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Study finds 20% of Zimbabwean Youth have STIs

Michael Gwarisa

Epidemiologist and Sexual Reproductive Health Expert, Dr Chido Dziva Chikwari has warned of a high prevalence of three Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Trichomonas amongst Zimbabwe’s young and youthful population. By Michael Gwarisa The data was revealed during a door-to-door Population Based Prevalence Survey that was conducted between 2020 and 22 in 16

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Expensive Drug Resistant TB Drugs Derail Treatment Efforts

Michael Gwarisa

People with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) continue to be deprived of today’s best-possible treatment in part because of high drug prices, according to a new report—DR-TB Drugs Under the Microscope— released today by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) at the 49th Union World Conference on Lung Health in The Hague.   MSF called, in particular, on US

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