HEALTH Minister Sylvia Masebo says Western Province is one of the least developed areas when it comes to the health sector. And Masebo says there are 696 nutrition cadres in various facilities countrywide, leaving a shortfall of 1,109 positions as at July 2023. Responding to Kalabo Central MP, Chinga Miyutu, who wanted to find out why certain districts did not have nutrition cadres, Masebo told the National Assembly that government would ensure that nutrition cadres were deployed to Western Province during this year’s recruitment. “We’re hoping that this year, under the 4000 to be recruited, we hope that a number of districts, especially in the Western Province that seem to be doing very badly in terms of the health sector...

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