Thursday, March 28, 2024

Health

Health authorities happy with public response to cholera oral vaccine

The Ministry of Health has disclosed that the introduction of the consumption of the oral vaccine in cholera affected areas has received positive results...

Zambia safe from yellow fever

Government says Zambia is not threatened by the reported massive outbreak of yellow fever in the neighbouring Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Ministry...

Ministry of Health says Cholera outbreak is not a national disaster

Government says it cannot declare the Cholera outbreak in the country a national disaster. ZANIS reports that the Ministry of Health said the high...

Seven key political parties pledge to fight malnutrition

Seven political parties that attended a recent workshop organised by the Civil Society Scaling up Nutrition (CSO-SUN) have pledged to fight malnutrition in Zambia. Officials from...

Meningitis cases increase at St Theresa Girls’ Secondary School

The reported cases of meningitis at St Theresa Girls’ Secondary School in Kasama District of Northern Province has hit 21 with a Catholic nun...

Eat more fish, CSO-SUN prods Zambians

The Zambia Civil Society Scaling up Nutrition Alliance has advised Zambians to develop interest in the consumption of fish in order to improve their...

Government spends over $1 million on medical evacuations

Government spent more than one million United States dollars last year to send citizens abroad for specialized treatment. Speaking during the official opening of Forest...

There is no Oxygen Crisis at UTH- Mwenya Mulenga

The University Teaching Hospital (UTH) has dismissed reports suggesting that there is an oxygen crisis at the institution following the switching off of the...