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South Africa’s youth are a generation lost under democracy – study
25 Apr 2024 10:02 GMT
… state of young South Africans – defined as people … Council of Churches and Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference involved … attitudes to race, self-image, health, political alienation, social involvement, … and others, such as HIV and AIDS, had barely …
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Chronic kidney disease was essentially a death sentence before HIV treatment became widely...
24 Apr 2024 15:22 GMT
People living with HIV are at an increased risk of developing several opportunistic infections and comorbidities, including chronic kidney disease.
Chronic kidney disease occurs when the kidney stops functioning properly.
The condition was essentially a …
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Participatory Health Cadre Model to Improve Exclusive Breastfeeding Coverage with King’s Conceptual System
24 Apr 2024 03:06 GMT
Introduction
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that to enhance infant immunity, infants should be exclusively breastfed for the first six months. Providing exclusive breastfeeding to newborns can reduce infant mortality.1,2 Other factors …
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Zinest calls for economic strengthening in drug abuse fight
23 Apr 2024 10:18 GMT
Takemore Mazuruse at the recent Dzivaresekwa event
Zimbabwe Network for Economic and Social Transformation Trust (Zinest), a community development organisation working to promote economic and social transformation in the country has called for economic …
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Trial reveals mechanisms that contribute to impact of malnutrition and HIV infection
23 Apr 2024 10:01 GMT
Severe acute malnutrition is responsible for nearly half of all child deaths globally and affects 17 million children annually
A trial led by researchers at Queen Mary University London, in partnership with two research institutes in Zambia and Zimbabwe, …
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Malawi: The humanitarian impact of El Niño in Southern Africa: Key Messages (April 2024)
20 Apr 2024 04:13 GMT
… unprecedented drought in Southern Africa is having Catastrophic … parts of Southern AfricaProlonged lean season … Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. It has impacted large parts of Angola, Botswana, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia … of water borne diseases. The dry …
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Cervical cancer prevalence in Zimbabwe worryingly high — says Health minister; 2 000 women lose battle yearly
22 Apr 2024 08:51 GMT
By James Muonwa l Mashonaland West Correspondent
HEALTH and Child Care Minister, Douglas Mombeshora has reiterated the sustained fight against cervical cancer among women and girls, saying the prevalence of the type of cancer was worryingly high …
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The ‘Bloody Fix’…Drug users injecting each other’s blood ‘bluetoothing’ fad takes over the streets
21 Apr 2024 01:22 GMT
The Sunday News
Bruce Ndlovu, Sunday Life Reporter
*GOGO MaMoyo was shocked when, as she tidied up her grandsons’ bedroom, she came across a small sachet which contained what looked like tomato sauce.
MaMoyo was disturbed not only by the colour of the …
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Africa should rethink IKS as basis for remodelling local solutions
20 Apr 2024 22:24 GMT
The Sunday News
Vincent Gono, News Editor
THE preservation of Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) has not been so easy in many developing countries as the tidal wave of globalisation has had an imperialistic enveloping effect on the important but often …
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University of Pretoria Confers Honorary Doctorate on WHO Africa Director
20 Apr 2024 12:27 GMT
The University of Pretoria (UP) has awarded World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, with an honorary doctorate in recognition of her outstanding contribution in Africa and beyond as a leader, global health expert, …