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Wilful HIV transmission criminalisation challenged
A Harare woman charged with the deliberate transmission of HIV has approached the High Court seeking a review of her case, arguing that her continued prosecution violates her constitutional rights, as...Published: 17 Jul 2025 at 08:42hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's falling birth rate a burden
Two seemingly ordinary moments tell a deeper story of Zimbabwe's shifting reproductive landscape. In Harare, a woman welcomes her second child five years after her first - exactly as planned. In rural...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 11:07hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
Midlands grapples high rates of mother-to-child HIV transmission
The Midlands Province continues to record higher-than-average cases of HIV transmission from mothers to their babies, despite extensive national efforts to eliminate new pediatric infections, official...Published: 13 Jun 2025 at 06:23hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
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 | 347 | by Staff reporter
HIV infections hit record low in Zimhbabwe
ZIMBABWE recorded the biggest reduction in the number of new HIV infections in Sub-Saharan Africa over the last 12 years and was one of only five countries that surpassed the United Nations Programme ...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 09:07hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
HIV transmission case stopped at High Court
THE High Court has stopped the prosecution of a Harare woman who is facing a charge of deliberately infecting her partner with HIV.Lindiwe Ndhlovu was arrested in March 2022 and charged with d...Published: 12 Apr 2023 at 07:27hrs | 41 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe first African country to approve use of HIV/AIDS prevention medicine
Zimbabwe has become the first African country to approve the once-every-two-months injectable HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis drug.Monday, medicines regulatory board Medicines Control Authority o...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 20:27hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
New Act unifies all marriage laws
THE new Marriages Act became law on Friday, a piece of legislation that brings all marriage laws together, makes all marriages equal and finally provides a way to transform a registered customary unio...Published: 31 May 2022 at 06:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
New marriages law decriminalises HIV transmission
Wilful transmission of HIV will be decriminalised once the Marriages Amendment Bill, which sailed through Parliament last week, is signed into law by the President as Government and Parliament move to...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:31hrs | 2 | 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 | 2 | by Staff reporter
Woman arrested for infecting lover with HIV
A woman from Hillside suburb in Bulawayo has been arrested over allegations of deliberately infecting her lover with HIV.The 32-year-old woman, whose name is being withheld, allegedly didn't d...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 13:03hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Woman (32) arrested for infecting lover with HIV
A woman from Hillside suburb in Bulawayo has been arrested over allegations of deliberately infecting her lover with HIV.The 32-year-old woman, whose name is being withheld, allegedly didn't d...Published: 26 Nov 2021 at 20:00hrs | 11 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe moves towards HIV decriminalisation
Zimbabwe has made great progress in the decriminalisation of wilful transmission of HIV as part of efforts to end the stigma and discrimination that surrounds HIV infection. Through an amendme...Published: 19 Nov 2021 at 06:42hrs | 15 | 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 | 1 | by Zipporah Musau
Mother to child HIV transmission worrisome, says Dr Chiwenga
CHILDREN between the ages of zero and 14 constitute 84 295 out of the 1 356 000 people living with HIV, with more than 90% of them infected through mother to child transmission.In a speech rea...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:16hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Over 130 000 HIV positive people in Mashonaland East on ART
At least 137 554 people, including 6 873 children, living with HIV in Mashonaland East province were initiated on Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) as of June this year.An estimated 188 254 people...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 19:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Circumcision a racist experiment on black boys, says Study
CRITICAL appraisal has dismissed World Health Organisation ( WHO)-recommended campaigns to circumcise millions of African boys and men to reduce HIV transmission as mere systemic racism and "neo-colon...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:25hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife engages men
First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa has started engaging men's representative organisations to hear their issues and help overcome ills such as physical and verbal abuse, domestic violence, abuse of c...Published: 01 Aug 2019 at 09:13hrs | | 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/Aids transmission law repeal approved by Cabinet
The Marriages Amendment Bill which will repeal a legal provision that criminalises "wilful" transmission of HIV to a partner has been approved by Cabinet.Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affai...Published: 11 May 2019 at 08:59hrs | 17 | by Staff Reporter
Deliberate transmission of HIV: The pros & cons
THE most topical issue this past week was the announcement by Justice minister of government's plans to revoke section 79(1) of the Criminal (Codification and Reform) Act, which makes the deliberate t...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 17:39hrs | 3 | by Miriam Tose Majome
ZCLDN applauds Government decision to decriminalise HIV transmission
THE Zimbabwe Civil Liberties and Drug Network (ZCLDN) welcomes the recent announcement made by the Government that it wants to repeal a legal provision that criminalises willful transmission of HIV/AI...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 07:07hrs | 1 | by ZCLDN Communications Department
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 | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe marriage age of consent raised
GIRLS under the age of 18 will no longer legally enter into marriages, while marrying off minors will become a criminal offence under a new law that will be introduced in Parliament soon.Inter...Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 22:27hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to decriminalise wilful HIV transmission
Government is set to repeal a legal provision that criminalises transmission of HIV/AIDS to a partner in order to keep abreast with international standards, Parliament heard yesterday. Justice...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 07:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Family and Religious Studies Advanced Level Analysis
Explore the lessons that can be drawn from Jesus ethics and demonstrate how they can be applied in a Zimbabwean society faced with problem of HIV and AIDS?...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 17:22hrs | 20 | by Brian Maregedze
Over 130 000 HIV patients resist drugs
OVER 130 000 people living with HIV and Aids in Zimbabwe have become resistant to currently available anti-retroviral drugs.Medical experts say people can become drug resistant after defaultin...Published: 26 Aug 2018 at 07:53hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Organisations donate to teen mothers
150 packs of sanitary pads were donated to young mothers between the ages of 13 and 24 years from Hwange. The donation was made by Women Arise and Shine in partnership with Maternity and New Born Care...Published: 08 Jul 2018 at 11:00hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Man rapes, infects daughter with HIV
A 29-year-old Harare man allegedly raped and infected his 11-year-old daughter with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), a court heard yesterday. After the act, the man, (name withheld to prote...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe government intensifies fight against Aids
THE Health and Child Care ministry has launched an 18-member validation committee to oversee the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis, as Zimbabwe gears up to become the fir...Published: 23 Jun 2018 at 07:15hrs | 8 | by Staff Reporter
11-year-old gets HIV after rape
A MAN from Fairbridge allegedly raped his 11-year-old niece six times and infected her with HIV virus.The man (36) waylaid the girl on her way from school and allegedly threatened to handcuff ...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Comedienne faces arrest
LAWYERS have spoken against comedienne Mai Titi's decision to reveal the HIV status of her ex on social media platform, Facebook.Mai Titi, real name Fellistas Maruta, on Monday and yesterday b...Published: 30 May 2018 at 15:55hrs | 2 | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
Woman up for infecting husband with HIV
A 28-YEAR-OLD woman from Bulawayo has been arrested for allegedly infecting her ex-husband with HIV and stealing his medical cards.The woman who cannot be named for ethical reasons allegedly h...Published: 21 Mar 2018 at 05:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe targets HIV free generation by 2030
Zimbabwe has reiterated its commitment to end AIDS as well as achieve an HIV/AIDS free generation by 2030.This was said by the First Lady Amai Auxillia Mnangagwa when she addressed the 20th Or...Published: 29 Jan 2018 at 15:16hrs | | 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 | 13 | by Staff reporter
HIV+ man's jail term for infecting partner reduced
AN HIV positive man heaved a sigh of relief after the High Court reduced his 10-year sentence to two years for allegedly infecting his partner with the virus.Nevison Mpofu (39) filed an appeal...Published: 22 Nov 2017 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt to recruit Cuban doctors
Government is set to recruit over 100 specialist doctors from Cuba to be deployed at the country's referral and provincial hospitals.In a video posted on the Ministry of Health and Child Care ...Published: 17 Sep 2017 at 23:40hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
HIV infection squabble spills into court
A GWANDA man has dragged his former wife to court alleging that she deliberately infected him with HIV.The woman, who appeared before regional magistrate Mr Chrispen Mberewere last week facing...Published: 15 Aug 2017 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chief's values eroding- Chief Gampu
Chief Gampu has expressed concerns that the traditional leaders' values seem to be eroding away from the people as the nation seem to have a lot of elderly people abusing young girls.He made t...Published: 14 May 2017 at 16:56hrs | 3 | by Stephen Jakes
HIV+ man's jail term reduced
THE High Court has slashed an eight-year jail term of an HIV positive man who deliberately infected his girlfriend with the deadly virus after engaging in unprotected sex, to three years....Published: 22 Apr 2017 at 10:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
HIV+ teen 'rapes, infects' minor
A 16-YEAR-OLD boy from the Midlands province has appeared in court for allegedly raping and infecting his three-year-old niece with HIV.The accused person, whose name has been withheld for...Published: 08 Apr 2017 at 12:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa toasts 'enemy' US
Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has hailed the relationship between Zimbabwe and the United States in the fight against HIV and Aids despite their political differences. He said the US gover...Published: 02 Dec 2016 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
HIV+ woman survives on herbs
The Diocese of Mutare Community Care Programme (DOMCCP) has called on research and investment into local herbal treatment amid revelations that a 51-year-old HIV positive woman from Nyanga is surv...Published: 18 Oct 2016 at 07:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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
99% of pregnant women presenting for antenatal clinic accepting to test
Deputy Minister of health and Child care Aldrin Musiiwa has said in the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV programme, acceptance for HIV testing is very high with 99% of pregnant women ...Published: 11 Jun 2016 at 08:50hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
'Reconsider decriminalising abortion'
SADC governments should reconsider decriminalising public health challenges like abortion, drug use and transmission of HIV and AIDS as use of the law does not help in curbing a vice, Sadc Parliam...Published: 12 May 2016 at 06:36hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira
Policewoman acquitted of ‘infecting’ hubby with HIV
An HIV positive Policewoman who was accused by her husband, a teacher based in Gutu of deliberately infecting him with the HIV virus has been acquitted of the charge by Masvingo Magistrate Collert Ncu...Published: 09 May 2016 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Evil HIV+ man on the run…deliberately infected Mutare women
A Mutare man, Liberty Sithole (27) is alleged to be on a HIV infection spree, with one of his alleged victims making a police report last Thursday.Police confirmed receiving a report from one ...Published: 29 Apr 2016 at 09:18hrs | | by Cletus Mushanawani
HIV-positive woman barred from work
Some colleges training students for the hospitality sector, especially food handlers, have allegedly stopped recruitment of those who test HIV-positive.Sunday Mail reported that the revelation...Published: 24 Apr 2016 at 13:41hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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