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Ndola hospital sued for negligence
A NDOLA man has sued Ndola Central Hospital (NCH) and the attorney general for compensation and damages caused by the alleged negligence caused by...
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Zambia’s health care system not crippled,
THE Public Health Partnership Forum (PHPF) has disputed allegations by some quarters of society that the health care system in Zambia is crippled.
And PHPF...
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Many poor nations cut back on their own health spending after they get funding from wealthy donor nations.
For every dollar in health aid received, governments in the developing world on average shifted between 43 cents and $1.14 from their own health budgets into other priorities, says an analysis published Friday in the medical journal The Lancet and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Seattle researchers have quantified what has long been an open secret about international aid: Many poor nations cut back on their own health spending after they get funding from wealthy donor nations.
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350 heart patients await treatment abroad
About 350 heart disease patients are awaiting government's approval for them to be flown out of the country for cardiac surgery.
Dr. Emmanuel Makasa...
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Ban sale of skin-bleaching creams-PHPF
THE Public Health Partnership Forum (PHPF) has called on Government to ban the sale of skin-bleaching creams in the country, arguing that indiscriminate use...
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Treat HIV/AIDS as a national disaster- Sata
Patriotic Front (PF) leader Michael Sata has said there is need to take HIV/AIDS as a national disaster if the disease is...
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Government’s SMS System for HIV Test Results
HIV-positive Bupe Mwamba, 22, lies next to her newborn baby girl at the rural clinic she just gave birth in and wonders if her baby is HIV-positive too
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Cholera kills 12 in Zambia after floods
Cholera killed at least 12 people in Zambia's capital Lusaka after floods caused by torrential rains contaminated drinking water, a health ministry official said...