Tag: GWANDA

Ward-Based Mass Drug Administration Sets Zimbabwe On Elephantiasis Elimination Trajectory

Michael Gwarisa

By Michael Gwarisa in Gwanda Approximately 48 Kilometres outside Gwanda town in Sifanjani Village, 68-year-old Reuben Sibanda sits amongst his fellow village men and women under a giant Baobab tree. They all listen attentively to the health worker educating them about Lymphatic Filariasis also known as Elephantiasis and why they should partake in the ongoing Mass Drug Administration (MDA) underway in Gwanda and Seven other districts across the country. It’s an unusual sight under the big Baobab tree as men of all ages, who in most circles, are regarded as…

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Health Resilience Fund Support Enhances Uptake Of Long-Term Family Planning Methods In Matabeleland South

Michael Gwarisa

By Michael Gwarisa in Gwanda The risk of unplanned pregnancies is very high in the absence of Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives (LARCs) Family planning methods. Women in low-resource settings experience interruptions that may increase the risk of unintended and unplanned pregnancies. In most cases, the poorest couples have the highest fertility, the lowest contraceptive use and the highest unmet need for contraception. In Gwanda, Matabeleland South, women such Florence Kungai (31), from Gwanda who in the past experienced two separate occasions of contraceptive failure due to interruptions in her schedule, now…

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NAC’s HIV response efforts pay off for Mat South

Kuda Pembere

THE HIV response in Matebeleland South has been improving dropping the prevalence and incidence rates in the province owing to consistent massive campaigns by the National AIDS Council (NAC) over the past 11 years. By Kuda Pembere recently in Gwanda This was said by the former NAC Mat South Provincial Manager Mr Isaia Abureni during a media tour around his province organised by the organization. Despite the province ranking the highest in terms of HIV prevalence in the country in most of the years, its incidence dropped by more than…

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Poverty drives teenage pregnancies in Gwanda

Michael Gwarisa

ZIMBABWE’S dreary economic situation and poverty in families in Gwanda have been driving teenagers out of school leading to many teenage pregancies. By Kudakwashe Pembere Matebeleland South Legislator Honourable Sipho Ndlovu-Mokone in an interview with HealthTimes said most of these teenagers that fall pregnant are usually school drop outs. “Most teenagers of school going age become school drop outs at an early because of economic reasons, their parents or guardians can’t afford to foot their educational bills,” she said. “Drug abuse also is another factor,where teenagers take drugs and end…

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Overcrowding In Gwanda A Ticking Health Timebomb

Healthtimes

INCREASED urban rural migration over the years has resulted in more than 15 000 people in Gwanda going for 10 years without houses, resulting in large numbers of people being cramped up in small unhygienic quarters.  By Kudakwashe Pembere Speaking in Parliament, Matebeleland South legislator, Honourable Sipho Mokone posed a question to the Minister of Local Government and Public Works asking when the people of Gwanda would be given the residential stands they have been looking forward to for over 10 years. Hon. Mokone had previously asked what the Local…

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MP Blames ZINWA For Gwanda,/Beitbridge Water Woes

Healthtimes

GWANDA and Beitbridge town have been hit by massive water challenges in the midst of exorbitant prepaid water system charges that are being levied by the Zimbabwe the Zimbabwe National Water Authority’s exorbitant (ZINWA) prepaid water. By Staff Reporter This came to light on Thursday at the National Assembly when Matebeleland South parliamentarian Honourable Sipho Mokone lamented how the water crisis was getting out of control as Gwanda is now in its second week. On March 3, 2022, the legislator raised the issue before Parliament and maintains Gwanda due to…

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