Dr Chilufya says of the total number of 48 people who have been affected by the disease since it broke out, only eight remain admitted in hospital. He says six people are admitted at Kanyama clinic while two others are at Chipata clinic.
Dr. Chilufya told ZNBC News that health workers are working tirelessly, distributing chlorine and disinfecting toilets in the affected areas. He is hopeful that his ministry will contain the disease.
Cholera broke out on 6th October, mainly affecting Mazyopa, Kabanana, Chipata and SOS village in Lusaka.
Meanwhile, Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary for administration Kennedy Malama says government is keen to improve the availability of and equitable distribution of trained personnel to all parts of the country.
Dr Malama says already government has improved the output of trained health workers from learning institutions and this has helped to mitigate the shortage of the health workforce.
Speaking yesterday during the graduation ceremony of the Kabwe school of nursing and Agape nursing school of registered and enrolled nurses and registered midwifes, Dr Malama said government has employed about eight thousand health workers this year.
He assured the graduands that government will employ them soon.
The Ministry of Health Permanent secretary also disclosed that government has established public health training programmes in all the ten provinces.
At the same occasion General Nursing Council of Zambia representative Beatrice Zulu encouraged the new graduants to serve the communities where they will be deployed with diligence.
Mrs Zulu said nursing is a noble profession that is about service of humanity.
Send the fire engines back and put the $42,000,000 into the health sector.
GET THE VENDORS OFF THE STREET SIR. DECONGEST THE BUS STOPS AND MARKETS. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE DRUGS IN EVERY CENTRE.
Eight thousand extra health workers and we are still in s##t. IMF wants us to show restraint and we employ more public servants, Jean the baptist wants to increase the minimum wages all are inflationary
Those eight thousand , ministere have the been paid……yet
Close chingwere dump site permanently . People around that place are not safe at all especially SOS village.
If you do not sort out the underlying causes of perennial cholera outbreaks in the country, you will continue to merely respond cosmetically, as is the case now. Then there will be further outbreaks. There is absolutely no political will to plan properly and invest in lasting proper sanitation