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Mpilo Hospital’s lab gains international certification
The United States has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening Zimbabwe’s healthcare system, with an annual investment exceeding US$200 million aimed at improving health outcomes across the countr...Published: 18 Sep 2024 at 19:35hrs | 335 | by Staff reporter
HIV and AIDS remain the leading causes of death in Zimbabwe
HIV and AIDS remain the leading causes of death in Zimbabwe, accounting for over 25% of all fatalities.Speaking at the 15th Annual Conference of the Association of Healthcare Funders of Zimbab...Published: 05 Sep 2024 at 12:35hrs | 565 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo is not an HIV city
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has refuted claims circulating in the media and on social platforms that 90% of women aged 16 to 50 years tested for HIV in June 2024 were found positive. The reports f...Published: 16 Aug 2024 at 08:17hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo clarifies HIV media reports
The City of Bulawayo has provided clarification regarding recent media reports that claimed 71.7 percent of women aged between 16 and 50 who were recently tested for HIV were found to be positive. The...Published: 15 Aug 2024 at 12:34hrs | 128 | by Staff reporter
HIV-positive man rapes daughter, jailed 20 years
A HARARE magistrate yesterday sentenced a Greendale man to an effective 20 years in jail for sexually abusing his 18-year-old daughter well knowing that he was HIV positive.Magistrate Donald N...Published: 12 Jun 2024 at 06:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Anti-Retroviral Therapy coverage stands at 99%
AN international HIV and Aids organisation based in the United Kingdom has commended Zimbabwe for approving two new HIV prevention products within six months before any other African nation.Th...Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 05:14hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Apostolic sect leader bashes wife over HIV status
A woman in Harare experienced a miscarriage after being physically assaulted by her husband, who is a leader in an apostolic sect, upon learning that she had not disclosed her HIV status to him. This ...Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tenant publicly taunts HIV-positive landlady
A HARARE woman yesterday approached the civil court seeking a peace order against her tenant whom she accuses of emotionally abusing her because of her HIV status.The complainant told Harare m...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Testing HIV negative when on HIV medication, what's happening?
HIV tests especially self-tests (blood or oral) occasionally give false-negative result in people living with HIV who are taking HIV treatment.Explanation:...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 07:21hrs | 1 | by Erick Matotoba
'Yes I have HIV Zimbabwe' launches on DStv's Honey TV
FOCUSED on people living with HIV, a new television series on DStv will provide an insight into the challenges and success faced by these people on a daily basis.Liz Dziva, MultiChoice Zimbabw...Published: 08 Jun 2023 at 09:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
50% of Beitbridge sex workers HIV+
ABOUT 50 percent of sex workers in the border town of Beitbridge are HIV-positive and have been initiated on antiretroviral therapy, a move that has seen the control of infections and uptake of relate...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
'HIV mothers can breastfeed their babies'
FAITH Karuru (not her real name) was infected with HIV by her boyfriend, who fled to South Africa after committing a crime seven years ago."I discovered I was HIV positive when I went to regis...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe HIV+ pregnant women number among world highest
ZIMBABWE has been ranked one of the 22 countries with the highest burden of pregnant women living with HIV.This is despite the country having made major strides in testing and preventing the v...Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sally Mugabe renal unit disappears
THE renal unit at Chitungwiza Central Hospital (CCH) named after the late former President Robert Mugabe's late first wife Sally collapsed and disappeared years ago, NewsDay has established.Th...Published: 04 Jul 2022 at 06:58hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Door-to-door ARV distribution plans advanced
People living with HIV/AIDS will soon have anti retroviral (ARV) medication delivered to their homes under a programme meant to reduce cases of defaulting and enhance uptake. The programme, which will...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:04hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
'HIV-positive people might need 3rd COVID-19 dose'
RESEARCHERS at the just-ended 18th European Aids Conference (EACS 2021) have reported that HIV-positive people with CD4 counts that are below 200 have weaker responses to some COVID-19 vaccines, and m...Published: 11 Nov 2021 at 06:21hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
New ARVs to be taken once a month
IN a major milestone that will curb pill fatigue and reduce default cases, Zimbabwe will among other countries introduce a new HIV preventive drug that will be taken only once a month.In the c...Published: 20 Jun 2021 at 07:23hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Why Binga has low HIV prevalence
SINCE the first HIV infection was recorded in Zimbabwe almost 40 years ago, the epidemic has negatively impacted every facet of human security. Traditional customs synonymous with African cult...Published: 17 May 2021 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Illegal gold panner stabs friend to death
AN illegal gold panner from West Nicholson allegedly fatally stabbed his colleague for mocking him for ditching his wife and cohabiting with a sex worker. Linos Nsingo (30) and the late Mr Cab...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 vaccine less effective in South Africa
A prominent scientist has expressed deep concern that a new vaccine only worked on half of those patients who received it in a trial in South Africa. The Novavax vaccine had nearly 90% success...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fighting HIV and AIDS in times of COVID-19
The World AIDS Day is marked every on 1st December every year to raise awareness about the disease. The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is the UN entity tasked with fighting HIV in...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 17:37hrs | | by Zipporah Musau
'No medical drugs in Zimbabwe prison'
An HIV-positive inmate at Harare Remand Prison yesterday told magistrate Judith Taruvinga that he was not accessing medical treatment due to unavailability of drugs at the prison clinics. The ...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 07:04hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans await US election with apathy, anticipation
THE upcoming vote could mark a major shift in American politics, but it's unclear how the outcome will affect the two nations' frosty relationship.Whether the issue is the coronavirus pandemic...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 16:44hrs | | 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 | | by Staff reporter
Sadc still epicentre of HIV epidemic
ZIMBABWE still accounts for many HIV infections in the Sadc region amid reports that 42 percent of sex workers and 28 percent of prisoners are positive countrywide. The country has the fifth h...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
US supports Zimbabwe despite diplomatic row
Despite fresh diplomatic clashes between the United States and Zimbabwe, the global giant has committed to support HIV programmes for women girls and vulnerable children in the Southern Africa country...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 18:08hrs | 5 | 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 | | by Staff reporter
HIV testing fees reviewed
NEW Start Centres across the country have reviewed their charges for HIV testing and counselling to $9, a situation that will likely discourage people from testing, at a time when the country is worki...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
'BCC has no HIV viral load testing machines'
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) health department does not have viral load testing (VLT) machines that are critical in anti-retroviral treatment (ART) for HIV-positive patients.As a result, co...Published: 22 Jul 2019 at 08:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
HIV, cancer screening hogs limelight at AFM gathering
The National Aids Council (NAC) and its strategic partners, Angel of Hope Foundation, Ministry of Health and Child Care and UNFPA were at the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) Church Ladies' Conference at...Published: 26 May 2019 at 13:46hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Elliot Moyo's death, Twitter reacts
Most social media users don't believe the reports, saying there could be yet another resurrection miracle on the way.Several Zimbabwean news publications reported on Monday that Brighton Ellio...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 09:42hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Decriminalising AIDS spreaders Is brutal and an assault to humanity
In 1996 the then Zimbabwe's Minister of Justice Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa oversaw the proposed legislation which makes it a criminal offence for a person who knows that he or she is infected with HI...Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 14:40hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Drought to severely affect HIV+ people'
A UNITED Nations (UN) organ has warned that people living with HIV will be severely affected by drought-induced hunger because they are unable to take life-saving treatment on empty stomachs.F...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reprter
NAC engages parliamentarians in HIV response
The National Aids Council (NAC) held an HIV and Aids sensitisation workshop for newly-elected members of parliament and senators recently as part of its advocacy strategy. The group was specifically t...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 09:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
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
'Ditch ARVS,' HIV-positive man instructs family
WHILE other people see HIV and Aids as a curse and something one should be ashamed of, a man from New Lobengula suburb in Bulawayo who with his daughter (23) and her two sons aged nine and five years ...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ARVs for high-risk groups
Government has started giving out antiretroviral drugs to selected HIV negative people who are at high risk of contracting the virus, to reduce chances of infection, Dreams and Key Population coordina...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe defers ARV drug roll-out
Government has deferred the national roll-out of Dolutegravir - an anti-retroviral drug for adolescent girls and women of child-bearing age - following reports from Botswana that the drug is associate...Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 07:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe defers HIV drug roll out
GOVERNMENT has deferred the national rollout of dolutegravir, an anti-retroviral drug, to adolescent girls and women of child-bearing age, following reports from Botswana that the drug was associated ...Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman arrested for infecting hubby with HIV
A 25-YEAR-OLD woman from Nkulumane, Bulawayo, has been arrested for allegedly deliberately infecting her husband with HIV.The woman, who cannot be named for ethical reasons, reportedly had unp...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obama's ex-advisor in Zimbabwe
The local chapter of Young African Leaders Initiative Regional Leadership Centre South Africa (Yali RLC-SA) tomorrow hosts Black Aids Institute founder and former American president Barack Obama's hea...Published: 15 Apr 2018 at 19:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Young, HIV+ and ready to change the world
She dreams of a white wedding, a career in social science and to have a family. Rumbidzai Chidora (22) is HIV-positive but did not understand it and lived in denial for most of her childhood, but is n...Published: 01 Apr 2018 at 15:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Goromonzi runs out of male condoms
Goromonzi district has run out of male condoms, putting many sexually active people at risk at a time when the local village health workers have upped the fight against new HIV infectionsThis ...Published: 17 Mar 2018 at 07:39hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Pregnant HIV+ mothers face jail
PREGNANT HIV-positive mothers who do not take precaution to prevent transmission of the virus to their unborn babies are liable for prosecution and face up to 20 years in prison under the country's la...Published: 17 Dec 2017 at 07:23hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
HIV+ pastor caged 18 years for raping congregant
A 24-YEAR-OLD HIV-positive Marondera student pastor who raped an 11-year-old girl who had come to buy vegetables at the church premises was yesterday slapped with an 18-year jail term by regional magi...Published: 15 Dec 2017 at 05:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa believes Zuma is guilty of rape
A leading contender to replace President Jacob Zuma as head of South Africa's governing ANC has said he believes the woman who accused Mr Zuma of rape over a decade ago was telling the truth.M...Published: 08 Dec 2017 at 10:24hrs | | by BBC
MDC-T has to hope for the best and prepare for the worst
Painful as it might be, some things have to be said and sorted. Whether you like it or not, they cannot be postponed or shelved any further.It has been courageous - not outrageous - for Eddie ...Published: 13 Oct 2017 at 09:34hrs | | by Conway Tutani
HIV+ hubby bashes wife for refusing unprotected sex
A MAN from Lobenvale in Bulawayo, who is said to be HIV positive is in trouble for bashing his wife after she refused to have unprotected sex with him.This was heard by a Bulawayo magistrate T...Published: 08 Sep 2017 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
USAid unveils $20m grant for HIV treatment
The United States Agency for International Development (USAid) yesterday unveiled a $20 million grant towards HIV treatment, care, and support services for adolescents. The grant was channelle...Published: 11 Aug 2017 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
HIV+ rapist Rusape dad jailed 20 years
AN HIV-positive Rusape man recently raped his three-year-old daughter.For the offence, the 37-year-old man who cannot be named to protect the identity of his daughter, will languish in prison ...Published: 07 Aug 2017 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
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