The Ministry of Health has dismissed allegations that there is a shortage of Condoms in North Western Province saying there were plenty of them. Ministry of Health Spokesperson Dr. Kamoto Mbewe disclosed that there were currently 15, 000 condoms at the District Health Management Office in Solwezi. Dr. Mbewe told ZANIS in Lusaka today that [...]

The Epilepsy Association of Zambia (EAZ) has appealed to Government to ensure that all epileptic drugs are made available at health centers to treat the disease across the country. Association President Anthony Zimba said there were about 40 epileptic drugs in the world but there only two types were being offered in the country to [...]

The Shacele community in Mwembeshi Constituency have hailed President Rupiah Banda’s Administration for successfully constructing a multi million kwacha health center in the area. And Area Member of Parliament Edward Kasoko has advised the Shacele community to jealously guard the new institution as it Saying the institute has come at an opportune time when they [...]

Prisons are excellent breeding grounds for HIV, enabling the AIDS virus to propagate swiftly and stealthily, yet many options exist for tackling the problem, the world AIDS conference heard. Incidence of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) runs far higher among the 30 million people in the world’s penitentiaries than in the general population, according to [...]

Forty one thousand two hundred and forty seven people were projected to die in the year 2009 owing to AIDS related diseases, parliament heard today. Acting Health Minister Brian Chituwo revealed that an estimated 23,554 women and 17, 693 women were projected to die, according to the HIV/AIDS modes of transmission report. Dr. Chituwo also [...]

Central Province Permanent Secretary Denny Lumbama has called on all parents in the province to take the Child Health Week and Measles Campaign very seriously and ensure that their children are vaccinated against measles and other serious diseases. Mr. Lumbama said parents should take advantage of this week because government has prioritized the health of [...]

Jonathan Williams of the University’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Griffin Campus led a multidisciplinary study of HIV spread in association with the University’s College of Public Health Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham’s College of Public Health, the University of Ghana, Georgia Southern’s Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health and Texas A&M’s College [...]

FINANCE and National Planning Deputy Minister Chileshe Kapwepwe has told Parliament that the Government provided K200 billion from domestic revenue to the Ministry of Health to cushion the withdrawal of funding by the donors to the ministry. And Defence Minister Kalombo Mwansa told the House that the Government would promote a stable and predictable tax [...]

Care-Zambia has launched an Anti Retroviral Therapy pilot project aimed at providing food and cash to people living with HIV and AIDS in Katete district in eastern province. District Commissioner Elemani Mwanza said Care-Zambia and other cooperating partners want to improve nutrition ART clients in an effort to improve adherence to drugs.. He was speaking [...]

The Zambia National AIDS Network (ZNAN) has since January 2010 to June 2010 disbursed about K20.4 billion to 140 Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs), Community Based Organizations (CBOs), support groups of People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and to private sector health facilities. ZNAN Executive Director, Elizabeth Mataka announced the development in a Press Statement made available [...]

The Cross border trade between Angola and Zambia is posing an eminent threat of the outbreak of polio in Kabompo district. Kabompo District Medical Officer, Stephen Shajanika made the observation during a district planning meeting held in the districtcouncil chamber yesterday. Dr Shajanika said the cross border trade between people along theZambia-Angola border in chief [...]

The Ministry of Health (MOH) has advised people living with the HIV virus in the country to desist from taking alcohol and any other harmful drugs and ensure that they take their Anti retroviral (ARVs) drugs. The Ministry of Health Spokesperson Kamoto Mbewe said it was very unfortunate that there were some people who smoked [...]

Measles has broken out at Kasisi Children’s Home with one case recorded so far. Kasisi Children’s Home Sister in Charge Mariola Mierzejewska confirmed the development in an interview with ZANIS at Kasisi in Chongwe on Thursday. Sister Mierzejewska said the affected patient was a child who was out of danger and was responding well to [...]

Zambia yesterday joined the rest of the international community in commemorating the International Voluntary Counselling and Testing Day with activities in various parts of the country. In Kitwe, Mayor Steven Chipungu praised various stakeholders involved in the fight against HIV/AIDS for their support and care towards the people living with the virus. Mr Chipungu said [...]

Government has disclosed that the HIV/AIDS prevalence in the Country is still alarming. Health Minister Kapembwa Simbao said this to mark the Launch of the World Voluntary Counseling and Testing VCT Day which fall today on National Television last evening. Mr Simbao said estimates indicate that as of 2009 about 82,600 new HIV/AIDS related infections [...]