Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Health

Construction of 650 health posts on course for completion next year

CONSTRUCTION of the 650 health posts at a cost of over US$50 million across the country will be completed on schedule next year, Ministry...

Over 8,000 women screened for Cervical Cancer in Chipata

Over 8,000 women of sexually active age groups have been screened for cervical cancer at Chipata General Hospital since 2012. Chipata General Hospital Obstetrician Gynecologists...

Zambian Medical Association showing lack of leadership on testing Presidential candidates

Dear Editor, I write in reply to “Doctors welcome candidates’ enthusiasm to undergo tests” (The Post 05.01.15) on Zambian Medical Association (ZMA) President Dr Aaron...

Choma residents complain over garbage

SOME residents in Choma have expressed fear that uncollected heaps of garbage in the town centre and around townships could lead to the outbreak...

Re-instating fired nurses is a fluke – Nevers Mumba

Opposition MMD president, Nevers Mumba, says the reinstating of 570 health workers is a mere fluke. Dr Mumba says some of the fired nurses...

ZUNO welcomes nurses reinstatement, UPND questions the motives

The Zambia Union of Nurses Organisation (ZUNO) has welcomed government’s decision to unconditionally reinstate all the nurses, midwives and other health workers who were...

Government reinstates all fired nurses

Health Minister Joseph Kasonde has announced that Government has re-engaged all the nurses that were fired for staging an illegal strike in 2013. Dr Kasonde...

Over 5 million people have no access to clean water in Zambia

OVER 5,180,000 people in Zambia do not have access to clean water and 7,980,000 people have no access to clean sanitation. WaterAid country representative Fatoumata...