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Government says unsafe food is a major cost to the country’s economy. Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary for Technical Services Dr. Luckson Kasonka says this is also a threat to public health, and produces inefficiencies in animal and plant production systems and creates trade barriers across the global food. Speaking in Lusaka when he officially opened a media sensitisation meeting ...

The Zambia Civil Society Scaling Up Nutrition Alliance is worried that the partial operationalization of the Food Safety Act by the Ministry of Health has given rise to the marketing and selling of unhealthy foods by food producers and importers thereby threatening the health of consumers.  Alliance national coordinator Mathews Mhuru notes that despite Parliament enacting The Food Safety Act ...

Dr. Christopher Kalila The Parliamentary Committee on Health has noted with concern what it has termed as a propaganda article trending on social media purporting that it has exonerated the previous PF administration from claims of having procured expired medical supplies from Honey Bee Pharmacy. Committee Chairperson Christopher Kalila has told QTV news that this is a total misrepresentation of ...

Decisive Minds, a local community based organization has noted with concern the resurfacing of street kids on most streets of Lusaka despite efforts made by government to remove them and give them starter packs to start businesses of their own. Executive Director Kennedy Mutale is of the view that the reactive rather than the proactive approach taken towards the issue ...

An Optometrist has stressed the importance of regular eye checkups. Speaking in an interview with Q-News to mark eye safety awareness week which is observed starting the last Sunday of June, Druscilla Kaninsa of City Eye Hospital says not having regular eye checkups could result in one ending up missing an abnormality that should have been detected earlier such as ...

The National Action for Quality Education in Zambia (NAQEZ) has noted with concern that the Free Education Policy has compromised the quality of education because government is slow in implementing other measures to support the success of the policy. NAQEZ Executive Director Aaron Chansa says while the Free Education policy is a good initiative; it is being hindered by the ...

The United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) estimates that about 26, 800 people inject drugs in Zambia. UN Resident Coordinator Beatrice Mutali says this group is among the most at risk of contracting infectious diseases such as HIV among others. Speaking during the commemoration of International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Lusaka today, Ms. Mutali stressed the ...

Historian Bizeck Phiri has doubted the UPND Alliance partners will stick together up to the 2026 elections. Professor Phiri says from the look of things, the UPND Alliance is getting weaker owing to the apparent conflict that has erupted within its ranks over positions. He however, states that this does not translate into the UPND becoming weak. Professor Phiri tells ...

Former Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane Finance and National Planning Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane has dismissed assertions of lack of transparency and accountability in the manner the government is handling the Chinese debt.  Dr. Musokotwane says certain questions being asked by Zambians pertaining to government’s discussions with creditors have already been answered.  He says China being one of Zambia’s creditors had its ...

Development Expert Kelvin Chibomba has defended President Hakainde Hichilema’s frequent trips abroad for international meetings. Mr Chibomba says the President is Zambia’s representative in international meetings and that it’s important that he attends such meetings. He says the international meetings which the President is attending from time to time are very important and beneficial to the country. Mr. Chibomba tells ...