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The National Aids Council (NAC) has donated more than ZWL$300 million to the Basic Education Assistance Module (BEAM).
The donation was handed over by NAC chief executive officer Bernard Madzima to Deputy Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Lovemore Matuke on Friday at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF).
He said the money is for the payment of school fees and covering expenses for the vulnerable children so that they continue attending school thereby reducing the risk of contracting HIV. Said Madzima:
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I am honoured to hand over our contribution towards BEAM for 2023. This financial assistance is coming from the Nac Trust fund generally known as Aids levy.
As a country, we have achieved the 2025 95-95-95 targets and we are so proud of that milestone.
Despite this achievement, we are looking at around 500 000 affected children who are orphaned or now vulnerable due to HIV and AIDS hence this donation will ensure they have access to shelter, education and food.
This donation is part of our comprehensive approach to HIV prevention.
For over a decade now we have been contributing towards BEAM and I can safely say we cater for at least 10 per cent of the BEAM’s yearly budget.
We work towards the reduction of HIV and addressing education needs helps us reduce new infections.
This will help us achieve our target of ending AIDS as a public health concern by 2030.
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95-95-95 means that 95 per cent of infected individuals know their status, 95 per cent of those infected are on medication and 95 per cent of those on medication achieve viral suppression.
BEAM is a Government-run programme aimed at providing financial assistance to vulnerable children who are in need of support to access education.
BEAM supports orphaned and vulnerable children aged between six and 19 and about 1.8 million children are being assisted under the programme.
More: <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a>

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National AIDS Council Donates $300 Million To BEAM

The fishing camps dotted around Lake Kariba and have become hotspots for fish for sex which involves sex workers trading sex for fish.
This was said by National Aids Council (NAC) chief executive Bernard Madzima on Monday.
<a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/local-news/article/200010025/kariba-fishermen-in-sex-for-fish-trade">NewsDay</a> reported Madzima as saying the sex for fish trade was hampering efforts to reduce the prevalence of HIV and AIDS in Zimbabwe.
Madzima noted that prostitution in fishing camps was leading to a new wave of HIV infections as well as sexually-transmitted infections. He said:
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In Kariba, fisheries have been identified as hotspots where there is rampant trade of fish for sex.
There is a new phenomenon where sex workers now cohabit with male fishermen in exchange for fish.
As an organisation, we have trained 10 female peer sex workers and 10 male peer fishermen to conduct HIV and AIDS peer education and condom distribution in Kariba where this issue is rampant.
</blockquote>
Some of the fishing camps affected by the sex-for-fish practice include Gatshe Gatshe, Ndomo, Musamba, Muchenga in Kariba and Kalulwe, Simatelele and Chibuyu in Binga.
Last year, Zimbabwe became the first African country to approve injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) medicine to help reduce the rate of new infections.
PrEP is for people who don’t have HIV and are at risk of getting HIV from sex or injection drug use.
According to CDC, injectable PrEP with CAB is highly effective at protecting patients from HIV and is for adults and adolescents who weigh at least 35 kg and are at risk of getting HIV through sex.
The US Embassy in Zimbabwe said that in 2020, 1.23 million adults in Zimbabwe were living with HIV. This constituted 12.9 percent of the adult population.
More: <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a>

Lake Kariba A Hotspot For Fish For Sex Trade - NAC

Seke District, in Mashonaland East Province, has a quarterly uptake of 200 000 male condoms while female condoms have a range of 5 000 to 10 000, a National AIDS Council (NAC) official has said.
Speaking to <a href="https://healthtimes.co.zw/2022/12/07/seke-district-uses-200-000-condoms-every-three-months/">Health Times</a> in a recent interview, NAC District AIDS Coordinator (DAC) for Seke District Florence Nyandoro said:
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Our quarterly average uptake for male condoms is 200 000 and the female condoms are in the range of 5 000 and 10 000.
What happens is that the awareness on female condoms came way later than that of male condoms.
Otherwise, awareness on the female condom is increasing which has resulted in the improved use of the female condom.
We are telling our community cadres to promote the female condom as much as they do the male condom.
We are hoping with time, the uptake of the female condom will be as high.
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Nyandoro also said they have noted that in discordant couples, males would take female condoms for their partners. She said:
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The other commendable thing we have observed is females are also taking male condoms.
There are very few cases in discordant couples where males take the female condom for their partners. This is very interesting.
We are encouraging and promoting the use of condoms because of their dual protection against STIs and HIV.
</blockquote>
A discordant couple is a couple in which one partner has a sexually transmitted disease (STD), such as HIV, while the other partner does not.
Nyandoro also dismissed as false claims that some condoms are small because they are manufactured in China. She said:
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That condoms here in Zimbabwe are too small as being made in China is misinformation and a myth.
Alongside our partners, we tell communities that there is no truth in that. Condoms are manufactured in a one size fits all technique.
There is no such thing as condoms being small and unusable. We don’t encourage such mindsets.
If we give people accurate information, this promotes the usage of condoms thus protecting people from unwanted pregnancies, STIs and HIV.
</blockquote>
Nyandoro discouraged the use of herbal sex-enhancement drugs, saying people should seek medical advice.

Seke District Uses 200 000 Condoms Every Three Months

Nearly 5 000 babies were infected with HIV in 2021 due to the mothers’ unwillingness to get antiretroviral therapy during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
Addressing journalists at a National Aids Council media training workshop in Chinhoyi on Friday, Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) Deputy PMTCT and Paediatric HIV Care and Treatment Coordinator, Dr Precious Andifasi said 4 750 babies got infected during pregnancy and breastfeeding last year alone. She said:
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As a program, we collect some data every year just to try and see where the new infections are coming from. So, for 2021, we had about 4 785 new infections. So, these are babies that had HIV transmitted from their mothers.
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Fundira said during pregnancy, 1 345 women did not receive Antiretroviral therapy, and 445 during pregnancy and this resulted in babies getting infected.
She said stigma, discrimination and denial are some of the barriers to accessing PMTCT services. She said:
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Another one of our interventions is to keep the women who are negative, negative. If we look at the barriers to accessing PMTCT services, we can see that stigma, discrimination and denial are significant barriers.
Stigma around people still thinking that HIV only infects those who are immoral or sexually deviant. That they must not be doing something right.
Denial. Not accepting the risk of contracting HIV applies to them. And also shunning those who are infected or perceived to be at risk.
</blockquote>
Fundira added that as part of their initiatives to prevent the transmission of HIV from mothers to their children, they are testing every six months if the mother is seroconverted.
She also said 46 percent of those who tested positive in Ante Natal Clinics were adolescent girls and young women under 30. | <a href="https://healthtimes.co.zw/2022/11/02/5-000-zimbabwean-babies-infected-with-hiv-in-2021-as-mothers-shun-pmtct/">Health Times</a>

5 000 Zimbabwean Babies Infected With HIV In 2021

The National AIDS Council (NAC) says new HIV infections continue to increase among adolescent girls and young women while they are going down in other groups.
Addressing female learners at the commemorations of the International Day of the Girl Child on Tuesday, NAC Bulawayo Provincial AIDS Manager, Sinatra Nyathi said:
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Imagine, in all age groups HIV is going down but adolescent girls and young women are getting new infections.
We realise young girls attend vuzu parties, where unplanned pregnancies, HIV, STIs, and other diseases emerge.
As NAC, we are on the path to achieving epidemic control, but we must also prevent further HIV spread.
However, new infections continue to be identified, with adolescent girls and young women being disproportionately affected.
</blockquote>
Nyathi urged young girls to practice abstinence as it is important in HIV prevention. She said:
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You can’t sell your life over that red box of chips yet you can be a Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) girl who is educated and empowered and buy as many of those red boxes as you want.
We can abstain from sex, it’s not necessary to destroy your life. Even if you have started indulging in sexual activity as NAC we have what we call secondary abstinence where someone realises that they are not going anywhere with having sex.
You need to stop having it today and start planning for the future because you will start dying prematurely.
We want girls to take over but girls cannot take over because of the decisions they make. You can still abstain from sex and plan your life.
I always thank God that I didn’t destroy my life over five minutes’ activity of risky sexual behaviours.
</blockquote>
She also urged girls to use the internet wisely and avoid visiting pornography websites as this may lure them into engaging in sexual activities and risk contracting HIV and STIs. | <a href="https://cite.org.zw/rise-in-new-hiv-infections-among-adolescent-girls-worrying/">CITE</a>

New HIV Infections Rise Among Adolescent Girls

Statistics availed by the National Aids Council show that S_TI cases in Bulawayo have surged from 2344 to 2574 in the second quarter of 2019, Sunday News reports. The publication said those mainly affected were between the ages of 25 and 49.
Bulawayo Provincial Aids Coordinator Mrs Sinatra Nyathi speaking to the publication lamented the fact that people knew the dangers of unprotected s_x but still engaged in it. Said Mrs Sinatra:
<blockquote>In Zimbabwe more than 90 percent of the population have information on how to protect themselves from S_TIs and HIV but the issue is that they do not translate it to positive behaviour therefore we plead with the members of the community to make informed decisions when it comes to s_ex.
We are educating people about STIs and they now have abundant information but the problem is that they are failing to put that knowledge into practice and this increase in S_TIs shows that people are still having unprotected se_x because if one is using condoms, they will not contract S_TIs.</blockquote>
More: <a href="https://www.sundaynews.co.zw/sti-cases-spike-in-bulawayo/">Sunday News </a>

S_TI Cases Up 9.81% In Bulawayo

The National Aids Council (NAC) sold cars to its executives for $1 each in October last year.
NAC is now paying the beneficiaries $2 000 per month each, for using the same vehicles, since it has not yet replaced the vehicles. Six Toyota Fortuners were each sold to the directors last year at the book value of $1 each after exceeding the stipulated 200 000 km mileage. The six directors then started receiving at least $2 000 each per month from October to date for using the vehicles for work. The six vehicles were sold together with 10 other Mazda B25 double cab vehicles which were being used by Provincial Aids Coordinators (PACs).
When contacted for a comment, NAC communications director Ms Madelina Dube said it was cheaper to pay an allowance instead of hiring vehicles from CMED. She said further to that, the vehicles in question were procured in 2011 and on average they had a mileage of 400 000 km. The NAC vehicle policy states that cars should be disposed of after five years and 200 000 km.
More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/nac-splurges-a-fortune-on-cars/">Herald</a>

NAC Sold Cars To Directors For $1 Each, Paying Them $2 000 For Using The Cars

The National Aids Council (NAC) has hailed Government’s move to decriminalise wilful transmission of HIV as a progressive step.
NAC acting chief executive Raymond Yekeye said the current law caused stigma leading to people shunning testing services. Said Yekeye:
<blockquote>The current law has caused a lot of stigma on whoever knows their HIV status first especially women. Most women have fallen victims of this law because in most cases they are the ones who know of their statuses first through antenatal care. This law, if repealed will therefore, go a long way in encouraging people to seek services and disclose their statuses without fear especially adolescents who were born with HIV.</blockquote>
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Government has dissolved the National Aids Council (NAC) board with immediate effect, barely a year after its appointment.
In a letter dated March 4, Health and Child Care Minister Dr Obadiah Moyo said the board was dissolved because it was improperly appointed. The letter reads:
<blockquote>Further to our meeting of the 30th of January 2019, where it was noted that the NAC board was improperly appointed, His Excellency the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe has concurred to the dissolution of the NAC board with immediate effect and ordered that a new board be put in place in line with the provisions of the law.</blockquote>
NAC acting board chairperson Mrs Virginia Samkange confirmed that the board had indeed been dissolved. Other board members were Dr Josiah Tayi, Mr Chagwiza Togarepi, Mrs Nyasha Sithole, Rev Tanyanyiwa Chinyerere, Mr Stanley Takaona, Mrs Tariro Chikumbirike and Mrs Naume Mazango.
More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/govt-dissolves-nac-board/">Herald</a>

Govt Dissolves Improperly Appointed National Aids Council Board

In an interview with Sunday News, National Aids Council (NAC) monitoring and evaluation director Mr Amon Mpofu said that they are set to install  6 000 automated condom dispensing machines in hospitals, hotels, drinking spots and other public places by year end.
Said Mpofu:
<blockquote>We have identified hotspots, areas where we have increased sex work and areas where people are at risk of having unprotected sex. That is where we will put the machines. We are looking at installing the machines at hospitals, drinking spots and we are also targeting certain hotels located in those hotspot areas. Right now most places where condoms are placed are either not accessible during late hours or not friendly for people to walk in and get their condoms when they need them.</blockquote>
He said the current initiative of putting condoms in public toilets was not yielding the desired results.
More: <a href="http://www.sundaynews.co.zw/6-000-automated-condom-dispensing-machines-for-bars-hotels/">Sunday News</a>

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