THE Zambia Medicines and Medical Supplies Agency (ZAMMSA) has called on health facilities in cholera prone areas to urgently make orders for chlorine and intravenous (IV) fluids from the Agency. On Wednesday last week, Minister of Health Sylvia Masebo announced to the nation that a confirmed case of cholera was recorded in Lusaka’s Kanyama area. And in a statement yesterday, ZAMMSA Senior Public Relations Manager Bradley Chingobe assured that the Agency currently had significant quantities of Chlorine and medicines in stock to manage hot and rainy season related diseases such as Cholera. “In an effort to curb a looming Cholera outbreak, the Zambia Medicines and Medical Supplies Agency (ZAMMSA) is imploring health facilities in cholera prone areas to urgently make...

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