Staff Reporter In many parts of Africa, people with albinism are often discriminated against or even attacked for ritual purposes. Growing up seeing a childhood friend with albinism suffering from…
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Health and Child CareSpotlight
Let’s amplify our voice against child marriage
by [email protected] 3 minutes readIn 2016 the Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe ruled that child marriages are unconstitutional. In the Constitutional Court’s ruling it focused primarily on the infringement of fundamental human rights created by…
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Health and Child CareSpotlight
Africa’s COVID-19 surge tops second wave peak
by [email protected] 2 minutes readAfrica marked its worst pandemic week ever, surpassing the second wave peak during the seven days ending on 4 July 2021. COVID-19 cases have risen for seven consecutive weeks since…
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Health and Child CareSpotlight
Billions will lack access to safe water by 2030 unless progress quadruples – warn WHO, UNICEF
by [email protected] 2 minutes readStaff Reporter Efforts to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all by 2030, have to be dramatically accelerated if the world is to achieve the sixth…
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Health and Child CareSpotlight
Billions will lack access to safe water by 2030 unless progress quadruples – warn WHO, UNICEF
by [email protected] 2 minutes readStaff Reporter Efforts to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all by 2030, have to be dramatically accelerated if the world is to achieve the sixth…
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Health and Child Care
Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine gets WHO approval
by [email protected] 2 minutes readWHO recently listed the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, giving the green light for this vaccine to be rolled out globally. “The addition of this vaccine has the potential…
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BAFF rolls out campaign against child marriages in Mash Central
by [email protected] 4 minutes readTanya’s mother passed away when she was only six. She has never met her father believed to be a gold panner. The death of Tanya’s mom left her in the…
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Health and Child CareSpotlight
Faith leaders pledge to support COVID-19 vaccine roll out
by [email protected] 2 minutes readUNICEF and the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MOHCC) in partnership with Apostolic Women Empowerment Trust (AWET) hosted a dialogue with interfaith religious leaders from across the country to…
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By Judith Kajuma The United States government has launched a $25 million program set to improve the health of mothers and children in the seven districts of Manicaland by increasing…
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Health and Child CareSpotlight
Shot in the arm for Harare hospital
by [email protected] 1 minutes readBy Judith Kajuma The Austrian embassy to Zimbabwe through its Direct Aid Program recently donated equipment worth $65 000 to Harare Central Hospital. In an interview with Diplomat Magazine at…