HEALTH Minister Sylvia Masebo says Parliament will soon pass a law which stiffens the punishment meted out against those involved in theft of drugs. And Masebo says the government intends to reduce the under-five mortality rate from 61 per 1000 live births to 25 per 1000 live births by 2026. Speaking when Copperbelt Energy Corporation Plc (CEC) handed over the Refurbished Luntembwe Children’s Ward and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Kitwe Teaching Hospital to the Ministry of Health, Saturday, Masebo said those who were in the habit of stealing drugs would be in prison for decades, rather than only five years. “I am also happy to note that having gone round to some of the facilities within this...

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