Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Health

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...

HIV prevalence rate still worrying-Prof. Chomba

Government says Zambia's HIV prevalence rate of 14.3 percent is among the highest in the world. Ministry of Community Development, Mother and Child Health...

Government confident of attaining HIV free nation status

Government is confident that HIV transmission will continue to decrease across the country and achieve the HIV free nation status. Speaking during the honoring of...