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Zimbabwe winning HIV/AIDS fight
Zimbabwe has registered considerable success in the quest to end HIV in children through the way it targets pregnant women and is now urging global peers to embrace the strategy.This came up a...Published: 31 Jan 2023 at 23:44hrs | 189 | by Staff Reporter
Govt reaches out to HIV positive children
Government is reaching out to children living with HIV to take advantage of the available treatment as part of accelerated efforts to achieve an HIV free generation, Vice President and Minister of Hea...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 05:35hrs | 91 | by Staff reporter
What the fuel protests mean for Zimbabweans
Zimbabweans had been hoping for a fresh start when Robert Mugabe's 38-year rule came to an end in November 2017.But 14 months on, a brutal crackdown on fuel protests, which has left 17 people ...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:17hrs | 2240 | by IRIN
DIY tests for HIV beat stigma in fight against Aids
When she discovered she was HIV-positive early this year, sex worker Evelyn Msipa (32), was alone in her rented apartment in Zimbabwe's capital city, Harare.Health and Child Care minister Davi...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 07:36hrs | | by Reuters
PEPFAR adds strength, endurance to Homeless World Cup preps
Harare, June 6, 2018: President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) tested over 100 individuals for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and shared health information with over 1000 community member...Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 08:52hrs | 290 | by ZimPAS
ARV shortage: A stitch in time saves nine
Zimbabwe is among sub-Saharan African countries working tirelessly to meet the United Nations' 90-90-90 ambitious target to help end the HIV and Aids pandemic by 90 percent in 2020. On Monday, Zimbabw...Published: 23 Aug 2017 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff Reporter
United States celebrates progress on World TB Day
he United States Government stands with the people of Zimbabwe in commemorating World Tuberculosis (TB) Day (March 24_. Through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S....Published: 24 Mar 2017 at 05:35hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
'Bulawayo an HIV hotspot'
ZIMBABWE'S HIV prevalence rate has slightly decreased to 14,6 percent from 15 percent, with statistics showing that Bulawayo, Matabeleland North and Matabeleland South provinces have rates above t...Published: 06 Dec 2016 at 09:21hrs | 985 | by Staff reporter
All HIV+ patients in Zimbabwe to get ARVs
All people who tested positive to HIV from Manicaland and Matabeleland South provinces in June will immediately be placed on antiretroviral therapy regardless of their CD4 count as the country seeks t...Published: 30 Aug 2016 at 06:28hrs | 577 | by Paidamoyo Chipunza
Church leaders urged not to lie to congregants
Religious leaders have been chastised to desist from giving false hope to their congregants by misrepresenting to them that healing sessions free them from HIV and AIDS.This emerged at a works...Published: 20 Sep 2015 at 18:01hrs | 3548 | by Staff Reporter
Boost for sex workers
MHONDORO-Ngezi sex workers are now able to protect themselves from violent clients after receiving self defensive sprays.A total of 25 sex workers received sprays after completing training on ...Published: 13 Feb 2015 at 15:50hrs | 5050 | by Mirirai Nsingo
Govt to encourage parents living with HIV to have their children tested
Government will soon embark on a campaign to encourage parents on HIV treatment to have their children tested as well.At an HIV and Aids workshop organised by the National Aids Council in Kad...Published: 27 Sep 2014 at 09:00hrs | 1823 | by Paidamoyo Chipunza
Bulawayo records highest HIV prevalence, new infections
BULAWAYO province has recorded the highest HIV prevalence rate as well as the highest number of new infections, according to a National Aids Council (Nac) report.The report, that was released...Published: 20 Sep 2014 at 12:22hrs | 2748 | by Oswell Moyo
UNAIDS, ASLM and Partners Launch Initiative to Improve HIV Diagnostics
Partners will advocate for increased funding and price reductions, strengthen efforts to ensure highest quality diagnostic services and forge partnerships to clo...Published: 30 Jul 2014 at 12:17hrs | 2698 | by Staff Reporter
Baby born with multiple body parts
It sounds like a story from a fiction book, one where extraordinary human beings of different shapes and sizes fit perfectly into an author's script. To the ordinary population of Mhondoro, a ...Published: 20 Jan 2014 at 08:02hrs | 5475 | by Staff reporter
Ministry launches education strategy on life-skills
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has launched an education strategy on life-skills, sexuality and HIV and AIDS in an effort to increase young people’s access to correc...Published: 21 Oct 2013 at 14:37hrs | 1374 | by Staff Reporter
Men infect 14,000 children with HIV in Zimbabwe
LACK of male involvement and support in the prevention-of-mother-to-child-transmission of HIV programmes is hampering Government efforts to reduce child maternal mortality.According to the Hea...Published: 10 Sep 2013 at 04:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Limited access to early infant diagnosis affects HIV transmission reduction
LIMITED access to early infant diagnosis (EID) has been hampering efforts to reduce the rate of mother-to-child HIV transmission from 14% to less than 5% by 2015, a local health organisation has said....Published: 04 Aug 2013 at 18:19hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zim records decline in tuberculosis (TB) cases
CASES of tuberculosis (TB) infections have declined significantly in the past three years owing to improved government interventions, a cabinet minister said last week.Report by Tatenda Ch...Published: 25 Mar 2013 at 17:57hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe life expectancy rises to 50 years
Zimbabwe's life expectancy has risen to 50 years for men and 47 years for women from 37 years following massive improvements in general healthcare and nutrition.According to latest World Healt...Published: 26 Aug 2012 at 12:04hrs | 2390 | by Staff reporter
Severe shortage of ARVs, patients forced to share
BULAWAYO has been hit by a severe shortage of anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs amid reports that 1 090 children are dying in the country every week from HIV and Aids.It has also emerged that 15 00...Published: 10 Jul 2012 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Unqualified personnel handling Zim's HIV cases
TREASURY'S freeze on recruitment has resulted in unqualified health personnel treating people living with HIV and compromising their lives.A Parliament report by the Comptroller and Auditor Ge...Published: 19 Jun 2012 at 10:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
More than half of the children living with HIV failing to access ARVs
MORE than half of the children living with HIV and Aids are failing to access anti-retroviral drugs despite the pediatric formulations being available, senior health officials have said.About ...Published: 17 Jun 2012 at 21:57hrs | 1229 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe blasts promiscuous Govt officials for spreading HIV-Aids
Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe castigated some Government officials for contributing to the spread of HIV and Aids through promiscuity.Officially opening Zimbabwe's second National HIV and ...Published: 06 Sep 2011 at 08:50hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Zimbabwe government officials spreading HIV-Aids: Mugabe
PRESIDENT Mugabe has castigated some Government officials for contributing to the spread of HIV and Aids through promiscuity.Officially opening Zimbabwe's second National HIV and Aids conferen...Published: 06 Sep 2011 at 04:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Over 300 000 people living with HIV-Aids failing to access ARVs in Zimbabwe
A recent report by the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare (Zimbabwe) revealed that more than 300 000 people living with HIV and Aids, the figure representing nearly half the people in need of anti-r...Published: 10 Jul 2011 at 05:33hrs | 1286 | by Matthews Estell
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