Thursday, May 15, 2025

Health

Copperbelt on polio alert

Health authorities in Ndola and other parts of the Copperbelt have placed the province on polio alert following an outbreak of the disease in...

Deceased’s relatives accuse Health Professionals Council of protecting Dr Francis Manda

THE family of a patient whose death is believed to have been caused by a medical doctor who operated on him, has accused the...

Government supports maternal, child healthcare

THE Government has said it will continue supporting all efforts aimed at promoting maternal and child healthcare because of its determination to meet millennium...

Mobile clinics getting adequate funding, says CB doc

COPPERBELT Province mobile hospital coordinator Alex Makupe has said the unit has continued recording successes in healthcare provision because the Government is providing adequate...

PCAZ to ease chronic pain in Zambia with Morphine

One cold night in Lusaka, 12-year-old Lisa Banda struggled desperately to sit up in her bed in University Teaching Hospital (UTH)’s Haematoncology Ward. Frail...

World leaders calls for timely production of ARVs

World leaders who recently gathered for the United Nations (UN) high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS in New York, United States of America (USA) have called...

India’s specialist hospital eyes Zambia

ONE of India’s leading super specialist hospitals has expressed interest to set up a branch in Zambia and tailor-make exchange programmes in different medical...

State launches new ARV cocktails

THE Ministry of Health has launched new fixed drug combinations (FDCs) for the treatment of HIV and AIDS. Minister of Health Kapembwa Simbao said at...