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CIO training centre gutted in suspected arson attack
ZIMBABWE'S state security agency Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO)'s training centre in Harare's Msasa suburb along St Patrick's Road across Chiremba Road from Hatfield has been burnt down by fi...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:23hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Moderna starts human trials of experimental mRNA HIV vaccine
United States pharmaceutical and biotechnology company Moderna last Wednesday started trials of its experimental mRNA HIV vaccine.Moderna has enrolled 56 healthy adults without HIV to test the...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 10:58hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
CIO big shot behind Malunga farm grab
A TOP Zimbabwean Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) director and senior ruling Zanu-PF officials in Matabeleland North province are behind the illegal seizure of a farm belonging to a local inter...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 15:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Injectable HIV drug once every 2 months 89% more effective than daily pills
A long-acting injectable antiretroviral drug administered once every two months is "safe and superior" to daily pills taken by women to protect them from contracting HIV, a new study conducted in seve...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 19:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Meet the CIO Boss who specialises in chemical weapons and nuclear energy
In January this year, President Emmerson Mnangagwa appointed a new Co-Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Organisation, Dr Gatsha Mazithulela. While the DDG has been silent since...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 11:47hrs | 162 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Have new HIV infections around the globe dropped in 'any meaningful way'?
The head of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative said new HIV infection rates haven't dropped in any meaningful way. The data shows that this is mostly true for ...Published: 16 Sep 2016 at 10:49hrs | | by Vinayak Bhardwaj
HIV/AIDS vaccine a must
RESEARCHERS, Scientists and Journalists are all agreed that there is need for an HIV vaccine that will stop the further spread of the pandemic. This came to the fore when journalists from Zimbabwe...Published: 29 Jun 2015 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo born scientist lands top AU post
One of the country's top scientists, Gatsha Mazithulela, has been appointed vice-chairperson of the African Commission on Nuclear Energy (Afcone).Mazithulela will deputise George Ochilo Ayacko...Published: 28 May 2015 at 08:54hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
HIV vaccine trials expected in Zimbabwe next year
Clinical trials to test the effectiveness of the first ever HIV vaccine, R144 are expected to commence next year in Zimbabwe and other African countries, a senior government official has said....Published: 29 Oct 2014 at 11:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Aids Vaccine breakthrough'- Research
Researchers have made a breakthrough in the search for a vaccine that could protect people from acquiring HIV after preliminary studies on monkeys showed a 50 percent chance of protection against the ...Published: 09 Oct 2013 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Aids vaccine trial testing in South Africa
Chicago - Preparations are under way for a trial testing new beefed-up versions of Aids vaccines among heterosexuals in South Africa and men who have sex with men in Thailand. The...Published: 17 Jul 2012 at 04:45hrs | | by Reuters
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