Grant Murewanhema

Biographic Data

ID6249469
NAMEGrant Murewanhema
GIVEN NAMESGrant
FAMILY NAMEMurewanhema
SIGNATUREMUREWANHEMA G
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Zimbabwe
ORCID0000-0001-7531-730X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR10
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Violence against children in sub-Saharan Africa

    Open AccessEnos Moyo, Perseverance Moyo et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Violence against children (VAC) is recognized as a global public health problem (1). It encompasses all types of violence directed at individuals under 18 years of age, committed by parents, caregivers, peers, romantic partners, or strangers (2). VAC includes all forms of physical and emotional ill-treatment, sexual abuse, neglect, or exploitation that may cause actual or potential harm to a child's health, development, and dignity. Most VAC enco…

  • Adolescent girls and young women as a critical population for HIV epidemic control in sub-Saharan Africa

    Open AccessGrant Murewanhema, Enos Moyo et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Without proper control measures, sub-Saharan African (SSA) adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) aged 15-24 are at high risk of HIV infection. Despite significant progress in the control of the HIV epidemic, most new infections in SSA in 2023 occurred in AGYW. High sexual and reproductive activity in AGYW contributes significantly to the HIV epidemic, making them a priority population for focused prevention efforts that uphold their sexual and …

  • Strengthening and enhancing national antiretroviral drug resistance surveillance in Zimbabwe—A country that has reached Unaids 95-95-95 amongst adults

    Open AccessTafadzwa Dzinamarira, Enos Moyo et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2024

    No abstract available

  • Co-creation of human papillomavirus self-sampling delivery strategies for cervical cancer screening in rural Zimbabwe

    Open AccessMathias Dzobo, Tafadzwa Dzinamarira et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    Background: Human papillomavirus (HPV) self-sampling is recommended for cervical cancer screening, particularly among women who do not participate in or have access to current screening methods offered in Zimbabwe. Key stakeholder involvement is critical in co-creating acceptable delivery strategies for implementing HPV self-sampling to ensure demand and facilitate uptake by the target population. The main objective of this study was to engage ke…

  • Key populations and Sub-Saharan Africa's HIV response

    Open AccessEnos Moyo, Perseverance Moyo et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    OPINION article Front. Public Health, 16 May 2023Sec. Infectious Diseases: Epidemiology and Prevention Volume 11 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1079990

  • Emerging infectious disease outbreaks in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Open AccessEnos Moyo, Malizgani Mhango et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    Background: Over the past two decades, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has faced multiple public health emergencies (1). A public health emergency (PHE) is a situation with health consequences too severe for conventional community response (2). Between 2001 and 2022, the region reported 1,800 PHEs, most of them emerging infectious diseases (3). Emerging infectious diseases are new or resurgent diseases in the population (4). Cholera, meningitis, Ebola, …

  • Zimbabwean law and its impact on HIV programmes for key populations

    Open AccessTendai Chikava, Rouzeh Eghtessadi et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    Zimbabwe is one of the four African countries to have achieved the UNAIDS 95-95- \n95 targets. However, significant programmatic gaps remain for selected key populations. \nZimbabwe has several legal and policy constraints that hinder these key populations from \nseeking HIV prevention, treatment and care services. The criminalization of sex work and \nmen who have sex with men are significant impediments to achieving 95-95-95 in the \ncountry. I…

  • Teenage pregnancy in Zimbabwe

    Open AccessGrant Murewanhema, Enos Moyo et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2023References: 3

    Zimbabwe has a perennial challenge of teenage pregnancies.Despite several years of discussions around ending the problem, reports have continued to emerge of a rise in teenage pregnancies (Nunu et al., 2020).Moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the pre-existing risk factors for this problem due to a multitude of factors (Murewanhema et al., 2022).In this correspondence, we highlight the 'wicked nature' of teenage pregnancies and call upon …

  • Maternal, Sexual and Reproductive Health in Marginalised Areas

    Open AccessGrant Murewanhema, Godfrey Musuka et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    The COVID-19 pandemic and resultant lockdowns have brought unprecedented challenges for Maternal, Sexual and Reproductive Health (MSRH) services. Components of MSRH services adversely affected include antenatal, postnatal, and newborn care; provision of family planning and post-abortion care services; sexual and gender-based violence care and prevention; and care and treatment for sexually transmitted infections including HIV. Resuscitating, remo…

  • Changes in causes of pregnancy-related and maternal mortality in Zimbabwe 2007-08 to 2018-19

    Open AccessReuben Musarandega, Solwayo Ngwenya et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    Zimbabwe experienced a decline in both direct and indirect causes of pregnancy-related deaths. Deaths from indirect causes declined mainly due to a reduction in HIV/AIDS-related and malaria mortality, while deaths from direct causes declined because of a reduction in obstetric haemorrhage and pregnancy-related infections. Ongoing interventions ought to improve the coverage and quality of maternal care in Zimbabwe, to further reduce deaths from di…