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Youth involvement in agriculture is key to accelerating climate action in Africa

June 6, 2023 Healthtimes

By Dickson Naftali Africa is one of the world’s most vulnerable regions to climate shocks. The continent’s overdependence on rain-fed agriculture and pastoralism exposes it to the vagaries of climate change. As a result, hunger affects 282 million Africans, a number that will grow to 350 million by 2050. Many of these victims are young people who are increasingly jobless on account of the failing farms and other enterprises across the agricultural value chain. This large youth population is constantly entering the labour market requiring African economies, which are predominantly…

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Zimbabwe ‘s High Road Carnage Worrisome

June 3, 2023June 4, 2023 Healthtimes

Zimbabwe has some of the most dangerous roads in the world and the number of road accidents continues to increase, putting the successful attainment of sustainable development goals by 2030 at risk. By Staff Reporter Annual road traffic collision related fatalities are projected to increase significantly if urgent action is not taken by all stakeholders to curb their occurrence. Speaking at a media conference in Harare on Wednesday, RoadSafe Zimbabwe director, Sam Nyaude said government needs to urgently prioritise road safety and step up the implementation of the Global Plan…

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Zimbabwe Gvt Bans Use Of Cancer Causing John & Johnson Baby Powder

June 2, 2023 Healthtimes

FOLLOWING findings from a study which unearthed that a chemical used in the manufacturing of Johnson and Johnson baby power causes cancer, Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) has ordered retailers and pharmacies to destroy or immediately stop selling the J&J baby powder products to the public. By Staff Reporter Research by the American Academy of Paediatrics gathered that the talc used in the production of the baby powder was highly toxic due to contamination with carcinogen asbestos. Tanzania Bureau of Standards on the 19th of April 2023,…

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Police Worried Over Increasing GBV Related Murders In Zimbabwe

May 29, 2023May 29, 2023 Healthtimes

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has raised concern over the number of murder cases being recorded throughout the country on weekly basis with most of these cases are mainly attributed to domestic violence (GBV) arising from accusations of infidelity on the part of couples. By Staff Reporter In a statement, police spokesperson, Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said three women weree murdered on three separate occasions within a space of three days. In one of the murder cases, Nyarai Masauso (41) died on 28™ May 2023 whilst admitted at Parirenyatwa Group…

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Uganda approves Anti-LGBTQ Law

May 29, 2023 Healthtimes

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has signed one of the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ laws, his spokesperson said on Monday, defying international condemnations and the risk of sanctions from donors. Same-sex relations were already illegal in Uganda, as they are in more than 30 African countries, but the new law goes further in targeting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people. It imposes the death penalty for so-called aggravated homosexuality, which includes having gay sex when HIV-positive, and a 20-year sentence for “promoting” homosexuality. ALSO READ | Uganda outlaws identifying as LGBTQ,…

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POSB Donates Equipment to Rehabilitate Borehole at Mahusekwa Hospital

May 19, 2023May 19, 2023 Healthtimes

The People’s Own Saving Bank (POSB), the country’s leading savings bank, has donated equipment to rehabilitate a borehole at Mahusekwa Hospital in Mashonaland East Province. The donation is part of POSB’s Borehole for Health initiative, which aims to provide healthcare institutions facing acute water shortages with safe and reliable water sources in each of the nation’s provinces. By Staff Reporter The borehole at Mahusekwa Hospital was installed by POSB in 2018 but had become dysfunctional. POSB has now provided new equipment, including an HH submissible pump, pipes and fittings to…

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Ezra foundation donates sanitary wear in Mhondoro

May 17, 2023 Healthtimes

MHONDORO – Ezra foundation has donated 267 kits of reusable sanitary wear to female students at Chitemere Secondary School in Mhondoro in an effort to end period poverty. By Staff Reporter Period poverty is a global issue affecting women and girls who don’t have access to the safe, hygienic menstrual products they need. Zimbabwe is experiencing rising cases of period poverty due to rising costs of living, making access to sanitary wear impossible for rural girls, and increasing cases of absenteeism at school. Statistics from the World Bank show that…

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Zimbabwe’s Suspected Cholera Burden Nearing 1000 Mark

May 11, 2023 Healthtimes

CHOLERA could become Zimbabwe’s latest healthcare headache as the country continues to record new suspected infections and deaths related to the Diarrhoeal disease. By Staff Reporter This comes amidst indications that the country has to date recorded 800 cumulative suspected Cholera cases and 18 suspected deaths. According to the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC), 20 new suspected cholera cases, one suspected death and 23 laboratory confirmed results were reported yesterday. The suspected cases were reported from Budiriro (3), Glenview (2),beitbridge (2), Buhera (4), Mutare Rural (4) and Chimanimani…

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#JUSTIN# “It’s a lie!”- Gvt distances self from controversial pro-graft law

May 10, 2023May 10, 2023 Healthtimes

New developments reveal that President Emerson Mnangagwa is not aware and did not sign the bizzare procurement and disposal act. By Staff Reporter In a statement, Chief Secretary of the President and Cabinet, Dr Misheck Sibanda said the circulating document was a hoax. His Excellency the President, Dr ED Mnangagwa, has been made aware of some document gazetted as General Notice 635 of 2023, purporting to place the procurement of certain goods outside public scrutiny, on grounds of “national interest”. “Upon further investigations, it has- come to light that the…

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WHO Declares An End To COVID-19 Global Health Emergency

May 5, 2023 Healthtimes

The World Health Organization announced on Friday that it was ending the emergency it declared for Covid-19 more than three years ago, a milestone in the fitful emergence from a pandemic that has killed millions of people around the world and upended daily life in previously unimaginable ways. “It is with great hope that I declare Covid-19 over as a global health emergency,” said the W.H.O. director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. But W.H.O. officials warned that the decision to lift the emergency does not signal an end to the pandemic,…

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