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Ban sale of skin-bleaching creams-PHPF
THE Public Health Partnership Forum (PHPF) has called on Government to ban the sale of skin-bleaching creams in the country, arguing that indiscriminate use...
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Treat HIV/AIDS as a national disaster- Sata
Patriotic Front (PF) leader Michael Sata has said there is need to take HIV/AIDS as a national disaster if the disease is...
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Government’s SMS System for HIV Test Results
HIV-positive Bupe Mwamba, 22, lies next to her newborn baby girl at the rural clinic she just gave birth in and wonders if her baby is HIV-positive too
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Cholera kills 12 in Zambia after floods
Cholera killed at least 12 people in Zambia's capital Lusaka after floods caused by torrential rains contaminated drinking water, a health ministry official said...
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Child heart specialists to arrive in Zambia
A team of Health specialists from the Mutima Project based in Christchurch, New Zealand will in September 2010 be in Zambia for three weeks...
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Mambilima Special school in water crisis
A critical shortage of water has hit Mambilima Special School in Mwense District, causing authorities to start hiring women from the village to fetch...
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We don’t allow mothers to take placentas home, clinic authorities
HEALTH authorities at Chipata Clinic in Lusaka have told Health Minister Kapembwa
that they have not allowed any mother to carry a placenta after delivering...
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The Exodus of Health Personnel
The Medical Retention Scheme may not be adequate to curb the exodus of health personnel. The provision for new vehicles, for example, is really not an incentive to individuals who are keen on securing jobs in developed countries where their services would fetch adequate salaries and allowances which would make it possible for them to buy vehicles on their own. And formal education (from Grade 1 through Grade 12) in such countries is generally free!
The Scheme, however, is likely to give incentive to those who wish to emigrate to other developing countries in search of higher incomes, a better standard of living and/or a less-hostile environment, among a host of other reasons.