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The Bank of Zambia has embarked on the disbursement of COVID – 19 funds to business entities impacted negatively by the pandemic through commercial banks and other financial institutions.Bank of Zambia Governor Christopher Mvunga disclosed in Ndola yesterday when he paid a courtesy call on Copperbelt Permanent Secretary Bright Nundwe.Mr Mvunga explained that the Central […]
RABIES has broken out in Nakonde District in Muchinga Province.Nakonde District veterinary officer Humphrey Banda confirmed to the Zambia News and Information Services (ZANIS) yes-terday.Dr Banda said the declaration is in accordance with the provision of section 12 and 13 of the animal Health Act No 27 of 2010 of the laws of Zambia.The veterinary […]
PRIORITY to conjugal duties is making some mothers in polygamous marriages to abstain from attending to outreach child health care services for growth monitoring in Katete District.This is according to a Plan International Zambia report presented to the District Nutrition Coordinating Committee (DNCC) yesterday.The report, which highlights the organisation’s third quarter nutrition activities in Katete, […]
NEWS Of Fourth Republican President Rupiah Banda undergoing colon cancer treatment has once again raised the importance of cancer screening.It has been said that discovering cancer in the early stages leads to better treatment outcomes.The former President had seen cancer take his first wife and his current wife survived cancer in the recent past.The journey […]
Twin girls who were born joined at the head, and separated last year by a team at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, have returned home to Pakistan.Safa and Marwa Bibi underwent three major operations, spending more than 50 hours in theatre.Their mother, Zainab Bibi, told the BBC she was delighted to be taking them […]
SANFROSSA MANYINDA writes@SunZambianNDOLA has recorded close to 40,000 diarrhea cases from January to September this year.According to the Ndola City Council, this could be indirectly attributed to poor hand hygiene in the Copperbelt city.Ndola Mayor, Amon Chisenga, said the city recorded 39,515 cases, out of which 9,428 were children below the age of five.“These figures […]
SIMON MUNTEMBA Writes@SunZambianFOURTH republican President, Rupiah Banda has been diagnosed with cancer of the colon and has asked Zambians to remember him in prayers.Mr Banda made the announcement through deputy administrative officer in the office of the fourth President Mr. Chibeza Mfune.In a statement issued by Mr Mfune, Mr Banda said he was been diagnosed […]
IT is alarming to hear that over 1,000 girls get pregnant every year in North Western province and that of the 27,168 tested for HIV over 1,395 tested positive.According to the National AIDS Council (NAC) in North-Western Province has disclosed that over one thousand school girls fall pregnant every year in the region which shows […]
Lusaka Provincial Health Director Consity Mwale, says Lusaka province has recorded reduced malaria incidence rate of 21 cases per 1000 people in 2020 from 30 cases per 1000 people in 2019.Dr. Mwale states that Lusaka, Kafue, Chilanga, Chongwe and Chirundu districts have been recording lower malaria incidence rates of all ages from 1-49 cases for […]
THE world commemorated Mental Health Day yesterday under theme is “Mental Health for All: Greater Investment – Greater Access” in a time when this issue is gaining prominence.In a recent Covid-19 update by the Ministry of Health, Dr Chitalu Chilufya noted that Covid-19 has negatively impacted mental health due to the increased number of people […]
