael Gwarisa RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Zimbabwean HIV advocate, Tendayi Westerhof has been honoured with the prestigious Ruth Cardoso Movement Building Award, an international recognition celebrating her decades-long advocacy for the rights, dignity and leadership of women living with HIV. Receiving the award at the 26th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2026) in Rio
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Zimbabwe Advances Community Pharmacy Model to Expand Access to PrEP, Including Lenacapavir
By Michael Gwarisa RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Zimbabwe is testing an innovative public-private partnership that could transform HIV prevention by integrating community pharmacies into the delivery of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), including long-acting lenacapavir, as the country seeks to make HIV prevention services more accessible and convenient for communities. Presenting the initiative at the 26th
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Science Has Put the End of AIDS Within Reach, But Politics Could Still Derail It-UNAIDS
By Michael Gwarisa in RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil UNAIDS says the world now has the tools to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030, but warned on Monday that funding cuts and political decisions are threatening to reverse decades of progress despite major scientific breakthroughs. Launching the 2026 Global AIDS Update ahead of
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