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Posted by
Caroline Zinyemba
Lusaka, Zimbabwe
October 5, 2012
Chief Chiveso, Dr Angela Mushavi, Dr Agnes Mahomva,
Melissa Williams, and Dr Barbara Engelsmann at the
end-of-project event. (Photo: EGPAF)
On Thursday, September 27, the EGPAF/Zimbabwe staff parking lot – which is normally dry and dusty – enjoyed a “dream makeover” when it became the venue for the end-of-project event for the USAID five-year bilateral agreement. Read more about the event and the Foundation's work in Zimbabwe after the jump.
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Posted by
Caroline Zinyemba
Harare, Zimbabwe
September 8, 2011
(Photo: EGPAF)
In the Foundation’s latest Note from the Field, Caroline Zinyemba details her experiences helping to plan the second National Zimbabwe HIV/AIDS Conference. She describes how a presidential visit and media interviews focused the attention of the whole nation on the goal of preventing new HIV infections in children and keeping mothers healthy.
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Posted by
Caroline Zinyemba
Harare, Zimbabwe
April 21, 2011
Zimbabwe Minister of Health and Child
Welfare, the Honorable Dr. H. Madzorera
has his finger pricked for a CD4 test.
(Photo: EGPAF)
Last week in Harare, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) delivered 200 medical machines critical for HIV treatment to the government of Zimbabwe. They’re called Point of Care CD4 machines, and they measure the strength of a person’s immune system.
Testing a person’s “CD4 count” is crucial for people living with HIV, because it determines when they should begin antiretroviral therapy. This is particularly important for pregnant women, because HIV treatment not only protects their own health, but increases the chances the chances they’ll have an HIV-free baby.
Click past the jump to read more about the handover ceremony, which was attended by the Foundation's country director for Zimbabwe and the country's Minister of Health and Child Welfare.
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