Zimbabwe Meets UN HIV Target, Leading Fight Against Aids

Zimbabwe Meets UN HIV Target, Leading Fight Against Aids

Zimbabwe has made remarkable progress in the fight against HIV/AIDS, as reported by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS).

No need to panic: Zimbabwe's government assures continuity of HIV treatment

FADZAI NDANGANAHARARE – In a reassuring message to the public, the Minister of Health and Child Care Dr Douglas Mombeshora emphasised that there is no cause for alarm regarding the availability of HIV medicine amid recent funding cuts by the U.S.Dr Douglas MombeshoraAddressing a media sensitization workshop in Chinhoyi recently, Mombeshora highlighted that the government has enough stocks of ARVs.“There is no need to panic,” Minister Mombeshora …

More than 590 thousand families in 232 municipalities are affected by the floods and five of the nine departments of the country have declared themselves in emergency and/or disaster, said yesterday the Deputy Minister of Civil Defense, Juan Carlos Calvimontes. “There are 6,174 affected communities, 419,628 affected families, 170,901 (of them), affected and, in total, already added to yesterday by (Saturday) 590,529 families,” the authority said…