Over 1.4 million children have been vaccinated against polio in three provinces of Zambia in the first round of the vaccination campaign which was launched on 24th March, 2022. The ministry of health had launched the polio vaccination campaign using the bivalent oral polio vaccine (bOPV), targeting 1,340,238 children under five years in Lusaka, Muchinga and Eastern Provinces and so ...

Government has commissioned the first ever Institute for Digital Health in Zambia at the University Teaching Hospital built at a cost of about 5 million kwacha. Constructed through the partnership of the Zambian government and the U.S government through PEPFAR, USAID and CDC among others, the institute which is an extension of the Community Health after outcomes (ECHO) is an ...

Minister of Green Economy and Environment Collins Nzovu has announced that the issuance of timber export permits will resume next week. In a statement obtained by Q-News, Mr Nzovu says the resumption of issuance of timber export permits follows the remarkable progress made in the audit process instituted a few months ago on the operations of the forestry department as ...

ZCAS University and Smart Zambia Institute have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at building capacity in local human resource in the area of ICT in order for the country to cut down on expenditure on hiring foreign expertise to respond ICT infrastructural requirements. Speaking during the signing ceremony, ZCAS University vice Chancellor Douglas Kunda says there are many benefits ...

Zambia has been selected by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) to among three Sub-saharan countries to implement the technology assessment project. The Technology Assessment project is a two year project covering the energy and agriculture sectors were science, technology and innovation will be used as catalysts. Announcing the development at a media briefing in Lusaka today, ...

Golden Party of Zambia (GPZ) president Jackson Silavwe has advised President Hakainde Hichilema and the new dawn administration to abandon the IMF deal and look for homegrown solutions. In a statement obtained by Q-news, Mr Silavwe says nothing good will come out of the IMF deal. He has encouraged the new dawn administration to instead look for solutions locally. Mr ...

The Zambia Consumer Association (ZACA) is urging the new dawn administration to quickly provide answers, direction and leadership on the economic hardships being faced in the country. Association Executive Director Juba Sakala says government should not end at merely acknowledging the current suffering and hardships the people are facing, but go further and provide solutions. Mr Sakala has questioned government’s ...

Former Secretary to the Cabinet Leslie Mbula says Economic Equity Party (EEP) president Chilufya Tayali crossed the red line in his recent utterances that border on national security leading to his arrest for mutinous conduct. In a statement obtained by Q-News, Mr Mbula says having sworn to the official secrets as a senior civil servant, he’s reluctantly responding to a ...

Youth activist Rudolf Mwanza has called on the minister of health to have corruption free recruitment for the 11,000 health workers. Speaking in an interview with Qfm news, Mr. Mwanza says government should strive to eliminate corruption in the country if sustainable development is to be achieved in the health sector. He has also appealed to the health minister Silvia Masebo ...

Opposition leadership movement has charged that the united party national development [UPND] government has no idea on how to revamp the Zambian economy. Party leader Dr. Richard Silumbe has charged that no improvement on the economy has been made since the upnd assumed power. Dr. Silumbe says the UPND government is stuck and has no clue on how the economy ...