My Age Zimbabwe in collaboration with Development Agenda for Girls and Women in Africa Network(Dawa ) through the support from ViiV Healthcare has joined hands to implement the project known as ‘Connecting Adolescent Girls and Women for HIV Prevention and has kickstarted with the training of Adolescent Girls and Women for HIV Prevention in Mwenezi and Masvingo jointly.
Through the ViiV project, both organizations aim to reduce new HIV infections among AGYW in Masvingo Urban and Mwenezi, as well as promote health-seeking behavior among these girls and young women.
This will be achieved through innovative methods of information sharing, generating demand, and mobilizing the community to improve access, utilization, and retention of HIV combination prevention methods.
This project will ultimately contribute to a decrease in new HIV infections and increased knowledge on HIV and AIDS among AGYW.
Mwenezi District Development Coordinator Innocent Mutambara welcomed the initiative ion Mwenezi and said that it was very important considering the number of hiv infections among young people also HIV prevention will help protect the future.
“ HIV prevention is the way to go as this is a good platform to protect the future ,We welcome this initiative in the district as it will help reduce HIV infections in our communities and we will be supportive throughout the project to have a good outcome” said Mutambara.
Mwenezi District Medical Officer Doctor Matibhiri said that this project is vital in Mwenezi and it has full support and is looking forward to great outcomes and increased HIV and Aids Knowledge among Adolescent Girls and Young Women.
Mwenezi Ministry of women’s affairs representative Mr Abdiel Mboweni said that the project will enhance advocacy on Gender equality as Gender Inequalities contribute to the spread of HIV .
“As the ministry of women’s affairs we welcome this project as we continue to advocate on gender equality since gender inequalities contribute to the spread of HIV.
With a primary objective of scaling up into districts with high HIV incidence among AGYW in Zimbabwe, the project will then proceed to engage with community-based, youth, and women-led organizations to foster collaborations and pool resources.
