A report on the Zimbabwe Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) programme: progress towards achieving MDG6 target 6B: achievement and challenges

A journal article on Zimbabwe's target to achieve universal access to treatment of HIV/AIDS thereby achieving one of the stipulated UN MDG's.Zimbabwe's target to achieve Universal Access to treatment for HIV and AIDS, was severely affected by a decade long economic recession that threatened to reverse all the country's social and economic indicators. Despite these challenges, by September 2010, 282,916 adults and children (47.7% of those in need of treatment) were on treatment at 509 sites countrywide since national scale up started.. ART services are predominantly offered through the public sector, with the private sector being an untapped potential resource for ART services for the future. Challenges of skilled and adequately trained human resources have hindered progress towards service availability. Providing access to children in particular has been constrained by lack of clinical mentor-ship for health workers, weak systems for support supervision, and inadequate HIV diagnostic services especially for children under 18 months and challenges with follow up of the HIV- exposed infants. Though the country has not met Its target of Universal Access by 2010, significant progress has been made with over a30- fold increase in service availability

Lessons learnt and opportunities for growth and transformation during the Covid-19 era and beyond: experiences of Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe, like the rest of the world, has been severely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Medical education, constrained by decades-long crises, was confronted by yet another crisis. This concept paper seeks to reflect on the lessons learnt by the University of Zimbabwe Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences in executing its academic business. It looks at some of the gaps experienced in each of the service areas and the lessons learnt as a result. The authors also reflect on how far we can think creatively towards transforming medical education and training in the post-Covid era

A report on the Zimbabwe Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) programme progress towards achieving MGD6 target 6B: Achievement and challenges

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Impact of solar radiation in disinfecting drinking water contaminated with Giardia duodenalis and Entamoeba histolytica/dispar at a point-of-use water treatment.

Solar disinfection system using PET containers painted black on one side can be used to disinfect water against Giardia duodenalis and Entamoeba histolytica/dispar using natural sunlight