Saturday, November 2, 2024

Health

Oral polio vaccinations gets favorable response and support from the public

Lusaka Province Health Director Consity Mwale has thanked residents for responding well to the oral polio vaccination program which is targeting children under the...

Declare the shortage of medical drugs in Zambia a health emergency, HH told

Opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) President Kasonde Mwenda has written to President Hakainde Hichilema advising him to declare the shortage of medical drugs in...

TB remains disease of public health concern-Masebo

Minister of Health, Sylvia Masebo, says Zambia has made tremendous progress in the response to the tuberculosis (TB) epidemic in the past two decades. Ms....

Government targets to vaccinate 3.5 million children against polio

Zambia intends to vaccinate 3.5 Million under-five children in the polio vaccination exercise which has been launched following a report of the disease in...

Government launches first round of polio vaccination

The government today through the Ministry of Health launched the first round of the Polio vaccination campaign in Lusaka's Chawama Township aimed at boosting...

Tuberculosis still a health concern-Kasonka

The Ministry of Health says that Tuberculosis (TB) has remained to be one of the top ten diseases that causes deaths globally. Ministry of Health...

Muslims, Christians and Bahai join efforts in campaign to eliminate malaria in Zambia

Muslims, Christians and Bahai have joined efforts in a multi-sectorial campaign aimed at eliminating malaria in Zambia. It is a rare moment where religious groupings...

Ndola Teaching Hospital to have own oxygen generation plant

Ndola Teaching Hospital (NTH) management says it has accelerated its plans to set up an Oxygen generation plant installed at the...