ACCE
Accelerated and Comprehensive HIV Care for Epidemic Control (ACCE) project Overview Zimbabwe Health Interventions (ZHI) with its consortium partners FHI360 and Africaid Zvandiri is implementing a 5-year HIV Care and Treatment program under the Accelerated and Comprehensive HIV Care and Treatment for Epidemic Control in Zimbabwe (ACCE) program (1 October 2021 ending 30 September 2026). […]
DREAMS Re-Ignite, Innovate, Sustain, Empower (RISE)
The Re-Ignite Innovate Sustain and Empower (RISE) program is a five-year (October 2021 – September 2026) program and it is one of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) funded programs through USAID that aims to disrupt the main drivers of HIV risk for adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in Zimbabwe using a […]
“Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) was a great relief for me, I am protected from HIV”.
Thoko* lives at Chaka mine in Kwekwe district where her husband works as an artisanal miner. One day she had a surprise call from the USAID/ZHI supported Community Nurse, she wanted to visit her. “I accepted the Community Nurse’s request to visit me at home. After a long counselling session, she disclosed to me that […]
IT’S NEVER TOO LATE FOR A CHANGE IN BEHAVIOUR! STAND UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT!
While great strides have been achieved in addressing stigma and discrimination against persons living with HIV, it remains one of the major factors of poor uptake of HIV Testing Services in Zimbabwe. The consequences of stigma and discrimination, and often just the fear of these consequences, keep people from seeking HIV information, adopting preventive behaviour, […]
Outreach Workers (OWs) supporting People Living with HIV to ‘Live On
57-year-old Chido Samanga is an Outreach Worker (OW) from Mutasa district supporting people living with HIV (PLHIV) around Hauna District Hospital. Chido tested positive to HIV in 2007 and was commenced on antiretroviral treatment (ART) in the same year. Her husband died in 2008 after a long illness. Chido was determined to live a healthy […]
ZHI supports COVID-19 campaign program in Midlands Province
Zimbabwe Health Interventions (ZHI) ACCE program in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Childcare (MOHCC) on 26 April 2022 launched a COVID 19 vaccination campaign project to cover all the eight districts of Midlands province. The USAID/PEPFAR supported project will save lives and safeguard HIV prevention, care, and treatment gains through addressing inequalities in […]
Kwekwe General Hospital staff commented for excellent viral load monitoring results.
Kwekwe General Hospital is one of the health facilities in the Midlands Province which was selected for the Site Improvement through Monitoring of Systems (SIMS) conducted in April 2022. The purpose of the SIMS visit supported by USAID Zimbabwe, Centre for Disease Control (CDC) and Zimbabwe Health Interventions (ZHI) was to strengthen Clinical Laboratory Interface […]
Using music and dance to engage with communities in Gokwe South District
75-year-old sekuru Sandram and his brother Shatini Jasi (71years) from Gokwe South District tested positive to HIV in 2009 and were commenced on antiretroviral treatment (ART) in 2010. During this time, stigma and discrimination of people living with HIV (PLHIV) was rife with communities regarding HIV as a death sentence. Amid the fear and discrimination, […]
AGYW’s realizing their pathway to success through the DREAMS_RISE education support intervention.
The high rates of school dropouts in Zimbabwe are highly attributable to poverty, early teenage pregnancy, and orphanhood, among other determinants. The consequences of dropping out from school remain severe as most of the dropouts fail to land descent livelihoods that break the vicious cycle of poverty and enhance sustainable development. The 18-year-old, Faith Ngwenya’s […]
DREAMS RISE program – A driver to socio-economic transformation for AGYW.
Adolescent Girls and Young Women with disabilities face systemic marginalization, attitudinal and environmental barriers that lead to lower economic and social status, increased risk of violence and abuse, discrimination as well as barriers to access education and health care, thus increasing their vulnerability and risk to HIV infection. The DREAMS – RISE Program, with support […]
