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Care Peak Specialist Clinic managing director Dr. Aaron Mujajati has advised patients with chronic diseases such as diabetes but are in stable condition to reduce on their visitations to health facilities to seek health services.  Speaking during the launch of the chronic disease Management by the Care Peak Specialist Clinic and Prudential in Lusaka today, Dr. Mujajati notes that health ...

The Zambian National Farmers Union (ZNFU) says there is need for the country to eliminate the trend of importing products that can be produced locally. Speaking to Q-News in an interview, ZNFU Public relations Calvin Kaleyi says the country needs to move in the direction that encourages local farmers to invest and contribute to job creation by adding value to ...

Some opposition political parties have bemoaned the lack of a roadmap by the new dawn government of how to address the cost of living in the country. PEP President Sean Tembo says there is need for the new dawn government to come up with solution to the cost of living in the country. And Third Liberation Movement President Enock Tonga ...

Secretary to Cabinet Patrick Kangwa has directed the Smart Zambia Institute to ensure a mechanism for monitoring ICT implementation and performance across Government ministries,provinces and other institutions and sector’s is defined and put in place. Officiating at the validation meeting of the implementation of the national E-government plan in Lusaka today, Mr Kangwa says the plan being validated should provide strategic ...

Republican Vice-President Mutale Nalumango has said the EU/Zambia Economic Forum has provided a good platform for fostering interaction and partnerships between Zambian and European businesses. Mrs. Nalumango notes that the outcome of the two day event which was graced by President Hakainde Hichilema is evident of the vibrant relationship between Zambia and the European Union. The Vice-President said this during ...

Solwezi district has in the last five days vaccinated 4,969 eligible people against covid -19 after the re-launch of the vaccination campaign on Saturday by the vice president Mutale Nalumango. Solwezi central member of parliament Stafford Mulusa says this translates into 40 percent eligible population. Mr. Mulusa has encouraged traditional leaders and civic leaders to help with the campaign. He ...

TheCivil Society Scaling-Up Nutrition Alliance (CSO-SUN) is urging government to initiate interventions that are aimed at helping to sustain the decline in the cost of living. According to the Jesuit Centre for theological reflection (JCTR), the cost of living for a family of five in the month of april 2022 stood at k9,326.41, showing a decrease of k85.13 from the ...

Media Network on child rights and development, executive director Henry Kabwe, says it is unfortunate most of defilement cases are going unattended to without any kind of repercussions to perpetrators. According to the Zambia police service a total of 2,238 child defilement cases which amount to 72.6% have been recorded in the first quarter of the year. Mr. Kabwe is ...

Civil Society organizations decentralization alliance network (CSODAN) has advised the new dawn government to ensure that it is transparent and accountable to citizens in the implementation of all projects to avoid being found in a dilemma such as that of the ftj university in future. CSO-DAN national coordinator , George Chimembe tells q news that transparency and accountability can however ...

Secretary for public service management division  Margaret Miyoba has disclosed that a lot of civil servants have made applications for transfers  to be united with their spouses. Speaking in a telephone interview with q news, Mrs. Miyoba notes that the process is seemingly to be slow because there are few vacancies were the applicants can be transferred to. She notes ...