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Percentage of HIV prevalence higher in women than men – Ministry of Health
The Ministry of Health has stated that about 76 percent of people living with HIV/AIDS are on Anti-Retroviral (ARV) treatment.
The Ministry has also disclosed...
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High maternal mortality cases in the country worry President Lungu
President Edgar Lungu has raised concerns over maternal mortality rates in the country.
President Lungu says maternal mortality issues in the country must be addressed...
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North Western province records 84% treatment of 2018 TB cases
North Western Province successfully treated 84 percent of tuberculosis (TB) patients in 2018.
Provincial Permanent Secretary, Willies Mangimela said out of the 1,345 TB patients...
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Measles outbreak kills 43 children
Forty-three children have died from suspected measles in Chief Chiundaponde’s area in Kanchibiya constituency of Lavushimanda district in Muchinga Province.
Both Muchinga Province...
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Ministry of Health is concerned that Zambia is still grappling with Tuberculosis
The Ministry of Health is concerned that Zambia is still grappling with Tuberculosis when the country has enough TB drugs and equipment to detect...
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Stringent measures will be put in place to ensure that no expired drugs are supplied into Zambia, Health Minister
Government has announced that stringent measures will be put in place to ensure that no expired drugs are supplied into the country.
Minister of Health...
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Ndola Teaching Hospital conducts milestone operation on patient who could not eat or swallow saliva for the past three years
Ndola Ndola Teaching Hospital has hit another milestone after successfully performing a surgical procedure known as Transhiatal esophagectomy for the first time in Zambia.
Hospital...
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Woman deliveres a set of conjoined twins who are sharing a heart and liver
A woman of Kabwe in Central Province has delivered a set of conjoined twins who are sharing a heart and liver.
The twins born on...