Government has reaffirmed its commitment to fully decentralise the health sector in efforts of ensuring improved access to health services by the people.
Health Deputy Minister, Lwipa Puma, said government is also determined to explore new technologies that maximize production in the sector.
Dr Puma said this in a speech ready for him by Ministry of Health Director of Policy, Chrispin Sichone, during the launch of the BD FACSCount CD4 per cent unveiled by BD Bio-sciences Southern Africa at the Intercontinental hotel in Lusaka this evening.
He said government is confident of meeting the objectives of improved health service delivery through active involvement of the private sector.
He noted that by last year, an estimated 30.6 million people were living with HIV out of which about 2.6 million were children.
Dr Puma said government is concerned at the rising number of children living with the virus in the country.
The Deputy Minister regretted that most facilities in the country are only able to perform an absolute CD-4 Count and not the improved CD-4 per centage that is technologised.
He observed that access to CD-4 test and viral load testing has been a major challenge in the management of HIV/AIDS in Zambia.
Speaking earlier, BD Bio-sciences Southern Africa Business Manager Christina Kocovaos, disclosed that her organization will pump US$9 million in the management of HIV/AIDS in Zambia for the next five years.
Ms Kocovaos said her organization has so far trained 100 health personnel to administer drugs
Hmmmm….this boma z amazing.Why then did you abolish Central Board of Health?
DE DE DE-Centralisation …. #1.
TRASH
Good observations #s 1 & 2. Going in circles?