Occupational accidents, diseases on the increase
THE Workers Compensation Fund Control Board (WCFCB) has recorded an increase in the number of occupational accidents and diseases in some companies over the...
Lymphatic filariasis in Luangwa District
Past case reports and recent data from LF mapping surveys indicate that LF occurs in Zambia, but no studies have been carried out to...
Health sector reforms timely
GOOD health is an essential prerequisite for national development.
A healthy population is a force to reckon with in as far as productivity is concerned.
A...
Christine Kaseba to receive Health Frontline Heroes Award
FIRST Lady Christine Kaseba is today expected in South Africa to attend the 2013 GBCHealth Africa Regional Conference, at which she is expected to...
Government is committed to promoting and integrating palliative care
SOUTHERN Province Minister Daniel Munkombwe has said Government is committed to promoting and integrating palliative care in the health system.
Mr Munkombwe said there was...
Govt in search of qualified medical personnel
MINISTER of Health Joseph Kasonde says Government requires qualified laboratory and medical personnel to work in its upgraded and newly-built health facilities countrywide.
Dr Kasonde...
Inadequate ARV provision to mothers, infants irks Kaseba
FIRST Lady Christine Kaseba is saddened that while Government has done well in availing antiretroviral drugs to women during pregnancy, five out of every...
Keeping mothers and their babies healthy and alive not negotiable-Dr Kaseba
KEEPING mothers and their babies healthy and alive was not negotiable, First Lady Dr Christine Kaseba has said.
Officiating at the stakeholders’ Conference on ”...
You are not protected, CSAUZ tells striking Nurses and Midwives in Western Province
The Civil Servants and Alied Union of Zambia in Western Province has told striking nurses and midwives at Lewanika General Hospital in Western Province...