VICE-PRESIDENT Mutale Nalumango says traditional leaders should help in issues of family planning, stating that citizens may want to produce 10 children who are not easy to look after. Nalumango says traditional norms and practices continue to lead to high levels of maternal and neonatal mortality. Meanwhile, World Bank Country Manager Dr Achim Fock says there’s global evidence that transactional sex by adolescents and forced marriages increase during a drought emergency. Speaking during the official opening of the Maternal Newborn Health Summit 2024, Thursday, Vice-President Mutale Nalumango, who spoke on behalf of President Hakainde Hichilema, said it was important to analyse the circumstances surrounding every maternal and neonatal death. “In terms of maternal deaths, we are at 278 maternal deaths...