Health & Fitness

Zim Should Dump Donor Dependence & Budget For Contraceptives

The government has been urged to put more funds towards procuring contraceptives to reduce the country’s dependence on donors. Dr Edwin Mpeta, UNFPA programme specialist for reproductive health told journalists on Tuesday that currently, the bulk of contraceptives in use in Zimbabwe were purchased by development partners. He was speaking …

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20pc Of Zimbabwean Youth Have STIs: Study

Epidemiologist and Sexual Reproductive Health Expert, Dr Chido Dziva Chikwari has warned of a high prevalence of three Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Trichomonas amongst Zimbabwe’s young and youthful population. The data was revealed during a door-to-door Population Based Prevalence Survey that was conducted between 2020 and 22 …

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Vuzu Sex Parties Invade Harare

A famous Bulawayo frenzy of wild sex parties monikered ‘vuzu’ parties, has now entered Harare’s Hatfield suburb, HealthTimes has learned. Vuzu parties are indoor gatherings common in Bulawayo mostly held by teenagers where they engage in beer, and drug binges as well as illicit unprotected sex. This was revealed in …

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People Living With HIV Hail Zim-TTECH

Bindura BureauHealth centres across Mashonaland Central are offering Anti-retroviral treatment (ART) services, however, the distance to these centres remains a serious obstacle to accessing them, especially in the rural and remote districts of Mbire, lower Muzarabani and Mt Darwin, Nhau/Indaba has learnt. In some instances patients walk over 30km one …

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