THE Zambia Medical Association (ZMA) has welcomed government’s plans to expand NHIMA services to all parts of the country, urging it to also address challenges around the scheme. Minister of Labour and Social Security Brenda Tambatamba recently told the National Assembly that the National Health Insurance Management Authority (NHIMA) would soon be rolled out to all parts of the country, including remote areas. “The service will soon reach out to all parts of the country. Of course we are working on rolling out to the different institutions who are delivering health care even those who were not included in the past because the service was focusing on a higher service delivery like central hospitals, the bigger institutions of service delivery...