Health

President Mwanawasa has ordered the immediate issuance of a statutory instrument to curb the smuggling into the country of suspected  genetically modified agricultural products. Mr Mwanawasa has directed Minister of Science, Technology and Vocational Training, Peter Daka to issue the...

The Adventist Development Relief Agency (ADRA) of Chipata in Eastern province has requested the New Start Centre to provide mobile VCT services in Mambwe district following an outcry by residents. ADRA district coordinator Boniface Kalaswa disclosed that ADRA had already...

Some people living with the HIV/AIDS Virus in Mazabuka are reported to have stopped taking anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) in preference for herbal medicine being sold in private drug stores. District Aids Coordinating advisor, Pastor Kenan Ndhlovu disclosed this during a District...

About half a million children were born with HIV in Africa last year. According to a UN Report made available to ZANIS in Lusaka today, most of the children were destined to die before their second birthday despite the presence...

A Copperbelt based Non-Governmental Organization says the Environmental Council of Zambia, ECZ, can not prosecute or punish mining firms for polluting the environment due existing legal technicalities and barriers. The Citizen for a Better Environment, CBE, says unless certain clauses contained...

Government has released K1 billion for the upgrade of Isoka district hospital in Northern Province. Isoka district commissioner Henry Mukungule who confirmed the development in an interview with ZANIS in Isoka today, said the K1 Billion which is already...

ambia News and Information Services (ZANIS) in Mufulira district on the Coperbelt Province has kicked off campaign awareness on the Zambia Demographic and Health Survey (ZDHS) for 2007. The long awaited campaigns will take place in the selected wards of the...

Former Works and Supply Minister Ludwig Sondashi says he is determined to break through the international market with his herbal HIV/AIDS remedy the ''Sondashi Formula'' which he maintains can cure HIV/AIDS. The former cabinet minister disclosed that he has since...

The national Aids Council (NAC) is still open for every one who hopes to have their medical remedies tested in the AIDS cure clinical trials. Speaking in an interview with ZANIS today, NAC, Donor Coordinator and Public Relations Manager, Justin...

The ministry of health in Choma has challenged residents to take advantage of free services offered by government in treating tuberculosis, TB, patients. District director of health, Rhodah Mkandawire, said there is no need for patients to shun treatment because...