RESIDENT Doctors Association of Zambia (RDAZ) president Mweushi Mphande says NHIMA is unsustainable in its current form because there is no way the small formal sector of about three million people can support over 18 million citizens. In a statement, Tuesday, Mphande suggested that NHIMA contributions should instead be drawn from VAT so that whenever someone pays for any goods or service, they will also be paying for their health care. “As medical practitioners, we are managers of Human life. A title that comes with a front row seat in realising the dynamics of the current state of our population, because we treat not only lab results and imaging but human beings as a whole. We are the first to...