PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has urged cooperating partners and stakeholders to openly tell governments about things which are not being well, not saying them “in the loo”. Meanwhile, the Africa CDC in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation has launched a $1.5 billion saving lives and livelihoods initiative which will enable access to safe and efficacious vaccines across Africa, contributing to the African Union’s goal of vaccinating 70 percent of Africa’s population by 2022. Speaking when he officiated at the launch, Friday, President Hichilema said people should be open with government where it was not pushing things. “I think it’s time for us as governments, for you, (pointing to the audience), to be open with governments. Where we as governments are not...

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