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Catherine Murombedzi HIV Walk Tuberculosis can be treated if one seeks treatment early. However, many people go undiagnosed or receive treatment for other diseases thereby progressing the TB infection. Julius has been seeing his doctor for the past six months. He has taken a plethora of medicines with no marked improvement. He has lost weight
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Cathrine Murombedzi HIV Walk
When soldiers engage in war bullet- proof vests are part of the combat gear. That is not to say that a soldier wearing a bullet-proof vest will not be shot and killed in combat. Nothing could be further from the truth. -
Cathrine Murombedzi HIV Walk
In developed countries a person can start anti-retroviral therapy the moment they find out that they are HIV positive. One does not have to wait for the virus to progress thereby causing deterioration in one’s health. That would be an ideal set-up - nip the virus in the bud before it nestles. A country’s economic background usually determines -
THE leading cause of maternal mortality ratio in Zimbabwe is HIV and Aids, which stands at 26 percent. Of this 21 percent of the under five years mortality rate is HIV and Aids again (MIMS 2009).
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Catherine Murombedzi HIV Walk
I have received many e-mails on couples that have recently found out that one is HIV positive and the other is not. This has thrown confusion in most unions and I have felt the pain and uncertainty hovering on such unions. -
Catherine Murombedzi HIV Walk
Prevention remains the cornerstone in curbing new HIV infections. With the World Health Organisation’s theme running from 2011 to 2015 being “3 Zeros”, it is necessary that we reflect if we are still on track to achieve that. If new infections are not stopped then the vision becomes a wild goose chase. With the aim to have zero new HIV infections, -
Cathrine Murombedzi HIV Walk
AN Aids-free generation is your responsibility as well as mine. It is possible. Mrs Miriam Chakaipa has set out to dedicate her life to ensuring that Zimbabwe achieves zero-new infections as expecting -
There is a minority group that faces the brunt of life, be it health, education, access to housing or education - the internally
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THE advent of a single tablet per day for anti-retroviral therapy has changed lives for people living positively with HIV to manageable levels today as compared to two years ago. This has resulted in HIV being a manageable condition today.
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Cathrine Murombedzi
HIV Walk
Many people who tested HIV positive in the early 90s perished. Medically in Zimbabwe we did not have any rollout programme to cater for people living positively then. Generic medicines only made it possible that developing countries were now able to purchase ARVs. -
Cathrine Murombedzi HIV Walk
From 1985 to today it is 28 years and the face of the HIV epidemic has changed. The first HIV diagnosis in Zimbabwe was in 1985. In the developed world they had known the virus causing havoc -
Cathrine Murombedzi HIV Walk
Rutendo is a cross-border trader and mother of three. She has been in the business for close to two decades. However, with the improving economy the business is no longer as lucrative as it was a decade ago. She has to find alternative means to bring food on the table. She has thus resorted to finding part-time employment as a domestic worker -
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Give a child an education and a foundation has been laid. There are hundreds of orphans who are yet to receive education. In Hatcliffe Extension, 11 secondary school-going orphans under the care of Vision HIV/Aids are missing school because their fees have not yet been paid.
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The World Health Organisation has been running under the theme “Getting to Zero”, Zero Aids-related deaths, zero discrimination and zero new HIV infections between 2011 and 2015. The initiative by WHO is a plausible one and will likely see the world becoming a better place to live in.
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Cathrine Murombedzi HIV Walk
Not every child is academically gifted. When Charles (not his real name) failed his “O Levels” he refused to repeat arguing it was a waste of money and time. Charles had been brought up by an
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