MAYOR EXTOLS LUSAKA PHO
Lusaka City Mayor Her Worship Ms. Chilando Chitangala has applauded the Lusaka Provincial Health Office (PHO) for holding the Keep Zambia Clean Green and Health Campaigns in hospitals in the…
HPCZ NODS CONVICTION OF GRADE 11 ‘HEALTH PRACTITIONER’
The Health Professions Council of Zambia (HPCZ) has welcomed the recent conviction and sentencing of Reuben Mumba, a Grade 11 school dropout of Mpulungu District in Northern Province who was…
PEOPLE HAVE AN OPTION TO EITHER GET VACCINATED OR NOT – MASEBO
Health Minister Sylvia Masebo says people have an option to either get vaccinated or not. She says Government will NOT take the right of citizens away but that it has…
HPCZ MAINTAINS STANCE ON REGULATION OF GYMS AND SPAS, AS PHYSIOTHERAPISTS CRY FOR RECRUITMENT
The Health Professions Council of Zambia (HPCZ) has maintained that there is need to regulate the business and professional conduct in the running of gymnasia (Gyms) and Spas to ensure…
UNSAFE ABORTION STILL MAJOR CHALLENGE DESPITE EXISTING LIBERAL LAW
Unsafe abortion is recognized as a problem of significant public health, ranked among the top five causes of maternal death in Zambia. The Zambia Association Of Gynecologists & Obstetricians (ZAGO),…
MANYINGA TARGETS OVER 12,000 STRUCTURES FOR INDOOR RESIDUE SPRAY
About 12,410 structures have been targeted for spraying in the ongoing Indoor Residue Spray (IRS) in Manyinga District. The exercise which commenced last week will be conducted in a period…
CCPC RECALL BATCHES OF APPLETISER DRINKS
The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has received a cautionary notice from the COMESA Competition Commission (CCC) informing the general public to avoid the purchase and consumption of some…
HPCZ REGRETS VIOLENT ACTS AT KALENE MISSION HOSPITAL
The Health Professions Council of Zambia (HPCZ) has expressed concern at recent reports of verbal and physical violence involving healthcare service beneficiaries and health practitioners at Kalene Mission Hospital in…
MINISTRY OF HEALTH IS INVESTIGATING SUSPECTED CHOLERA CASES MPULUNGU
THE Ministry of Health says it is investigating suspected cholera cases in Kababemba village of Mitembo zone, 36km west of Nsumbu rural health Center in Mpulungu District. Health Minister Sylvia…
BROTHERS ASSAULT DOCTOR FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF THEIR SIBLING
Police in Ikelenge district have arrested two brothers for allegedly assaulting a medical doctor of Kalene Mission Hospital. North Western Province Deputy Commissioner of Police Dr. Fred Mulenga confirmed the…