Health

A team of Health specialists from the Mutima Project based in Christchurch, New Zealand will in September 2010 be in Zambia for three weeks...

A critical shortage of water has hit Mambilima Special School in Mwense District, causing authorities to start hiring women from the village to fetch...

HEALTH authorities at Chipata Clinic in Lusaka have told Health Minister Kapembwa that they have not allowed any mother to carry a placenta after delivering...

The Medical Retention Scheme may not be adequate to curb the exodus of health personnel. The provision for new vehicles, for example, is really not an incentive to individuals who are keen on securing jobs in developed countries where their services would fetch adequate salaries and allowances which would make it possible for them to buy vehicles on their own. And formal education (from Grade 1 through Grade 12) in such countries is generally free! The Scheme, however, is likely to give incentive to those who wish to emigrate to other developing countries in search of higher incomes, a better standard of living and/or a less-hostile environment, among a host of other reasons.

Zambia's government is planning to open a new higher learning institution for training doctors as part of efforts to fight the brain drain. Deputy...

Parity Zulu, 17, constantly recited a Biblical verse asking God for protection from her persecutors while her mother ferried her to hospital following complications...

The Ministry of Health Spokesperson Dr. Kamoto Mbewe has revealed that 86 new cholera cases have been recorded in Lusaka province. Dr. Mbewe said ...

The University Teaching Hospital (UTH) has recorded an increase in the number of road traffic accidents compared to the previous week. Public Relations Manager Pauline...