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Treatment Advocacy and Literacy Campaign (TALC) has welcomed the move by government to adopt the World Health Organisation recommendation on the use of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis to lower risks of HIV infections in Zambia. Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PREP) is an intervention where people at very high risk for HIV infection take HIV medicines daily to lower their chances of getting infected. TALC ...

Former Lusaka Mayor Mulenga Sata has observed the need for councils around the country to operate with full transparency and accountability. Speaking in an interview Mr. Sata says the reports on misappropriation of funds and corrupt land management are concerning and need concerted efforts to be stopped. Mr. Sata adds that councils should seriously consider upholding transparency and accountability because ...

The Ministry of Water Development, Sanitation and Environmental Protection is set to construct 8 more dams in the next two weeks to supplement those that have been constructed countywide. Water Development Permanent Secretary Eddie Chomba has told QTV news that government is ensuring that people are in tandem with strategic development goal number 6 which calls for the accessibility of ...

National Malaria Elimination Program Epidemiologist Busiku Amainza says Southern African countries including Zambia have seen drastic declines in malaria cases in 2017. Dr. Amainza has told QTV News in an interview that the countries have made steady progress in conducting research towards malaria prevention in the southern region. Dr. Amainza however states that countries in the southern region should be ...

The Starkey Hearing Foundation has nominated First Lady Esther Lungu to receive an award at the “17th Annual So the World May Hear Award” in Minnesota of the United States of America. Starkey Hearing Foundation President Richard Brown says Mrs. Lungu has been chosen as the 2017 Humanitarian Honoree at an award gala because of her enormous contribution to the ...

The head of the United Church of Zambia (UCZ) has pronounced a curse on arsonists who gutted Lusaka City Market last week. The Head of the UCZ made this pronouncement at the reception service at UCZ’s Lilayi Congregation where President Edgar Lungu also attended the service. UCZ Synod Bishop Sydney Sichilima says the UCZ can never operate as a political ...

The Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) has warned cyclists that the Road Traffic Act also applies to them. RTSA Head of Public Relations Fredrick Mubanga says cyclists must observe all traffic rules which include cycling on the left hand side, being sober when cycling, putting on reflective gear whenever they are on the road and ensuring that check if ...

National Planning and Development Minister Lucky Mulusa says the PF Government is not desperate in getting the International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout package. Mr. Mulusa says the IMF bailout package is just an investment perception. Mr. Mulusa has told Journalists in Lusaka during the Media Interaction Forum that Zambia’s economy can pick even without the assistance of the IMF. He ...

A bus carrying Church members was today involved in an accident along Kafue Road after hitting into a Shalom Bus in front leaving 49 passengers injured. A company of three Churches UCZ, RCZ and Anglican churches were on their way to a sports gala in Lilayi  when the accident happened near former Vuma Filling Station. And UTH Public Relations Officer ...

The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has arrested five people for being in possession of counterfeit notes amounting to K177,900. The five have been identified as David Mwasile, 27, a business man of Chawama Compound in Lusaka, Jason Zulu, 61, of Misisi Compound in Lusaka, Humphrey Muyanga, 38, a businessman, Alitani Banda, 49, a general worker residing in Misisi Compound in ...