The Swedish government has released about 400 million Sweden Kroners (sek), which amounts to US$47.3 million, meant to improve the health sector in Zambia.
The money will be directed to projects which will help reduce mortality rates among mothers and babies, as well as reproductive health challenges in the country.According to the agreement with the Swedish government, Zambia will first receive an initial 69 million Kroners for a programme that will run for about four years.
The programme will start this year up to 2019 and it will focus on reproductive, maternal, neo-natal, child and adolescent health.
This is contained in a statement released to ZANIS in Lusaka today by the Zambian Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden.
The release of this money signifies the end of the Swedish government’s six year-long health aid freeze to Zambia after some concerns were raised by Sweden regarding the financial misapplication, which has since been changed and revived.
The Swedish government has however hoped that under the leadership of President Edgar Lungu, the aid will go towards saving infants and mothers as intended by the donor country.
The assistance from the Swedish government is being extended to Zambia jointly with the department for international development DFID, the development arm of the United Kingdom following President Lungu’s popular poll on 20th January, 2015.
Please put this money to good use! People here pay so much tax!
That’s one of the main reasons I left Zed, misappropriation of any FUNDS in the form of TULYEMO. Humans need to realize that you achieve and you put you brain together and work hard.
welcome back but zambian people should learn from assistance and to develop own system
Welcome back True More efforts will be needed to help the Healthy Sector Realise its potential in Soft ad Hard areas of medical health management and pharm medical machinery equipment including learning centres and diplomatic medical service attention growing this sector and adding some savings and working with others to refer and receive that specialised incidences
Attracting quality in healthy manu in aspen fizzer and others to come and tap in the Zambian natural resources like the ”formulas”” will also help diversify and make a living for Zambia
@JonathanMhango; I really want to know what you possibly could have smoked because I have no freaking clue of what you are trying to say.
I knew they would come back. They can never go away forever, they need Africa.
You simply do not discriminate but support all investments taking advantage and opportunities offered by those who have created specific expertise in those particular sector and embrace all who have capital to ensure a robust mix of capital avoiding shocks certain and particular in one regional block helping Sub Sahara develop its potential in all sectors supporting developed markets to see the value in developed Africa that wins for all and reduces the externality
Embrace capital from all Blocks and Regions including that expertise to impact and create capacity to grow as opposed from traditional ones and areas
Anthony Mukwita propaganda at its best in the last sentence.
50 years and we still feel happy to be getting donated hand outs – Shame on us. When shall Zambia start donating to poor countries like Ukraine, Romania, Greece etc.
Its better you tackle the topic and avoid exposing ignorance on understanding of Zambia’s Health sector as it relates to the fortunes of Zambia I will give you a free commentaries and some ideas here to think about and hope you see your blindness or ignorance on the sectorial performance in healthy Zambia I will not respond on your character or try to injure you
You need a firm guarantee red innovative and well-structured health sector in private and public sector with solutions cutting across diverse range of sectors from single paramedic to a full spectrum of health solutions unlike the current fragmented structure my friend
Can we say we are content with the performance in development in pharm and medical services such as
? Indigenous, Rural & Remote Health
? Government Health Programs
? Emergency Health
? Aero-Medical Evacuation (AME)
? Primary Healthcare
? Environmental & Public Health
? Occupational Health
? Deployable Mobile Hospitals
? Dental Health
? Training
? Project Outcomes
You add to the list see performance of healthy sector to GDP and then narrow on each and get the total sector as components and see the growth over the periods whether in savings or FDI and see in private and public
We need resident investments in healthy not aid denominated to ensure sustainable and growth to exploit the good…
Those who thought about infrastructure development in health made a good initiative for which to build on the various health services and capacity
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We do not even have any presence amongst many countries in these world class medical operates yet we consume much of theirs amongst countries in operations
To grow the sector you attract the above in health established and researched