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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 | 2297 | by Staff reporter
Debate rages on whether to give or deny kids condoms
Hwange: A fierce debate has emerged on whether adolescent boys and girls below 16 should be afforded condoms and family planning pills as part of their rights to safe reproductive health.Civil...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 06:31hrs | 1115 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans turn to sex work amid economic crisis and COVID-19
DRESSED in a mini-skirt and blouse, Esther Kamupunga stood in semi-darkness waiting for men looking for sex the latest Zimbabwean to lose her job in a deepening economic crisis, worsened by the new co...Published: 31 Oct 2020 at 06:13hrs | 1355 | by Staff reporter
45% sex workers HIV-positive
ABOUT 40 percent of sex workers in Zimbabwe are HIV-positive and have been subjected to some forms of stigma and discrimination which affects their health seeking behaviour. According to Avert...Published: 24 Oct 2020 at 07:53hrs | 659 | by Staff reporter
Wife finds used condoms in hubby pocket
A Bulawayo man apparently needs some cutting-edge tips on how to destroy evidence of cheating.The call to leave no evidence of sex behind comes after he failed to keep his sex habits to himsel...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 18:46hrs | 4248 | by Staff reporter
The Wayward Child
After an uneasy pregnancy and long hours of labour pains, there was a great celebration when baby Lerato was finally born. Lerato was born into a broken family of school dropouts. Her elder siblings n...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 12:05hrs | 788 | by Salom Shilongo
Man rapes woman after hubby attack
A 20-YEAR-OLD Hwange man allegedly dragged a woman from her minor children and raped her repeatedly overnight after viciously attacking her husband. Erasmus Tshuma of C51 Lwendulu and employed...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 16:52hrs | 1155 | by Staff reporter
Food aid centres used for condom distribution
THE Health Ministry and its development partners have turned food distribution points into sexual and reproductive health centres in order to bring the service closer to communities.Since the ...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 07:40hrs | 266 | by Staff reporter
Dr Masimba Mavaza, sex in Zimbabwean culture is tantamount to rape. Men think sex is physics!
Dr. Mavaza, your article was informative, I am sure many will benefit from your input. What excited me most in your article is not so much about sex element which is exciting enough but your confirmat...Published: 24 Sep 2020 at 12:39hrs | 5220 | by Nomazulu Thata
Man stumbles on used condoms in wife's car
IT'S the kind of thing that people think only happens in movies that deal with the subject of infidelity.But unfortunately for a Bulawayo man, Hardlife Ndlovu, the cautionary tale about infide...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 08:12hrs | 15915 | by Staff reporter
Man kills HIV+ maid lover
AN ex-Lupane State University laboratory technician who fatally assaulted his 52-year-old maid whom he was having an affair with after discovering that she was HIV positive, was yesterday sentenced to...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 08:10hrs | 2948 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe food aid comes with condoms'
Faced with a decreasing condom uptake in the country because of the tight Covid-19 lockdown, the World Food Program (WFP) and United Nations Fund for Population Agency (UNFPA) have come up with a prog...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 17:19hrs | 3766 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 slows down circumcision
COVID-19 has slowed down the country's male circumcision programme which is being undertaken under strict adherence to measures such as social distancing and screening of people as they enter health f...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 07:24hrs | 243 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora dismisses Chamisa 'witching' plot
MDC-T secretary general Douglas Mwonzora Sunday dismissed social media claims the faction led by Thokozani Khupe was plotting to "bewitch" MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa following their surprise v...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 09:53hrs | 4322 | by Staff reporter
Sexually transmitted infections spike in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO recorded a total of 10 165 new sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in 2019 with reports indicating that 12 percent of those cases tested HIV positive. STIs include HIV, chancroid, ...Published: 25 May 2020 at 07:42hrs | 1018 | by Staff reporter
Lodges closure fuels bush, car sex
THE Covid-19 pandemic which has forced the temporary closure of lodges to stop the spread of the coronavirus has also pushed some randy lovebirds to brazenly use cars and bushy areas close to their su...Published: 23 May 2020 at 19:52hrs | 6767 | by Staff reporter
Sex vendors in the jaws of COVID-19
THE catastrophic effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic wreaking havoc across the globe have left many people financially crippled and impoverished.While lockdown proclamations in many...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:21hrs | 3923 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 shifts attention from other health services
In a few days time, Langa Mthethwa will be due for a visit at Mpilo Central Hospital to get her Jadelle removed. The implant contraception has helped ensure she does not have unplanned pregnancies as ...Published: 19 May 2020 at 07:12hrs | 270 | by Staff reporter
Condoms, HIV testing for quarantined returnees
NATIONAL Aids Council (Nac) and its implementing partners are working with the Ministry of Health and Child Care to provide HIV related healthcare services, among them provision of condoms and HIV tes...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:23hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe seen recording spike in unwanted pregnancies due to lockdown
ZIMBABWE could experience a spike in unwanted pregnancies after being identified as one of the countries that have closed some sexual reproductive health facilities due to COVID-19 restrictions, the I...Published: 16 May 2020 at 07:40hrs | 776 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe has adequate ARVs in stock'
THE National Aids Council (Nac) has said the country has adequate stocks of ARVs to last up to the end of the year. The council said those collecting ARVs must be given at least three months' ...Published: 16 May 2020 at 07:22hrs | 279 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Zimbabweans quarantined in Plumtree demand more condoms
Zimbabweans who quarantined in the border town of Plumtree have become the talk of the country after they finished four boxes of condoms in a day and demanded more.According to news reports, S...Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 17:37hrs | 7102 | by Mandla Ndlovu
VACANCY: Finance Assistant: Sexual Rights Centre (SRC)
Deadline: 15 April 2020Location: Bulawayo, ZimbabweBackgroundThe United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Zimbabwe, serves as the Principal Recipient (PR) of the 3-year Global Fund ...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 14:52hrs | 780 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Vendors vow to defy Mnangagwa's 21-day lockdown decree
SOME Zimbabweans have vowed to defy a government order for them to stay at home for a continuous 21 days insisting they depended on self-help projects which demanded their continued operating in order...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:46hrs | 1515 | by newzimbabwe
Women warned against abusing emergency contraceptives
Women have been warned against abusing emergency contraceptives, amid revelations that almost three thousand units of the pill were consumed in four months in Matebeleland South province during the fi...Published: 02 Mar 2020 at 15:44hrs | 2348 | by Staff reporter
Public drinking and educated fools
WEEKEND afternoons in Harare as any Zimbabwean town go like this: The viscous African sun beats down furiously as gentle tropical breezes flirt pleasantly about.Gleaming SUVs and battere...Published: 29 Feb 2020 at 07:18hrs | 1757 | by Miriam Tose Majome
High school pupils in Valentine's gig sex storm
STUDENTS at the Reformed Church of Zimbabwe (RCZ)-run Pamushana High School in Bikita East were reportedly involved in a beer binge and sex escapades at the school premises after the institution hired...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 13:30hrs | 1757 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs 173 million condoms a year
BULAWAYO last Friday hosted the national commemorations of the World Condom Day amid reports that the country needs 173 million condoms a year. The commemorations coincided with Valentine's Da...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 06:13hrs | 998 | by Staff reporter
Mzilikazi tops in the distribution of condoms in Bulawayo
Mzilikazi topped the list of places where condoms were distributed in Bulawayo."More condoms were distributed during the festive season. Mzilikazi had continued to distribute the bulk of the m...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 13:02hrs | 491 | by Stephen Jakes
A critical review of Zimbabwe’s health sector today
This morning I woke up to a headline in the Herald reporting a visit by the First Lady to a Mbare based traditional midwife celebrating the achievements by the midwife. And juxtapose that to the situa...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 13:02hrs | 672 | by Dr Togarepi Mawoyo
STI cases spike in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO has recorded a 9,81 percent increase in the number of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) cases in the second quarter of the year with the National Aids Council (Nac) calling for increased ...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:36hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe runs out of contraceptives
Public hospital doctors have lashed out at the Health Services Board (HSB) for firing 77 doctors since Tuesday.Addressing Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors' Association (ZHDA) members and the media at...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 05:53hrs | 1432 | by Staff reporter
Freely they were given freely they must give
Anointed pens for exams, anointed umbrellas, condoms, maize, bricks, cucumbers etc, the list is endless. The basic equation is money and more money. The Lord Jesus and his disciples never vend...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 16:24hrs | 256 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa.
Woman scalds hubby in cheating row
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned! A woman from Sizinda in Bulawayo scalded her husband with hot water for cheating on her and refusing to have sex with her.The lady identified as P...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 10:22hrs | 367 | by Staff reporter
Harare tops Aids-related deaths charts
BULAWAYO Province has recorded the least number of Aids-related deaths in Zimbabwe as the country continues to aim at reaching global targets of ending Aids by 2030, latest statistics from the Nationa...Published: 08 Oct 2019 at 06:34hrs | 145 | by Staff reporter
'Masvingo girls hate condoms'
A health expert in Masvingo has raised a red flag over the behaviour of most sexually active girls amid reports that about 70 percent of young women prefer the morning-after-pill ahead of condoms....Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 16:00hrs | 1029 | by Staff reporter
Condoms distribution in Bulawayo declines
BULAWAYO province has recorded a 27 percent decline in condom distribution over the past two years, a development likely to reverse gains that have been made in fighting Sexually Transmitted Infection...Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 06:42hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
'Youths prefer morning-after pill to condoms'
The Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC) has lamented what it called a worrying trend among young people who seem to prefer emergency contraception to condoms.Speaking during an i...Published: 28 Sep 2019 at 19:07hrs | 863 | by Staff reporter
HIV new infections in children below 14 rise 22%
ZIMBABWE recorded a 22 percent increase in the number of new HIV infections among children aged 14 years and below, statistics from a UNAids report show. According to UNAids, new infections fo...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:06hrs | 514 | by Staff reporter
Man parades neighbour's hat, use condom
A MAN from Gokwe paraded a used condom and hat of a man whom he suspected of having slept with his wife while he was away.A source close to the goings on at Mandeya Village under Chief Njelele...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 11:04hrs | 1267 | by Staff reporter
Free condoms
THE Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC) has said sexually active people should not panic over a recent increase in price of condoms as the organisation continued to issue them free of ch...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 00:03hrs | 1117 | by Staff reporter
PSI hikes prices of condoms by 100%
THE Population Services International (PSI) Zimbabwe has hiked prices of its condoms, which will see the retail price of the contraceptive going up by over 100% with effect from this month.The...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 07:41hrs | 671 | by Staff reporter
Why marrying a single mother is the right thing to do
DID you know that the Ndebele name "imvana'' was originally a mocking name? When a man marries a woman who already has a child, the man's friends would mock him and say "wadonsa ugatsha lamahlamvu alo...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:56hrs | 2720 | by Nobuhle Virgie Ajiti
Youths fret over condom price hike
YOUTHS in Manicaland Province are fretting over a sharp rise in flavoured condom prices saying it tempts them into having unprotected sex, exposing them to Sexually Transmitted Diseases.Prices...Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 17:00hrs | 824 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Bulawayo youths block Kambarami's Council meeting
Bulawayo youths today successfully blocked a rogue meeting that was convened by a sectarian section of the Bulawayo City Councillors to oust the Town Clerk and also pass a vote of no confidence on May...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:23hrs | 2394 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe deserves praise for fighting HIV aids
It is very important that as Zimbabweans we all participate in fighting the spread of HIV aids and also help in controlling it. In my view, Zimbabwe played a very important role in controlling the spr...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 08:30hrs | 706 | by Njabulo
Young sex workers get reprieve
At the age of 15, Tendai Dube* was heavily into drugs, dodging school and creating havoc among her peers along Ndema Road in Gweru's Ascot suburb where she stayed with her single mother. However, she ...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 21:14hrs | 1319 | by Staff reporter
Sex workers to reveal status
THE Centre for Sexual Health and HIV Aids Research (CeSHHAR) has said sex workers should not be afraid to reveal their HIV status to their clients as a measure of reducing the spread of HIV and sexual...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 21:08hrs | 138 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa promises free education
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday opened the 27th session of the Junior Parliament of Zimbabwe as part of commemorations of the Day of the African Child by promising free compulsory basic educati...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 20:32hrs | 2178 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's political dialogue immobilises Chamisa's divisive politics
While Zimbabweans have largely moved on with life, following the 30 July 2018 harmonised elections, which President ED Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF won resoundingly, MDC- Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has a...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 08:05hrs | 1852 | by Cuthbert Mavheko
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