First Lady Takes Tree Planting, Medical Outreach Programs To Mbire

Environment patron First Lady Dr Auxilia Mnangagwa last Friday led the planting of fruit trees at Chitsungo District Hospital and surrounding schools in Mushumbi, Mbire district, where she also took her mobile clinic to ensure people in hard-to-reach areas have access to medical services.

The health outreach programmes help to detect ailments and treat them early to save lives.

The programs are a continuation of the First Lady’s all-inclusive national empowerment programs, under which no place and no one is being left behind.

Distance is not a barrier to Amai Mnangagwa, who went with her Angel of Hope (AOH) Foundation’s mobile clinic and a team of health experts on the peripheries of Mashonaland Central province, where people benefited from cervical, breast, and prostate cancer screening, HIV testing and counselling, Covid-19 vaccination, human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination, routine immunization, family planning services and hypertension checks, among other checks for non-communicable diseases.

Regular health checks, the First Lady told the community, allow for early detection of ailments and timeous placement of people on treatment. Dr Mnangagwa took the opportunity to address social issues and spoke against domestic violence, teenage pregnancies, child marriages, promiscuity, and harmful practices that cause cancer, especially cervical cancer.
She also spoke against deforestation, saying the country is grappling with the challenges of deforestation, where people are cutting down trees without replacing them, thereby disrupting the ecosystem and promoting many environmental challenges.

“I am happy with your coming here madzimai in numbers for free health checks. Kubva kuvakuru kusvika kune vechidiki, mese mauya nehuhwandu hwenyu nekuti hutano hwakakosha,” she said. Some of the women told the First Lady that it was their first time to be screened for cancer and thanked her for bringing the services to their doorstep.

The First Lady gave them words of encouragement. “I have brought my Angel of Hope Foundation’s mobile clinic so that you can be examined free of charge. I want you to return home knowing where you stand and preserving good health. Let us be screened for cancer. It is not a painful procedure. I go through the same procedure. If I am doing it, you can also do it. You should always know where you stand health-wise, madzimai, kuti tizorambe tichigona kushanda tichirima muminda yedu takagwinya,” she said.

“What are some of the causes of cancer that you know?” the First Lady asked. In response, one woman said: “Amai, women have since time immemorial used traditional herbs for various health reasons, but now, they have gone an extra mile, inserting herbs in the cervix, paving the way for cervical cancer. They are doing this to increase sexual pleasure.”

“What you are inserting in your privates might not affect you today but in future, you will suffer the consequences. Some say they are doing this to please their husbands, but if you die of cancer, the same man will move on with his life and marry another woman. Let us stay healthy and avoid such harmful practices,” she said.

The First Lady explained that family planning did not translate to stopping childbearing, but promotes spacing and limiting numbers to manageable levels. She urged the women to discuss witFirst Lady Takes Tree Planting, Medical Outreach Programs To Mbire

Environment patron First Lady Dr Auxilia Mnangagwa last Friday led the planting of fruit trees at Chitsungo District Hospital and surrounding schools in Mushumbi, Mbire district, where she also took her mobile clinic to ensure people in hard-to-reach areas have access to medical services.

The health outreach programmes help to detect ailments and treat them early to save lives.

The programs are a continuation of the First Lady’s all-inclusive national empowerment programs, under which no place and no one is being left behind.

Distance is not a barrier to Amai Mnangagwa, who went with her Angel of Hope (AOH) Foundation’s mobile clinic and a team of health experts on the peripheries of Mashonaland Central province, where people benefited from cervical, breast, and prostate cancer screening, HIV testing and counselling, Covid-19 vaccination, human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination, routine immunization, family planning services and hypertension checks, among other checks for non-communicable diseases.

Regular health checks, the First Lady told the community, allow for early detection of ailments and timeous placement of people on treatment. Dr Mnangagwa took the opportunity to address social issues and spoke against domestic violence, teenage pregnancies, child marriages, promiscuity, and harmful practices that cause cancer, especially cervical cancer.
She also spoke against deforestation, saying the country is grappling with the challenges of deforestation, where people are cutting down trees without replacing them, thereby disrupting the ecosystem and promoting many environmental challenges.

“I am happy with your coming here madzimai in numbers for free health checks. Kubva kuvakuru kusvika kune vechidiki, mese mauya nehuhwandu hwenyu nekuti hutano hwakakosha,” she said. Some of the women told the First Lady that it was their first time to be screened for cancer and thanked her for bringing the services to their doorstep.

The First Lady gave them words of encouragement. “I have brought my Angel of Hope Foundation’s mobile clinic so that you can be examined free of charge. I want you to return home knowing where you stand and preserving good health. Let us be screened for cancer. It is not a painful procedure. I go through the same procedure. If I am doing it, you can also do it. You should always know where you stand health-wise, madzimai, kuti tizorambe tichigona kushanda tichirima muminda yedu takagwinya,” she said.

“What are some of the causes of cancer that you know?” the First Lady asked. In response, one woman said: “Amai, women have since time immemorial used traditional herbs for various health reasons, but now, they have gone an extra mile, inserting herbs in the cervix, paving the way for cervical cancer. They are doing this to increase sexual pleasure.”

“What you are inserting in your privates might not affect you today but in future, you will suffer the consequences. Some say they are doing this to please their husbands, but if you die of cancer, the same man will move on with his life and marry another woman. Let us stay healthy and avoid such harmful practices,” she said.

The First Lady explained that family planning did not translate to stopping childbearing, but promotes spacing and limiting numbers to manageable levels. She urged the women to discuss with their spouses family planning methods so that they move together on the same page.
The First Lady, who has a passion for promoting healthy living among citizens, toured a stand where women from the community were showcasing a variety of traditional foods and drinks they had prepared, showing how her traditional cookout program has reached even the most remote.h their spouses family planning methods so that they move together on the same page.
The First Lady, who has a passion for promoting healthy living among citizens, toured a stand where women from the community were showcasing a variety of traditional foods and drinks they had prepared, showing how her traditional cookout program has reached even the most remote.