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Social Health Insurance in Zambia: Getting the bolt and nut right with Health Economics
According to the WHO, Universal Health Coverage (UHC) means everyone in the country can use the promotive, preventive, rehabilitative and palliative health services they...
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Minister of Health summons Nursing Council over nullification of exam for student nurses
Minister of Health Chitalu Chilufya has summoned the General Nursing Council (GNC) Management for a meeting tomorrow over the nullification of the 2017 final...
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33, 678 children targeted in the forthcoming child health week in Kabwe District
33, 678 children are expected to receive various primary health care services in Kabwe, Central Province during the forthcoming child health week.
District...
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Government saddened with high infant, neonatal and under-five mortality rate in Zambia
Government says it is saddened at the country’s high infant, neonatal and under five mortality rates that currently stood at 70,34 and 119 per...
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Medicines expiry date and tips on medicine storage at home
Do you know where you are supposed to store your medicines at home?
You probably know that you should be keeping them up and away...
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Standardised pricing for health care needed to prevent patients’ exploitation by private sector
The Health Professions Council of Zambia (HPCZ) has called for the introduction of minimum standardised pricing of Health care services.
Council Registrar and Chief Executive...
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Diabetes -Zambian perspective
When the late FTJ introduced a liberalised economy in Zambia under donor influence,little did we know the impact it would have on our waist...
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Why is diabetes rising when it is preventable
Developing Type 2 diabetes is like getting dumped in a relationship (or a Coke machine falling over, as Jerry Seinfield once said about break-ups...