THE Zambia National Public Health Institute (ZNPHI) says Zambia has enhanced its capacity to respond to disease outbreaks before they spread countrywide. Speaking during the graduation of 26 military personnel who completed a course in Field Epidemiology, Thursday, ZNPHI Director General Professor Roma Chilengi said Zambia avoided major disease outbreaks in the past few years through having enough expertise. “We are now having institutionalized capacity nationwide such that when we have an outbreak there’s early detection, there is rapid response, and therefore rapid control which is the essence of what we do as public health detectives which is to make sure that we contain diseases early and bring prevention in the interest of public health security. We are therefore very...