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Q&A with Sr. Joyce Miyanda, upgrading maternal health care in Zambia
Global Sisters Report
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For Helen Zulu, maternal health care is not just a service at Monze Mission Hospital — it is an effort to save lives. Zulu, 39, spoke to Global Sisters Report about a stressful ordeal she went through in 2018 at Monze Mission Hospital, 185 km (115...
Africa’s Mpox crisis intensifies as WHO renews global public health emergency
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
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July 1, 2025
By Nana Karikari, Senior International Affairs and Political Analyst The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued an urgent warning to the global community. Mpox (formerly monkeypox), remains a Public Health Emergency of International Concern...
HICHILEMA HAS TURNED ZAMBIA INTO A LAUGHING STOCK OVER LUNGU’S BURIAL- Fred M’membe
Zambian Observer
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July 1, 2025
HICHILEMA HAS TURNED ZAMBIA INTO A LAUGHING STOCK OVER LUNGU’S BURIAL We have noted with great concern the attempts by Mr Hakainde Hichilema and the UPND to mobilize individuals and their praise singers in an effort to shift blame for the ongoing...
Zambia Calls For Stronger Global Action On Development Financing At FFD4
Lusaka Times
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July 1, 2025
Zambia has called for renewed global urgency in addressing development financing gaps, particularly in the global south, with five years left to meet the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Speaking ahead of the Fourth International...
Association between hepatitis B co-infection and elevated liver stiffness among HIV-infected adults in Lusaka, Zambia
Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia
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June 30, 2025
The Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ) and global partners conducted a study to assess the prevalence and correlates of liver disease among adults with HIV at the start of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Lusaka. To do this,...
Zambia Police Summon Hon. Prof Nkandu Luo Despite Bereavement
Zambian Observer
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June 30, 2025
Amb. Emmanuel Mwamba writes: Zambia Police Summon Hon. Prof Nkandu Luo Despite Bereavement Police Summon and Demand that Prof Nkandu Luo, Despite Having a Bereavement of Losing a Daughter, Must Report to Service HQs Today at 09;00hrs Lusaka-...
A Year Without Justin Shonga: Remembering a Zambian Football Legend
ZamFoot
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June 30, 2025
Today, August Mulenga reflects on the one-year anniversary of the passing of his former teammate and close friend, Justin Shonga. The two footballers shared countless memories on and off the pitch, both representing Zambia’s national team, the...
Dr. Rasha Kelej Drives An Impactful Change In Public Health Landscape In Africa And Beyond By Providing 2282 Scholarships To Doctors From 52 Countries
MENAFN
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June 30, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo, June 30, 2025/APO Group/ -- Merck Foundation ( ), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany marks “World Health Day” 2025 in partnership with Africa's First Ladies...
First case of highly infectious viral disease detected on French cattle farm
The Independent
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June 30, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
DNA Mapping Project Sheds New Light on Zambia’s Ecosystems
Daily Nation
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June 30, 2025
BARNABAS ZULU A groundbreaking conservation initiative is unlocking the hidden dynamics of African ecosystems using cutting-edge DNA technology. The Molecular Ecological Network Analysis (MENA) project is utilising environmental DNA (eDNA) to...
SAME DAM – ZAMBIA DIMS, ZIMBABWE POWERS UP
Zambian Observer
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June 30, 2025
SAME DAM – ZAMBIA DIMS, ZIMBABWE POWERS UP As Zambia battles deepening power shortages and extended load-shedding hours, neighboring Zimbabwe is moving in the opposite direction promising 21 hours of uninterrupted electricity starting July 1,...
Kudos to DEC: Drug dealers shouldn’t make Zambia a trafficking hub
News Diggers
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June 30, 2025
THE Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) deserves commendation as it continues to shrink the operating space for drug traffickers and other criminals. The recent arrest of one of Zambia’s most wanted drug lord marks a critical victory for law...
2024 WAFCON Group A Preview: Zambia Set To Challenge Hosts Morocco
Forbes
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Morocco will seek to win their first WAFCON title on home soil after tasting defeat in the final ... More last time around. (Photo by FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Getty Images About a year later than scheduled, the 15th edition of the...
Dr. Sishuwa says there’s strong belief that they want to use some parts of Edgar Lungu body for rituals hence the family doesn’t want him buried in Zambia
Zambian Observer
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June 29, 2025
The occult, the president, and the body: Understanding Zambia’s legal action against the Lungu family By Sishuwa Sishuwa On 24 June 2025, hours before late former president Edgar Lungu was set to be buried in South Africa the following day,...
Is Zambia Safe from COVID this Winter?
News Diggers
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June 29, 2025
We’re midway through 2025, deep into the Zambian winter, and COVID-19 almost feels like an old, distant memory. But despite the nostalgia, this virus hasn’t vanished, it’s just evolved. And here in Zambia, this evolution matters. What’s happening...
Zambia Activates Evacuation Plan for Citizens in Israel and Iran Amid Rising Tensions
Face of Malawi
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June 27, 2025
193 words • approx. 1 min read The Zambian government has announced that while no formal evacuations have yet begun, it has activated evacuation protocols for its 177 nationals currently in Israel and four others in Iran, in light of ongoing...
“TEENS FORCED TO TRADE BODIES FOR BREAD…..A deep look into kafue
Zambian Observer
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July 1, 2025
“TEENS FORCED TO TRADE BODIES FOR BREAD. …………A deep look into kafue A growing crisis is gripping Kafue’s Zambia Compound and Mtendere residential areas as increasing numbers of teenagers, both girls and boys, are being drawn into prostitution and...
Zambian Economy Shows signs Of Resilience
Lusaka Times
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June 27, 2025
Three weeks ago, I issued a statement on behalf of the Republican Progressive Party (RPP), and in my capacity as Party President, commending the UPND Government on the positive economic developments our country is beginning to experience. Today,...
Perception of Medical and Nursing Students Plus Clinical Instructors Towards Objective Structured Clinical Examination: A Case Study of Five Health Training Institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa
Dove Medical Press
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June 28, 2025
Introduction Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) is increasingly recognized as a superior method for assessing clinical competencies in health professional education compared to other methods such as log book, long case and case...
Zambia: Burying Edgar Lungu in South Africa denies Zambians the chance to pay their last respects
IOL
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The government of the Republic of Zambia says it will abide by the ruling of South African courts in the tense standoff over the burial of the mortal remains of the country’s former president, Edgar Chagwa Lungu. One of Africa’s deepest episodes...