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New study finds some African nations have five-fold disparities in numbers of people infected with HIV SEATTLE–Despite the rapid scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) since 2000, HIV/AIDS is still the most common cause of death in sub-Saharan Africa, according to data from the Global Burden of Disease. In Zimbabwe, GBD data
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Caption: l-r Mrs Sara Fox co-founder of MHS; H.E Rene Cremonese, Ambassador of Canada to Zimbabwe and his wife Mary Jean Comfort; and Mrs Ernestine Paterson, co-founder of MHS. ...Introduces two cutting edge sanitary wears The Menstrual Health Specialists Trust was launched at the Canadian Ambassador’s Residence. This exciting new Trust
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– Donation Provides up to 2.4 Million Free Bottles Annually to Uninsured Americans at Risk for HIV FOSTER CITY, Calif: Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) Thursday announced that it will donate Truvada for PrEP® (emtricitabine 200 mg and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate 300 mg tablets) to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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A 22-year old Mwenezi woman who had an illicit affair while her husband was in prison dug a hole in a riverbed and buried her newly born baby alive after getting news that the husband was just about to be released from prison. Enita Zhou of Village 4 Khayalami under Chief
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The UN children’s agency, Unicef, is warning that cases of measles around the world have nearly trebled compared with the same period last year. Unicef says this has created the environment for major outbreaks of the disease, including in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Madagascar. Measles is highly contagious and can
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World leaders from across the globe meeting in Paris have renewed commitments and announce new initiatives to accelerate the global movement to end malaria in our lifetime. This year’s World Malaria Day seeks to encourage as many people as possible, including governments, private sector leaders, scientists and citizens from across the
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Malawihasbecome the first nation to immunize children against malaria. Launched on Tuesday, the Malaria vaccine pilot programme will see at least 120,000 children in Malawi under the age of two injected with the RTS,S vaccine, for partial protection to malaria parasite. Malawi’s Ministry of Health, deputy director, Michael Kayange, said the new system of control and prevention will
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EIGHTY FIVE-YEAR-OLD Maruta Kraal Headman Robert Maruta, who revealed his HIV positive status last week, was all smiles after receiving a bicycle from two H-Metro readers. Anemi Mangombe and his wife Sarah purchased a bicycle for the ‘headman’ who is popularly known as Sekuru Samba in Hwedza, Mashonaland East after learning
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At least 15 000 women and girls in areas affected by the Cyclone Idai, are at risk of gender-based violence (GBV), the latest report from the office of the UN Resident Coordinator has noted. The report, which was released on 17 April, a month after the devastating tropical storm ravaged parts
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Non-governmental organisation SAfAids is empowering adolescents and youths to engage in social accountability monitoring of Sexual Reproductive Health [SRH] services through MobiSAfAids, an innovative mobile application. The organisation is empowering disadvantaged adolescents and youths in rural Hwange District with knowledge and skills on how they can engage health service providers
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