Rural Outreach Screens 1,164 Women Living With HIV for Cervical Cancer, But Treatment Delays Persist
By Michael Gwarisa A nurse-led outreach programme in rural Zimbabwe screened more than 1,100 women living with HIV for cervical cancer in a year, with seven in 10 accessing the service through outreach clinics, new data has shown. The programme, implemented through Kamutsenzere Rural Health Centre and nine outreach sites in Mt Darwin, Mashonaland Central,
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Africa Is Ready to Lead: CPHIA 2026 Opens a New Chapter for Public Health Sovereignty
By Michael Gwarisa Africa is preparing to write a new chapter in its public health story—one defined less by dependency and vulnerability and increasingly by African leadership, science, innovation and the determination to take ownership of the continent’s health future. That ambition will take centre stage when the 5th International Conference on Public Health in
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Beyond the Lancet Report, There Are People Like Martha Growing Old With HIV
By Michael Gwarisa For 22 years, Martha Tholanah has lived with HIV. When she was diagnosed on January 3, 2003, the future looked bleak. She had fallen ill and gone for an HIV test shortly before starting a new job. Her CD4 count was just 31, indicating severe immune suppression at a time when an
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