Health

One of India's leading private hospitals, KIMS, has offered free air tickets to the underprivileged patients in Zambia to be treated in India if a Memorandum of Understanding is signed with Government. KIMS Hospital Director Bollineni Abhinay says the MOU should further lead to...

President Edgar Lungu has today commissioned phase II of the Ultra-Modern Central warehouse of the Medical Stores Limited. The warehouse which has been put up at a total cost of over 15 million United States dollars will increase the storage capacity for the Medical Stores...

Over 17, 000 girls have received the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) in Chongwe, Kafue and Lusaka districts. The Ministry of Health says the 17, 600 girls vaccinated so far is a work in progress towards the targeted number of 50, 000 girls. The Ministry of Health...

A breast cancer expert has warned that increased tobacco and alcohol intake is fueling breast cancer cases among women in the country. Pelham Hazeley said that breast cancer cases are on the increase and attributed this to substance abuse and unhealthy lifestyles. Dr. Hazeley who is...

Over 17, 000 girls have received the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) in Chongwe, Kafue and Lusaka districts. The Ministry of Health says the 17, 600 girls vaccinated so far is a work in progress towards the targeted number of 50, 000 girls. The Ministry of Health...

Drinking large amounts of fruit juice may raise your risk of cancer, according to a big study which has found a link between the regular consumption of all kinds of sugary drinks and the likelihood of developing the disease. The study, carried out in France,...

The Non-Governmental and Gender Organisation Coordinating Council (NGOCC) in Luapula Province have introduced Anti Marriage Clubs in all the schools located within the chiefdoms they operate from. Project Officer Patricia Lwaile discloses that the clubs are not only for girls who were withdrawn from...

The Foot and Mouth disease which was confirmed at farm A and D in Musenge area of Chingola district on the Copperbelt province has been confined to the same farm, due to the strict quarantine measures that have been put in place by the...

The Zambia Institute of Environmental Health has recommended that the Food Safety Bill be taken back for submissions as it evidently shows that adequate consultations were not done. Institute President Kennedy Chishimba said most of his members were not consulted adequately in the formulation of...

The Zambia Civil Society Scaling Up Nutrition Alliance says the Food Safety Bill presented to Parliament by Minister of Health Dr. Chitalu Chilufya does not provide a conducive environment for the private sector to promote food safety. Appearing before the Parliamentary Committee on Health, Mathews...

Seasoned Banker James Kapesa has been appointed as Director General of the newly constituted National Health Insurance Management Authority. The Authority will be responsible for the day today management of the K1.2 billion per year Health Insurance Fund which the Zambian government hopes will drive...

Minister of Health Chitalu Chilufya says intensified public health surveillance systems at the borders, in the wake of the Ebola and measles outbreak in the neighboring DRC, is the sure way to avoid the spread of the diseases to Zambia. Speaking to health workers during...

The Zambia Civil Society Scaling Up Nutrition Alliance says 17,000 children will continue to die in Zambia annually if nutrition is not made a priority by those in Authority. Mathews Mhuru, the Alliance Country Coordinator has observed that currently, efforts by government to end malnutrition...

  The marketeers at a little market in Kalaba area of Kaputa met with fortune when they sold their goods as well as doubled their capital in under 15 minutes after going for several days without any significant sales. This was when the Health Minister Dr....

There has been an increase in chronic diseases or non-communicable diseases (NCD) in Zambia over the recent years that include Cardiovascular disease, Hypertension, Diabetes mellitus (Type II), Cancers, Chronic respiratory diseases, epilepsy among others (Annual bulletin ministry of health Zambia 2012). Non-communicable diseases or...