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HIV self-testing proves popular …as tailor-made service improves access
I have listened to people who are hesitant to get an HIV test, the moment they reach the health facility, they back off, for fear of the unknown. They have consoled themselves that, “It is better not to know, what you don’t know does not kill you.” Catherine Murombedzi How wrong it is, in health
Read MoreParirenyatwa’s AHF Centre of Excellence surpasses viral load suppression target
The Parirenyatwa Group of Hospital Opportunistic Infections clinic which is also an AIDS Health Foundation Centre of Excellence as of June 2022 had 5 620 clients with the majority being females while the pediatric ward had about 400, inversely seeing males being many. By Kudakwashe Pembere This was revealed during a media tour of the
Read MoreUNAIDS To Launch The “Dangerous Inequalities” World AIDS Day Report Next Week
UNAIDS World AIDS Day report 2022 will be launched on Tuesday, 29th November in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, during UNAIDS Executive Director’s visit to the country. The report is called ‘Dangerous Inequalities’ and reveals that inequalities are obstructing the end of AIDS. On current trends the world will not meet agreed global targets on AIDS.
Read MoreUS Government Injects US$54 Million Towards FACT’S DREAMS SMART Girls and Space for Orphaned and Vulnerable Children Programs
The Family AIDS Caring Trust (FACT-Zimbabwe) and its partners with funding from the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) launched critical programs worth more than US$54 million to help fight HIV in Manicaland and Masvingo. By Michael Gwarisa The programs are Sustaining Prevention, Increasing
Read More5 000 Zimbabwean babies infected with HIV in 2021…As mothers shun PMTCT
Close to 5000 babies got infected with HIV in 2021 due the mothers’ reluctancy to get antiretroviral therapy during pregnancy and breastfeeding. By Kudakwashe Pembere Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) Deputy PMTCT and Paediatric HIV Care and Treatment Coordinator, Dr Precious Andifasi last Friday told journalists at a National Aids Council media training
Read MoreHIV advocate Cathy Murombedzi upbeat about HIV cure
A bullish veteran journalist and Health Communicators Forum (HCF) vice chairperson Catherine Murombedzi is among the hopefuls who live to tell this tale. By Kudakwashe Pembere Seeing her feels like reliving the biblical times when Jews waited for the Messiah. Having kept her faith, Cathy is upbeat she will see the HIV cure in her
Read MoreMILESTONE: Zim attains 95-95-95 HIV targets
ZIMBABWE has reached the UNAIDS set 95-95-95 HIV targets, securing a place in the list of other Southern African countries such as Botswana that have attained the goal. By Kudakwashe Pembere The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS aims for HIV testing, treatment and viral suppression rates to be 95%–95%–95% by 2025. Addressing the press
Read MoreSAA lauds Zim for approving Cabotegravir
A Society of AIDS in Africa (SAA) board member on Wednesday commended Zimbabwe for setting the pace on the African continent and in the world in giving the green light the use of the long acting pre-exposure prophylaxis injectable Cabotegravir. By Kudakwashe Pembere SAA is the organiser for the International Conference on AIDS and STIs
Read MoreICASA Invites African Creatives To Design Logo For ICASA 2023 To Be Held In Zimbabwe
THE International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA) Director, Dr Luc Armand Bodea has announced a call for the design of a logo for the 22nd Edition of the ICASA Conference to be held in Zimbabwe next year. By Michael Gwarisa The calls follows the recent official announcement of Zimbabwe as the host
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