China Steps In to Boost Zambia’s Health Sector
LUSAKA – May 23, 2025 Zambia has entered a new phase of healthcare diplomacy as China pledges deeper collaboration to help the nation strengthen its health systems, especially in the wake of reduced Western donor support. A delegation from Sichuan Province, led by senior medical experts, arrived in Lusaka to explore traditional and modern healthcare integration strategies.
Minister of Health Dr. Joseph Katema Muchima welcomed the Chinese delegation and commended the long-standing Zambia-China friendship. He emphasized the country’s openness to new approaches that can strengthen primary healthcare and reduce reliance on imported pharmaceuticals.
“We are open to learning how to incorporate Chinese medicine into our health system to reduce the disease burden and improve pharmaceutical supply chains,” said Dr. Muchima.
The visit comes after the withdrawal of major foreign health funding, including HIV/AIDS support under PEPFAR. China’s move signals a shift in global health partnerships toward more South-South cooperation.
During the meetings, Chinese health officials proposed collaborative efforts on herbal medicine research, local production of essential drugs, and infrastructure upgrades in underserved districts. The Ministry confirmed that exchanges with medical universities in China are planned to help upgrade the skills of Zambian professionals.
Traditional leaders and local medical practitioners also voiced support, urging the government to expand community health models that combine indigenous knowledge with modern science.
The Ministry of Health and the Chinese Embassy have committed to drafting a formal cooperation framework in the coming months.
Keep your guards up; there’s nothing like a free lunch.
No wonder we remain poor…always hoping for someone to step in….like seriously….60 years after independence we can’t sustain ourselves….and yet we claim to be ” a sovereign country “…..and remember Chinese will never give you anything for free….
But this is what the opposition wanted…to go the Great Wall route. Now people are talking again. Zambians what exactly do you want? This is the reason I say Zambia has no collective vision for development. People are not yet at the mindset level for development. You can see this by the way they behave in public, throwing plastic all over, urinating on fences, disobeying traffic rules, drunken pedestrians. It’s all chaos. Looking at such behaviour can one say such people are ready for development?
Throwing garbage all over…urinating everywhere….pooping in plastic bags and Throwing feces on the streets and yes lets wait for the Chinese to come and do the cleaning for us….lets wait for the west to come and feed us….lets wait for the wait for the west to come and take care of our health since we’re a very ” SPECIAL BREED”…
Is it only me…don’t you think the Minister of Health sounds like he has some serious mental illness….
And corruption is only good if its done by a white man….stealing is only good if its done by a white man….The West are the master corruption enablers…they make corrupt deals with our leaders and they turn around and call our leaders “corrupt”….they come and steal our natural resources with the help of our so called corrupt leaders…and they turn around and call our leaders ” thieves..AFRICA PLEASE WAKE UP