By MIRIAM ZIMBA- THE Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ) says an average of 12 per cent of HIV positive adults enrolling into anti-retro viral therapy (ART) were screened for TB, despite the...

By MIRIAM ZIMBA- OVER-CROWDING in the country’s 89 facilities provides an ideal environment for the spread of airborne diseases such as tuberculosis (TB). The health of the country’s inmates, which is estimated at about 17,000,...

By INNOCENT DAKA- TO DATE, the Kalumbila area of Chief Musele in Solwezi has been a community of few economic opportunities. Its residents were mainly small-scale farmers subsisting on slash and burn shifting cultivation producing...

THE continued defilement cases in the country are a worry and of great concern. Admittedly, even more saddening is the defilement of girls by the people who are supposed to protect them such as fathers...

By MIRIAM ZIMBA- THE last few months leading to February 2014 saw Alice Namuunda of Chieftainess Chiawa’s area make frequent visits to and from Mtendere Mission Hospital in Chirundu. All this was done with the...

By NAKUBIANA SHABONGO and SARAH TEMBO- FIFITY years after Zambia’s independence, many women still lose their lives during child delivery due to various factors. Lack of information on family planning is one of the factors...

By KENNEDY MUPESENI- PUBLIC access to information on legislation and other policy issues help strengthen linkages between the Government and the general citizenry. With informed citizenry, Governments can be held accountable for their policies and...

By GETHSEMANE MWIZABI- TROBBY Mapulanga, 18, seems contented. She got married last year and has a five months old baby on her back. Her life revolves around drawing water from a near communal borehole in...

THERE are different types of singles: there are those who are single and are still hopeful that God willing one day they will get married. There are those who are Single by Choice like the...

The control tower or commanding centre is a place of instruction and direction to ensure safety and security of the air transport system. Just imagine for an instant what would happen to a busy airport...