Tag: Child and Adolescent Health

Over 1 million child brides in Zim: UNICEF

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MASHONALAND CENTRAL tops the list of provinces with the highest number of young girls married before 18 in Zimbabwe with Matebeleland South having the lowest. By Kudakwashe Pembere Mash Central accounted for over 50 percent of the girls married before 18 years according to a UNICEF latest report on Child Marriages. In the report, there are over 1 million young Zimbabwean girls married before the age of 18 with 241 000 of these betrothed below 15 years. Matebeleland North, Midlands, and Harare had between 21 and 30 percent. Mashonaland West,…

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Zim Reports Steady Improvement In Uptake of Maternal, Reproductive & Adolescents Health Services Under Lockdown

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THE ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) says there has been a steady improvement in the uptake of Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) for the first time since the national lockdown was effected in March this year. HealthTimes Reporter According to the health ministry, there was a decline in the utilization of Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) services such as family planning, antenatal care, postnatal care and other reproductive health services, particularly in the month of April 2020. The decline was due to challenges…

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