- Ghana rejects proposed US health aid deal, citing data concerns, source says
- Zimbabwe’s Medical Aid Coverage Could Shrink Further Under Proposed Reforms
- First Possible HIV Cure Reported in Canada After Bone Marrow Transplant
- Ministry of Health Bans Unauthorised Vehicles From Transporting Medicines to Curb Drug Leakages
- Mozambique Rolls Out Lenacapavir for HIV Prevention
COVID-19 could reverse gains made for African children, warns Save the Children
THE COVID-19 pandemic threatens to reverse progress made for children in Africa by years or even decades, with economic aftershocks risking to push an additional 33 million children into poverty, according to Save the Children. With malaria levels projected to rise to levels of some 20 years ago, an estimated 265 million younger children out
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One In Every Four Children Not Registered- UNICEF
DATA released by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) indicate that one in four children under the age 5 (166 million), on average, are not registered in the world today. By Michael Gwarisa According to a publication by UNICEF called “Birth Registration for Every Child by 2030: Are we on track?” children under five fail
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Children Nutrition Status Improves In Zim: MICS
ZIMBABWE made great strides between 2014 and 2019 in improving the nutritional status of children which saw reduction in stunting, wasting, underweight and overweight, the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) 2019 states. By Kudakwashe Pembere The MICS was designed by UNICEF in the 1990s to assist countries in filling data gaps on children’s and women’s
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Save The Children Offers Psychosocial Support To Cyclone Idai Affected Children
SAVE The Children Zimbabwe is currently offering Psychosocial Support Services (PSS) to children in Cyclone Idai affected communities in a bid to empower children to overcome fear through building resilience as well as develop coping mechanisms. By Michael Gwarisa Through the use of a PSS toolkit called Singing to the lion’s by Dr Jonathan Brakash
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Zim Ranks 3rd In Global PMTCT Rankings
ZIMBABWE has achieve a 65% coverage of children born to women living with HIV who were tested for HIV within eight weeks of birth ranking it 3rd out of the 23 focus countries. According to a UNAIDS report dubbed “Knowledge is Power” antiretroviral therapy for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission greatly reduced new HIV infections
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Stool-Based diagnosis Could Eradicate TB In Children
A simple method for processing stool samples for Xpert MTB/RIF testing using minimal equipment has been announced at the 49th Union World Conference on Lung Health and could enable the identification of thousands of children with tuberculosis (TB) and multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) disease – drastically reducing the numbers of children under five dying from TB. Currently,
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Zim Needs Strong Domestic Funding For Nutrition- Civil Society
THE National Coordinator for Zimbabwe Civil Society Organisations Scaling Up Nutrition Alliance (ZCSOSUNA), Kudwakwashe Zombe says domestic funding towards nutrition in Zimbabwe was still very low, amidst indications that the national budget currently allocates a paltry 0.47% to nutrition. By Michael Gwarisa Governments around the world are expected to allocate at least 15 percent
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Breastfeeding At Workplaces: Reality Or Mirage
THE world over, companies are struggling to implement breastfeeding friendly working environments owing to conflicting interests chief among them being the fear of losing out on productive hours and profits at the expense of breastfeeding. By Michael Gwarisa As a result, most companies have developed a negative attitude towards women of childbearing age with some
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Zim launches School Health Policy
ZIMBABWE has launched a school health policy which will act as a yardstick towards planning and programming for school children’s health activities and the sector at large. By Michael Gwarisa Officiating at the launch ceremony, Health and Child Care minister Dr David Parirenyatwa said the policy had come at a time when Zimbabwe needed an
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Zim Underreports Childhood TB Cases
The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation says Zimbabwe has been underreporting child TB cases over the years which has seen the country lag behind the benchmarked number. By Kuda Pembere Addressing journalists at a media sensitisation meeting, EGPAF Unitaid Catalysing Pediatric Tuberculosis Innovation CaP TB leader Dr Tichaona Nyamundaya said on the back of underreporting
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