Good COP 2.0 Pushes Back Against WHO’s Quiet War on Harm Reduction
By Munyaradzi Blessing Doma The 11th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the World Health Organisation’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) recently took place in Geneva, Switzerland, and resembled the familiar closed-door meeting where science was neglected and the voices of consumers left out yet again. A lot of these experts, including some of those
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High Demand Pushes America to Increase Lenacapavir Supply as Eswatini Gets First Shipment
By Michael Gwarisa The Kingdom of Eswatini has received its first shipment of the lifesaving HIV prevention drug Lenacapavir, a few months after becoming one of the few African countries earmarked for the rollout to take delivery. The twice-a-year injectable drug will be introduced under the America First Global Health Strategy, which guides the United States’
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Study Finds Significant Rates of Infidelity Among Doctors and Nurses
By Staff Reporter A new study published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health has revealed that infidelity is not uncommon among medical professionals, with 21 percent of participating doctors and nurses admitting to having engaged in an unfaithful relationship. The study, titled “Incidence and Related Factors of Infidelity among Medical Doctors and Nurses,” was conducted by researchers Sara
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Why Reforming the Termination of Pregnancy Act Can No Longer Wait
I have been closely following recent developments on access to safe abortion for women and girls in Zimbabwe. As I reflect on the Women’s Action Group’s (WAG) campaign on safe abortion in the early 1990s, I am encouraged by how far the country has come on this issue. When WAG advocated for access to safe abortion
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Community Health Equity Fund Launched in Hopely as Nation Prepares for Insurance Scheme
At a time when out of pocket health spending is high for many urban residents in Harare, the City of Harare on Wednesday officially launched the Community Health Equity Fund (CHEF) in Hopely. The launch at Tariro Clinic comes six years after President Emmerson Mnangagwa opened the facility. Officiating at the event, Health and Child Care
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Why Reforming the Termination of Pregnancy Act Can No Longer Wait
By Edinah Masiyiwa I have been closely following recent developments on access to safe abortion for women and girls in Zimbabwe. As I reflect on the Women’s Action Group’s (WAG) campaign on safe abortion in the early 1990s, I am encouraged by how far the country has come on this issue. When WAG advocated for
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ActionAid Zimbabwe Warns of Rising Digital Violence as 16 Days of Activism Begin
ActionAid Zimbabwe has raised alarm over a surge in online violence targeting women and girls, calling on Government, regulators, and technology companies to strengthen protections as the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence begin. The annual campaign runs from 25 November to 10 December. This year’s theme, “UNiTE to End Digital Violence Against All Women
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Zimbabwe Strengthens National HIV Response Ahead of World AIDS Day Commemorations
By Michael Gwarisa Zimbabwe has launched preparations for this year’s World AIDS Day commemorations, marking the beginning of a national week dedicated to reflection, mobilization and renewed commitment to ending HIV as a public health threat by 2030. The commemorations, set for Umzingwane in Matabeleland South, come at a time when the country is intensifying efforts
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SAYWHAT Students Conference Opens with Parliamentary Researchers on Board
By Kuda Pembere The 15th edition of the Students and Youth Working on Reproductive Health Action Team (SAYWHAT) National Students Conference opened on Monday with notable new additions, including the participation of parliamentary researchers and students drawn not only from universities, but also from teacher training colleges and agricultural institutions. The opening day featured a
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ZiCHIRe Expands Outreach in Hopely with Brotha2Brotha Campaign
By Kuda Pembere The Zimbabwe Community Health Intervention Research project (ZiCHIRe) on Friday held an awareness campaign under the Brotha2Brotha initiative targeting adolescent boys and young men. The campaign comes in the nick of time as many programs in the Sexual Reproductive Health space have been pregnant with activities centred on adolescent girls and young
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