Health & Fitness

Exceptional Zimbabwean Nurse Honored with Prestigious UK Nursing Award

Sharon Chakandinakira, a respected nurse at Leighton Hospital, part of Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, is celebrating a significant achievement after being honored with a regional award. She received recognition for her outstanding contributions to equality, diversity, and inclusion at a

November 29, 2023

Health & Fitness

Zimbabwe Approves Injectable Form of HIV Prevention Drug for Women

Zimbabwe has approved the use of an injectable form of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) called cabotegravir to help reduce the risk of HIV in sexually active women. The injectable form is administered every two months and has been tested in clinical trials in

December 26, 2022

Health & Fitness

US, EU call for “full commitment” from WHO to prevent sexual violence

GENEVA – Washington and Brussels joined with other Western capitals on Friday to call for “full commitment” from the World Health Organization to reform, after a damning report detailed rape and sexual abuse by its workers sent to fight Ebola in DR

October 2, 2021

Breaking News·Health & Fitness

WHO suspends hydroxychloroquine trial

The World Health Organization has temporarily paused the use of anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as part of a global effort to find a cure for Covid-19. The organisation’s executive board made the decision following a study published in the medical journal The Lancet

May 25, 2020

Health & Fitness

First Ebola relapse recorded in Congo outbreak, WHO says

Health officials in eastern Congo have documented the first relapse in the current Ebola epidemic, the World Health Organization said on Friday The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo has so far infected more than 3,300 people and killed more than

December 21, 2019

Health & Fitness

Scientists say they found a cure for HIV in some mice, humans could be next

Researchers say they have removed HIV from the DNA of mice, an achievement the scientists say could be an early step toward an elusive cure for humans. The breakthrough, detailed earlier this week in a study credited to more than 30 scientists

July 5, 2019

Africa·Health & Fitness

WHO likely to declare Ebola an international emergency -experts

The World Health Organization (WHO) should and is likely to declare an international emergency over the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has now spread to Uganda, experts said as a WHO advisory panel met on Friday. Congo’s epidemic

June 14, 2019

Health & Fitness·South Africa

South African 9 year old child ‘virtually cured’ of HIV

A nine-year-old infected with HIV at birth has spent most of their life without needing any treatment, say doctors in South Africa. The child, whose identity is being protected, was given a burst of treatment shortly after birth. They have since been

July 25, 2017

Breaking News·Health & Fitness

More than 1,500 people killed by cholera in Yemen: WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says that cholera outbreak in Yemen has claimed 1,500 lives and sickened about 246,000 people since April. WHO representative in Yemen Nevio Zagaria said in a news conference on Saturday in the Yemeni capital Sanaa that the

July 1, 2017

Health & Fitness

Enjoying regular sex ‘can help prevent heart disease’ – but there’s bad news for ladies

Enjoying regular sex can help reduce the risk of developing heart disease – but the news isn’t so great for women. Research found having sex several times a week can slash levels of homocysteine in men, whereas women benefit far less from

June 26, 2017

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