The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) has released over US$ 1 million to the Ministry of Health to support implementation of enhanced equal access to malaria services.
Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary for Administration Collins Simoonga said government has received US$ 1,158,000 through the regional grant to support implementation of malaria activities in 14 border districts of Western and Southern Provinces.
 Prof. Simoonga said the SADC Secretariat wants Zambia to use the money to fight malaria in the two neighboring provinces along border areas.
The permanent secretary said that the National Malaria Elimination Programme will use the money to support implementation of the Malaria matchbox in border towns of Zambia and Namibia as part of an approach to improve access to malaria services by underserved populations.
Prof. Simoonga said according to SADC findings, migrant and mobile populations are usually disconnected from health services, malaria surveillance and prevention services.
The Permanent Secretary is optimistic that the funds will be put to good use and help increase access to prompt malaria diagnosis and treatment among the mobile and migrant populations.
Prof. Simoonga was speaking in Livingstone when he officially opened a workshop for Malaria focal point persons drawn from Siavonga, Chirundu, Sesheke and Livingstone Districts.
The workshop aims at drawing action plans on how the Districts will be able to use the funding in coming up with malaria prevention plans such as community engagement and use of community radio stations among other activities.
Gold smugglers headed by the Supreme leader Ayatollah Hakainde Hichilema have more money than SADC…..and by the way what happened to the “Jonathan Matawari” story…people can lie..they said they had all the evidence that Lungu was not Edgar….and before that we had Fredrick Chiluba story…some guy came from nowhere and made false claims about Chiluba not being Zambian…and now with social media morons are just creating fake stories….most don’t even make sense just like the Kalaba Story…looks like now its all about attention seeking
2H made up all the fake stories during his campaigns and those who know saw how he thanked those foreign media houses who spearheaded his propaganda machine. This thing will come back to bite him big time.
Kickbacks for interfering in Zimbabwe. These ones can offer you to the highest bidder.
And you keep saying its toothless. $1 million just like that.
@ Future Zed
HH has no shame when it comes to kickbacks now the entire State House has been reduced to a den of Bandits….of all Zambians he sent the known crook and failed Politician Nevers Mumba and whatever Nevers Mumba is saying about the Zimbabwe elections is definitely coming from HH…HH IS READY TO AUCTION ZAMBIA TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER