Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Health

Turning Mosquito Nets into wedding dress laces, chicken run fences and fishing nets worry government

GOVERNMENT has expressed concern at the increasing number of people misusing Insecticide Treated Mosquito Nets (ITNs) by turning them into wedding dress laces, materials...

National Aids Council bemoans the low usage of condoms among Zambians

THE National Aids Council (NAC) has bemoaned the low usage of condoms especially the female condoms among Zambians. NAC Civil Society Coordinator Scrivener Kambikambi said...

Government launches the single dosage Antiretroviral Treatment

GOVERNMENT has launched the single dosage Antiretroviral Treatment (ART) which will help increase eligibility of children and adults to be put on the life...

SACCORD counsels Government on terminal benefits for dismissed nurses

Government has been commended for its commitment of ensuring that the nurses that were dismissed last year after staging an illegal strike get their...

Novartis and Malaria No More provide two million antimalarial treatments to children in Zambia

Novartis announced today that two million treatments of its pediatric antimalarial are arriving in Zambia thanks to the ongoing efforts of the company in...

CSAWU to continue begging Government for unconditional re-instatement of Nurses

Civil Servants and Allied Workers Union of zambia president Chiyobe Davy says the union has continued to engage government in bid to have the...

HPV Vaccines May Be Less Effective for Black Women: Study

Black women may get less protection than whites from the vaccines recommended for preventing human papillomavirus (HPV), which causes cervical cancer, a new study...

Kasama General hospital management appeals to government to speed up its upgrade

Kasama General Hospital management has appealed to government to speed up its upgrading to a tertiary level hospital following the commencement of its modernisation. ...