THE Resident Doctors Association of Zambia (RDAZ) says the recruitment of health workers using an existing database takes away the transparency the association has been calling for. RDAZ president Dr Paul Chibwe claims that during the previous recruitment exercise where a database was used, more than half of the doctors recruited did not come from the database. On Tuesday, the Civil Service Commission announced that the recruitment of 2,000 health workers this year would be conducted by steering committees using the existing database, noting that no new advertisements would be published. The Commission said the exercise would be undertaken in two phases, starting with the promotion of in-service officers, followed by first-time appointments. In an interview, Wednesday, Dr Chibwe argued...