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Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Health

Medical drugs run out in Mazabuka

Chikankata hospital in Mazabuka has been hit by a shortage of medical drugs. Area Member of Parliament, Munji Habeenzu disclosed this to ZANIS in Mazabuka...

ZRCS cleans Old Soweto market

The Zambia Redcross Society General Secretary, Charles Mushitu says Soweto Market is a strategic market which requires high standards of hygeine to be...

Cannabis ‘disrupts brain centre’

Scientists have shown how cannabis may trigger psychotic illnesses such as schizophrenia. A King's College London team gave healthy volunteers the active ingredient tetrahydrocannabinol...

Zambia Sugars embarks on construction project at Mazabuka hospital

The Zambia Sugar Company PLC has embarked on the construction of new surgical wards and water reticulation system at Mazabuka District Hopsital. Zambia Sugar company...

Veep hails Prof Nkanza

Vice-President, Rupiah Banda, has hailed a private health practitioner for setting up a laboratory in Lusaka saying this would cut costs for patients travelling...

Levy directs Minister of Science to curb GMO imports

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...

New Start Center urged to provide mobile VCT services

The Adventist Development Relief Agency (ADRA) of Chipata in Eastern province has requested the New Start Centre to provide mobile VCT services in Mambwe...

HIV patients in Mazabuka abandon ARVs

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...