‘ Zimbabwe’s Ngundu Growth Point Tops STIs Infections Rate In Southern Africa’-National AIDS Council (NAC).

‘ Zimbabwe’s Ngundu Growth Point Tops STIs Infections Rate In Southern Africa’-National AIDS Council (NAC).

Ngundu Growth Point in Masvingo Province has earned itself the infamous name as the epicentre of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Southern Africa, according to the National AIDS Council (NAC).Between 500 and 1000 haulage trucks pass through Ngundu Growth Point daily and commercial sex workers have made it their hub. Speaking on the sidelines of a visit to the centre by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Health, NAC Co-ordinator for Masvingo Province,  Mr Evos Makoni…

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‘Rise In Infections, With 56.4% Commercial Sex Workers HIV Positive’-National Aids Council

‘Rise In Infections, With 56.4% Commercial Sex Workers HIV Positive’-National Aids Council

Research by the National Aids Council (Nac) indicates that although the national HIV prevalence has been declining in the past two years, it is four times high in other community groups like commercial sex workers. Nac monitoring and evaluation director Amon Mpofu told Parliamentarians on a countrywide tour and capacity building programme on HIV and Aids interventions that although the prevalence rate nationally stood at 13, 8 percent as of December 31 last year, down…

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Zimbabwe Runs Short Of Viral Load Testing Machines In Hospitals

Zimbabwe Runs Short Of Viral Load Testing Machines In Hospitals

MASVINGO — People living with HIV and Aids in Masvingo have decried the lack of viral load testing machines at hospitals to enable them to measure the amount of virus in their blood in line with the World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines. According to WHO, all people living with HIV and Aids should ascertain the virus load in their bodies every six months for prognosis, prevention purposes as well as managing therapy. The HIV viral…

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‘Schoolgirls Are Fuelling New HIV Infections’ -National Aids Council (Nac)

‘Schoolgirls Are  Fuelling New HIV Infections’ -National Aids Council (Nac)

The National Aids Council (Nac) has said staying alone in private lodgings at Murambinda Growth Point are fuelling prostitution in the area, as new HIV and Aids infections increase among adolescents. Nac district Aids coordinator for Buhera, Devious Sengamai said the children were being taken advantage of by older men. “Mostly, we have adult sex workers but we have a significant number of children in the sector who are mainly schoolgirls staying alone in illegal accommodation….

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Health Experts Warn That, ‘Gonorrhea Could Soon Become Untreatable’

Health Experts Warn That, ‘Gonorrhea Could Soon Become Untreatable’

Gonorrhea, one of the most common sexually transmitted infections (STIs), could soon become an “untreatable disease”, United Kingdom health experts have warned. The drug resistant bug was first identified in Leeds, the UK, in March this year and caused quite an alarm, as doctors and medical experts battled to contain it and curb its spread to other parts. Over the years, according to the Centre for Disease Control, gonorrhea has progressively developed resistance to the…

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Sexual & Gender-Based Violence, Particularly Towards (11-16 Yr Olds), Plus HIV, Rise

Sexual & Gender-Based Violence, Particularly Towards (11-16 Yr Olds), Plus HIV, Rise

CASES of sexual and gender-based violence are on the increase and, in most cases, victims are young girls aged between 11 and 16 years, according to the country’s health management information system. This was revealed during the official launch of the Sexual Gender Based Violence clinic at Wilkins hospital Thursday. National Aids Council (NAC) Harare Provincial AIDS Coordinator Adonija Muzondiona said by the end of 2014, NAC recorded a significant number of sexual violence cases…

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Minister Of Home Affairs , ‘Chombo’ To Tackle, Teenage Antisocial Vuzu/ Sex Drug & Alcohol Partys

Minister Of Home Affairs , ‘Chombo’ To Tackle,  Teenage Antisocial Vuzu/ Sex Drug & Alcohol  Partys

THE government is working on coming up with appropriate laws and tightening loopholes in existing pieces of legislation to curtail “vuzu” parties so as to reduce anti-social behaviour among teenagers and pupils during the wild gatherings. The Minister of Home Affairs, Cde Ignatius Chombo, said they were working on addressing concerns about the so-called vuzu parties where young people, including pupils, engage in sex orgies while drinking beer and partaking of other intoxicating substances. Some take…

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Of 26,090, Sex Workers Tested For STIs, 10,922 Are HIV Positive In Zimbabwe

Of 26,090, Sex Workers Tested For STIs,  10,922  Are  HIV Positive In Zimbabwe

AT least 20% of sex workers are HIV positive with calls being made to include this key sector in the country’s HIV and AIDS programming. This was revealed by the Centre for Sexual Health and HIV AIDS Research at a Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights HIV media forum in Harare Monday. Sibongile Mtetwa of the Sexual Health rights lobby group said if not included in the national HIV programming, sex workers would continue to spread…

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‘More Than 700 000 Orphans In Zimbabwe, Need Urgent Help’, Says Dr David Parirenyatwa

‘More Than 700 000 Orphans In Zimbabwe, Need Urgent Help’, Says Dr David Parirenyatwa

MORE than 700,000 orphans and vulnerable children are in urgent need of various forms of support including educational help, health and child care minister, David Parirenyatwa said Wednesday. He was speaking at a handover ceremony of $1.2 million Basic Education Assistance module (BEAM) funds to the social welfare department by the National Aids Council (NAC). “The children’s situation has been worsened by the economic hardships the country has been facing for decades leading to many…

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‘Zimbabwe’s Illicit Beer Brewers, Endangering Drinkers Lives By Using Lethal Embalming Fluid’

‘Zimbabwe’s Illicit Beer Brewers, Endangering Drinkers Lives By Using Lethal Embalming Fluid’

Despite legislative attempts to curb drinking, Zimbabwe is still facing its greatest threat from alcohol abuse. Calamities associated with excessive intoxication – dementia, seizures, liver disease and early death  have-  done little to deter users. Not even confirmed reports by the Ministry of Health and government agencies such as the National Aids Council (NAC) that illicit brewers have been turning to lethal embalming fluid used in mortuaries have cut the rate of abuse. “Patrons want…

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