The Minister of Health Dr. Chitalu Chilufya has dissolved the board of the National HIV/AIDS/STI/TB Council in line with provisions of Section 5 of the National Council Act NO. 10 of 2002. Dr Chilufya says this has been done with Government efforts in repositioning the National AIDS Council. He says this is in order to […]
Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya has disclosed that a bill which will compel Nurses to prescribe drugs and medicines for patients is set to be enacted. Dr. Chilufya says this is in line with government’s commitment to fight HIV. He says nurses have in the recent past been incapacitated in the prescription of drugs for patients […]
Alfred Ndhlovu wonders why HIV and AIDS expert Nkandu Luo did not advise President Edgar Lungu accordingly on Mandatory Testing and Counseling for HIV, a very sensitive issue that has raised controversy in the country. Ndhlovu, a former Deputy Minister said in an interview that professor Nkandu Luo and Health Minister […]
Government has dismissed media reports that there is a shortage of Antiretroviral drugs (ARVs)in Muchinga Province. There were reports that ARVs, the life saving drugs have run out in Muchinga Province. When contacted for a comment, Ministry of Health (MoH) spokesperson Maximilian Bweupe said the ARVs are available in the Province. Dr Bweupe […]
ALTHOUGH most Zambians have embraced family planning to ensure healthy and manageable families, it is not yet time to celebrate. Most women, especially in rural areas, lack a voice to confront their husbands and convince them to allow them to take up family planning methods. This is a reality in the life of Justina Bwalya, […]
Cosmo Mumba says he welcomes Mandatory Testing and Counseling and Treatment for HIV but cautions Zambians against relaying on Antiretroviral (ARVs) drugs once found positive. Mumba, leader of National Revolution Party(NGP) said Zambians should be wary of new intervention introduced by Western Nations, whom he said do not mean well to the black society. […]
Canisius Banda is pleased with Government’s new approach in the fight against AIDS, following the declaration of Mandatory Testing Counseling and Treatment for HIV. President Lungu recently announced that Voluntary Counseling and Testing(VCT) has been scrapped off, the move that has been received with a pinch of salt by some section of society. But Dr […]
Health Minister Chilufya caused jeers when he jokingly told the gathering that attended the donation of mosquito nets by Toyota Zambia at Ndeke House(Ministry of Health) to proceed to the booth to take HIV mandatory tests before having the prepared snacks. Meanwhile, Journalists have asked Dr Chilufya not to be moving with a horde […]
The Ministry of Water Development, Sanitation and Environmental Protection, the Department for International Development (DFID) and Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP) have partnered in putting up 15 water kiosks and 14 communal taps through the Misisi Water Supply Improvement Project. The project has taken close to a year to be completed. People […]
President Edgar Lungu is not God to be dictating people’s private lives, United Party for National Development(UPND) Secretary General Steven Katuka has charged. Reacting to President Lungu’s move to declare Mandatory Testing, Counselling and Treatment for HIV, Katuka said President Lungu should not act like God who said let there be light and […]