Health

Resident Doctors Association of Zambia (RDAZ) President Dr. Brian Sampa says it is wrong to subject people to a vaccine, against their will. Dr. Sampa says people have a right to choose what goes into their bodies. RDAZ President Dr. Brian...

Advocates for National Democracy and Development ANDD has cautioned the government against forcing and making it mandatory for people to get the COVID-19 vaccine. ANDD executive director Samuel Banda has since advised the UPND government to respect the bill of...

Lusaka Province Health Director Consity Mwale says the country recorded 2.9 million cases of malaria by April this year compared to 7.6 million cases which were recorded in 2020. Dr. Mwale said despite recording a significant reduction in malaria cases...

https://youtu.be/ZB2IrghOxDI Dr.Ayoade Alakija, the co-chair of the African Unions Vaccine Delivery Alliance has described the travel bans imposed on some Africa countries as discriminatory." Why are we locking away Africa? Nobody is locking away Belgium or Israel. This is discriminatory,...

The South African government says the UK's decision to place South Africa back on its Red List, is rushed. The decision followed the detection of a new COVID-19 variant in South Africa with a high number of mutations which has...

Minister of Health, Sylvia Masebo has called for consented efforts in the Southern Africa Region in addressing common health challenges in order to achieve the African Union (AU) agenda 2063. She said Ministers in the Southern Africa Regional...

The United States, through the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) facility, delivered 580,320 Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses to the people of Zambia. This is the first delivery of Pfizer vaccine doses to Zambia following four successful deliveries of...

A Study by the Zambia Association of Gynecologists and Obstetricians (ZAGO) has revealed that Zambia records a relatively high rate of unsafe abortions which stands at 7 per cent per annum. The study has also revealed that Copperbelt Province...

Kabwe Catholic Diocese Bishop, Clement Mulenga, has urged church members and priests to reflect and take the COVID 19 vaccinations seriously. Bishop Mulenga says the viral disease has emerged as a global threat to humanity adding that church members and...

The Copperbelt Provincial Health Office has expressed concern at the continued erratic water supply in many health centres across the province. Provincial Chief Environmental Officer, Christine Mulesu said during the Epidemic Preparedness committee meeting in Ndola that water supply in...