UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima says 50,000 people contract HIV annually in Zambia, and this can be prevented. And Byanyima says she has great admiration for the path Zambia has taken as well as its... […]

THERE was drama at the National Housing Empowerment Fund (NHEF) head office yesterday when angry clients threatened to beat up the company’s project director Kamphelembe Ngulube who was at pains to justify selling them ‘non-existent’... […]

COMMERCE, Trade and Industry Minister Chipoka Mulenga has ruled out any ban on the sale of second-hand clothes popularly known as salaula until government revives the textile industry. Recently, Economist Noel Nkhoma said government should... […]

DR Japhet Lishomwa has been appointed as the new Director General of Immigration. In a circular, Monday, former Director General Dr Denny Lungu said he had been transferred to Cabinet office for redeployment. “This circular […]

MEDICAL for Quality Healthcare in Zambia executive director Dr Quince Mwabu says people are taking advantage of the pandemic by selling drugs which people believe help manage COVID-19 symptoms at a high price. In an […]

PETAUKE Central independent member of parliament Emmanuel Jay Jay Banda says he will lobby for the electrification of all health posts in rural areas in order to preserve COVID-19 vaccines. In an interview recently, Banda […]

HEALTH Minister Sylvia Masebo says the first case of BA.4 Omicron variant and another one of BA.5 variant were detected in the country about four weeks ago. Speaking during a media briefing, recently, Masebo said […]

HEALTH Minister Sylvia Masebo says there is no disease which can be compared to COVID-19 in terms of its spread. In an interview, Masebo said a lot of COVID-19 vaccines were developed because the pandemic […]

PHARMACEUTICAL Society of Zambia media and corporate affairs chairperson Samuel Muyunda says when the COVID-19 pandemic began, it was expected that the price of certain essential items would go up due to demand and other […]

FAMILIES are Nations president Judith Mwila says government should not be in a hurry to access and roll out paediatrics COVID-19 vaccines. In an interview, Mwila said there had not been many babies and children […]