- Zimbabwe, Egypt Teams Perform 10 Successful Paediatric Heart Surgeries at Parirenyatwa Hospital
- Zimbabwe targets top global ranking in medicines regulation
- Bahamas Eliminates Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission in Landmark Public Health Achievement
- Biggest Global Vaccine Catch-Up Delivers Over 100 Million Childhood Doses, but Millions Still Miss Routine Immunisation
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Has Prostate Cancer
Increase in people who inject drugs threatens Zim’s HIV Gains…UNAIDS calls for effective harm reduction programs
GOVERNMENT was warned that the obtaining spike in illicit drug and substance abuse incidences could trigger a new wave of new HIV infections as drug users were devising new risky means of administering drugs such as injecting drugs which at times involves the sharing of unsterilized needles and sharp objects. By Michael Gwarisa While Zimbabwe
Read MoreZim’s Adolescents and Young People Attend In-Country Hub For The 2022 AIDS Conference
YOUNG people from various communities In Zimbabwe converged for the AIDS2022 In Country Virtual Hub amidst growing calls for government to increase domestic funding towards HIV and AIDS programing. By Michael Gwarisa The five day in-country AIDS2022 In Country Virtual Hub was hosted by Zvandiri in Harare at Bronte Hotel following the denying of visas
Read MoreAchieving an AIDS-free future: African leaders are championing sexuality education at the International AIDS Conference
MONTREAL, Canada, 1 August 2022 — At the 24 th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2022) held inMontreal, UNESCO and Frontline AIDS hosted a session where African leaders championed sexualityeducation and challenged misinformation to work toward an AIDS-free generation. Young advocates,representatives from African governments and CSOs made the case on why Comprehensive SexualityEducation should remain a
Read MoreZimbabwe Submits Bid To Host ICASA In 2023
ZIMBABWE together with other five African countries have submitted bids to host the International Conference on AIDS and STIs In Africa (ICASA) in 2023. By Michael Gwarisa Zimbabwe’s intention to host the 2023 ICASA was announced during a Press Conference that was held on Friday by ICASA at the ongoing 24th International AIDS Conference in
Read MoreBotswana reaches 95-95-95 HIV target
Botswana becomes the second nation in the world, after Eswatini, to reach a landmark UN goal towards eradicating AIDS, researchers said Wednesday, in what health experts hailed as “stellar results”. By Staff Reporter The country according to a study published ahead of the 24th International AIDS Conference has met the so-called “95-95-95” target on HIV
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Millions of lives at risk as progress against AIDS falters
MONTREAL/GENEVA- New data from UNAIDS on the global HIV response reveals that during the last two years of COVID-19 and other global crises, progress against the HIV pandemic has faltered, resources have shrunk, and millions of lives are at risk as a result. The new report, In Danger, is being launched ahead of the International
Read MoreFourth person likely cured of HIV with fifth ‘in remission’
For the fourth time since the global epidemic began, a person appears to have been “cured” of HIV. The 66-year-old man, named the “City of Hope patient” after the Californian centre he was treated in, has been in remission from HIV for 17 months. Having lived with the virus since the 1980s, the patient underwent
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Uproar Over Delayed Visas To AIDS Conference In Canada
HIV and AIDS activists and advocates have raised a red flag over the delayed granting of Visas to AIDS Activists, speakers, public health experts and advocates by the Canadian government ahead of International AIDS Confrence to be held in Canada from 29 July to 2 August 2022. By Staff Reporter The delays have been described
Read MoreZim ready for long term injectable PrEP-MoHCC
IN a bid to increase adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) in Zimbabwe, the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) said it welcomes obtaining studies to advance prevention therapy through long term injectable Pre-Exposure prophylaxes medications. By Staff Reporter This follows the approval of Apretude (cabotegravir extended-release injectable suspension) in 2021 by the U.S. Food
Read MoreOne In Every Five People Is Living With HIV In Mat South
MATABELELAND South (Mat South) has an HIV prevalence of 20%, a figure higher than the national prevalence which currently stands at 11.6%, making it the provinces with highest number of people living with HIV in the country. By Michael Gwarisa Zimbabwe has a total 1.3 million people living with HIV and basing on the national
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