Health

Over 75% of the oncologists polled said that if they had cancer they would never use the same chemotherapy they prescribe for their patients...

CHOLERA has broken out in Mpulungu in Northern Province.Northern Province permanent secretary Emmanuel Mwamba said in a statement issued in Kitwe yesterday that Mpulungu...

MORE than 60 medical experts comprising doctors and nurses from Cuba are expected to arrive in Zambia soon, out-going Cuban Ambassador to Zambia Carmelina...

A 39-year-old Chirundu cancer patient, Matthews Nambekwa, has been evacuated to the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) for specialist treatment. Mr. Nambekwa has a rare malignant...

Local Government Minister, Nkandu Luo, says she is saddened by the escalating outbreaks of epidemics in the country as a result of poor sanitation. Speaking...

Shangómbo is one of the most popular districts in Western Province and the country as a whole, although this popularity is synonymous with under-development...

Often we hear of the politicians, the privileged being flown to South Africa for treatment for review and for all sorts of treatment. Were do our old and vulnerable people go? Are the people flown out more human than those left behind? Does it always work when we are flown to South Africa? Most come back in a casket at colossal sums of Tax Payers money. What greed! For how long are we going to continue with this barbaric uncaring behaviour? We need services close to ourselves and not taking chances with life.To illustrate this I have thought of looking at the plight of the elderly as they are the most vulnerable.

Government says it does not want to see any woman die as a result of unsafe abortion, when the law provides for safe abortion...