“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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Collaborating with the Private Sector to expand services available to Adolescent Girls and Young Women for the disruption of HIV causal pathways.
Collaborating with the Private Sector to expand services available to Girls and Young Women for the disruption of HIV causal pathways. The USAID supported Re-ignite, Innovate, Sustain, Empower (RISE) Adolescent Girls and Young Women Program has made significant progress in engaging vulnerable young women along with their parents, community, government and the private sector. Private […]
