Patricia Mashiri
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SilicaGuard Wins Cimas Healthathon 3.0
 An innovation designed to protect mine workers from the harmful effects of silica dust has won the Cimas Healthathon 3.0.SilicaGuard took the top prize at the Healthathon grand finale held yesterday...
Cimas Healthathon 3.0 Heads to Grand Finale
 Ten teams will battle for top honours tomorrow as the Cimas Healthathon 3.0 reaches its grand finale in Harare, showcasing technology-driven solutions to Zimbabwe’s healthcare challenges.The finalist...
Turned Away Twice: How Police Failure Left a Rape Survivor Pregnant, HIV Positive and Without Justice
 When a nurse told Emelda* that she was pregnant and HIV positive, she knew her life had changed forever.For the woman from rural Zimbabwe, however, the devastating diagnosis did not begin with the ra...
"I Thought I Would Die": The Hidden Cost of Unsafe Abortions for Girls
 Fifteen-year-old Sekai (not her real name) still remembers the unbearable pain that gripped her body as she lay curled up on a hospital bed, wondering whether she would ever be able to have children....
Why Lenacapavir Won Me Over: A Woman's Journey Through Every PrEP Option
 At 29, Emily Chikoto has tried almost every HIV prevention option currently available to women in Zimbabwe. From taking a pill every day, to using a monthly vaginal ring, receiving injections every t...
Cimas Healthathon 3.0 Seeks Homegrown Solutions to Healthcare Challenges
Cimas Health Group’s Chief Information Officer Foster Akaketwa (left), Group’s CEO Vuli Ndlovu (middle), and Chief Marketing Officer Manatsa Gaka (right) As Zimbabwe's healthcare sector faces rising c...
Demand for Lenacapavir Grows as Zim Expands HIV Prevention Options
 Zimbabwe's HIV prevention landscape is evolving, with growing demand for Lenacapavir offering new hope in efforts to reduce new HIV infections and accelerate progress towards ending AIDS as a public...
CSOs Call for Ring-Fenced Taxes to Strengthen Health Sector
COMPASS Country Coordinator Munyaradzi Chimwara Civil society organisations in Zimbabwe are urging government to ring-fence selected taxes for the health sector, warning that declining global health f...
The Avenues Clinic Praised for Supporting National Health Delivery Efforts
 Deputy Minister of Health and Child Care Sleiman Kwidini has commended The Avenues Clinic for its role in strengthening healthcare delivery through private sector support to the national health syste...