Everyone needs to help achieve 2030 vision, Health Minister says

Everyone has a role to play in helping Zimbabwe achieve the vision of becoming a middle income economy by 2030, Health and Child Care Minister Obadiah Moyo said on Friday, when he toured the newly renovated Cimas Medical Laboratory in Harare.   Speaking after touring the laboratory, which has been re-equipped as well as refurbished,…

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Zimbabwe Launches Revised Humanitarian Appeal to Respond to Increased Vulnerabilities

With new evidence of increasing vulnerabilities in Zimbabwe as a result of climate and economic shocks, the Government, the United Nations and the humanitarian partners felt the urgency to revise the appeal to cover the multi-sectoral humanitarian needs of the most vulnerable communities up to April 2020. UN Resident Coordinator, Ambassador Bishow Parajuli made the…

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Zimnat helps Epworth school improve its sanitation

Zimnat, one of the country’s leading insurance and financial services groups, on Friday (August 2) handed over an ablution block for girls to Chizungu Primary School in Epworth. Zimnat undertook the construction of the ablution block in partnership with Fund a Child’s Education Zimbabwe (FACEZ), a non-profit making organisation that assists marginalised and underprivileged children….

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MSF’s ‘Access Campaign’ marks 20 years of work to secure medical innovation and access to affordable medicines

The international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) this year marks the 20th anniversary of founding its ‘Access Campaign,’ which has been working to secure access to affordable medicines, diagnostics and vaccines, including promoting their research and development, for people in MSF’s care and beyond. Marking this milestone provides an opportunity to reflect on…

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ZLHR, Community Water Alliance concerned over typhoid outbreak

The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) and Community Water Alliance (CWA) have expressed great concern over recent reports of an outbreak of typhoid in some parts of Harare’s high-density suburbs. According to media reports and monitoring reports by CWA’s health monitors, typhoid cases have been recently recorded in some of Harare’s high-density suburbs. More…

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ZUNDAF registers significant progress despite economic challenges

By Byron Mutingwende   The Zimbabwe United Nations Development Assistance Framework (ZUNDAF) has recorded significant progress regardless of the current economic challenges, which have been exacerbated by climate change effects, Dr. Misheck Sibanda, the Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet has said.   In a speech read on his behalf at the High Level…

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Fayaz King Appointed UNICEF Deputy Executive Director, Field Results and Innovation

The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced the appointment of Fayaz King of Zimbabwe as Assistant Secretary-General to serve as the Deputy Executive Director, Field Results and Innovation for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Mr Fayaz King will succeed Shanelle Hall of the United States, to whom the Secretary-General and UNICEF are grateful for…

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North-East Nigeria: A decade of conflict takes heavy toll on the population, many people now suffering from mental illness

Effects of a decade long conflict in Borno State begin to show as some of 1,8 million displaced people now suffer from mental illnesses. The effects of a decade long conflict in Northeast Nigeria between the military and armed groups, are beginning to show as some of the 1,8 million displaced people, are now suffering…

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Prof Hendrik Streeck announced as the Local Scientific Chair of IAS 2021

The International AIDS Society (IAS) yesterday announced that Professor Hendrik Streeck is the Local Scientific Chair of the 11th IAS Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2021), which takes place in Berlin, Germany, on 18-21 July 2021. Professor Streeck is the Director of the Institute for HIV Research at the University Hospital, Medical Faculty University Duisburg-Essen,…

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Outstanding researchers and young investigators recognised for innovations and new insights in HIV science

The International AIDS Society (IAS) announced recipients of prizes and awards at the 10th IAS Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2019) yesterday. These recognise innovation in HIV research, leadership in protecting human rights and the most promising work by an emerging generation of early-career scientists. The honourees will take the stage in Mexico City this…

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2019 OFID Annual Award for Development recognises Vida Duti’s remarkable WASH work in Ghana

Duti attended a presentation ceremony at The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID)’s headquarters during the 40th Annual Session of the organisation’s Ministerial Council in Vienna The 2019 The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) (http://www.OFID.org/)Annual Award for Development has been conferred upon Vida Duti, in recognition of her remarkable work in striving for sustainable water,…

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PSMAS launches Premier Lifestyle Wellness Programme

By Tatenda Mujeyi The country’s biggest medical aid society, Premier Services Medical Aid Society, PSMAS, has launched the premier lifestyle wellness programme in Bindura. The programme continues PSMAS’s efforts to improve the health conditions of not only its customers but the general Zimbabwean population. “As PSMAS we set a course for the improvement of the…

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‘Assisting the human behind the bureaucracy’ – introducing the Tshwane Migrant Project

The ‘Tshwane Migrant Project, located at the Sediba Hope Medical Centre in Tshwane Central Business District (CBD), will provide a supportive, specialised HUB for vulnerable people, focusing on undocumented migrants, asylum seekers and refugees living in the greater Tshwane area, who are often unable to access appropriate health care and/or social services. The newly established…

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On World Population Day UNFPA, Government of Zimbabwe open clinic and youth centre

On World Population Day the Government of Zimbabwe and partners today officially opened Tariro Clinic and Youth Centre in the Hopley area. The facilities were constructed by City of Harare through a skills development project for young people that was supported by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), International Labour Organisation (ILO) and private cement…

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Media should drive progressive socio-economic and democratic agenda in the country: Parajuli

By Byron Mutingwende The media plays an important role in defining common denominator in promoting national interest and setting progressive socio-economic and democratic agenda in the country, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Zimbabwe has said. “The role of media, including the newsprint, electronic and online/digital entities, cannot be over-emphasised in national development, which involves advancement…

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Gondwe, Chitoshi triumph at the 2019 Econet Victoria Falls Marathon

Zimbabwean Christopher Gondwe has won this year’s Econet Victoria Falls Marathon which was run on Sunday, with Zambian Felistus Chitoshi taking the women’s top honours at the same 42.2km race. Gondwe crossed the finish line at Victoria Falls Primary School in a time of two hours, 25 minutes and 36 seconds, ahead of Zambia’s Costern…

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Pan-African Summit on HIV/AIDS and Health Financing in Africa

Under the high patronage of H.E. Denis Sassou Nguesso, President of the Republic of Congo, the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) in collaboration with the Republic of Congo and the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), will hold a High-Level Pan-African Summit on HIV/AIDS and health financing in Africa from 11 to 12 July 2019 in Brazzaville, Congo. The…

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SADC countries present dire vulnerability assessment and analysis results: A Focus on Zimbabwe

By Byron Mutingwende   Across a number of counties in Southern Africa, vulnerability assessment and analysis results for the 2018/19 agricultural season paint a gloomy picture but with relevant interventions there is light at the end of the tunnel. This write-up will focus on Zimbabwe.   Addressing stakeholders during the Windhoek Regional Vulnerability Assessment and…

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Frontline AIDS welcomes Lois Chingandu as New Director of Evidence and Influence

Frontline AIDS was delighted to welcome leading Zimbabwean HIV specialist Lois Chingandu as the organisation’s new Director of Evidence and Influence.   Lois brings more than 20 years of hands-on leadership experience on HIV, sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), gender activism and civil society engagement to the position. In her most recent role…

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Tuberculosis Review Meeting Exposes Challenges and Opportunities in Treating the Disease

By Tatenda Mujeyi The review by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Child Care in Harare today explored the successes as well as challenges in better treatment of Tuberculosis. The National Tuberculosis Strategic Plan (NTSP) was launched in 2017 as a regional strategy to try and mitigate the…

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Zimnat and Sanlam continue to assist cyclone victims

Zimnat, together with Sanlam, with which Zimnat is associated, last week donated roofing materials to yet another Chimanimani school affected by Cyclone Idai, Muchadziya Primary School in Ngorima. This follows a similar donation to Gatsi Primary School in Tamba village in Mutasa District barely a week earlier. The cyclone lifted the roof off a classroom…

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Pregnant girls should be allowed to re-enter school: Katswe Sistahood

By Tatenda Mujeyi Non Governmental Organisations led by Katswe Sistahood, at their Harare office, have lobbied for the institution of an education policy that considers re-entry of impregnated students to school. The NGOs argue that education is a human right that is guaranteed by the constitution and sustainable development goals that should be guaranteed. “Recognising…

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Life-saving maternal health program transitions to local ownership

After more than a decade of success and nearly 2,200 maternal deaths prevented, international partners mark handover of program After more than a decade of incredible success, preventing over 2,200 maternal deaths, the international partnership behind the Maternal and Reproductive Health Program in Tanzania held a handover ceremony today in Kigoma, marking the final transition…

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MSF HIV Project in South Africa Reaches Ambitious Global Treatment and Prevention Targets

Community-level interventions for people who can’t access conventional health services are key to getting ahead of the HIV epidemic An HIV program in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, is among the first in the country to reach UNAIDS’s ambitious targets to test, treat, and suppress the viral load of 90 percent of people living with HIV, according to…

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