PRESIDENTIAL advisor on health Professor Roma Chilengi says 4,000 plus children are currently dying from diarrhoea each year in Zambia. And British High Commissioner to Zambia Nicholas Woolley says the UK looks forward to Zambia achieving 90 per cent of ORS and Zinc coverage, which will help halve diarrhoea deaths in the country. Meanwhile, Cola Life UK, has officially handed over the trademark of Kit Yamoyo anti-diarrhoea  kit, a new blended ORS with ZINC, to Pharma Nova Zambia Limited aimed at reducing the deaths caused by diarrhoea in the country. Officiating at the event, Thursday, Prof Chilengi noted that diarrhoea deaths could be prevented  through the effective administration of rehydration solutions such as ORS. “We need not forget that diarrhoea is...

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