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The Permanent secretary at MOH, Dr. Kennedy Malama led other Senior government officials and diplomats in a Kick out TB exercise

Zambia launches TB Preventive Therapy guidelines during the World TB Day Commemoration

The Ministry of Health launched the guidelines for Management of…
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The four government Ministers who signed the committment to end Cholera with Cooperating Partners

Zambian Government commits to ending cholera by 2025

The Zambian government has committed itself to ending cholera by the…
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Participants at the meeting

WHO supports the Ministry of Health to train provincial and district health promotion officers in emergency risk communication

Zambia continues to experience outbreaks of communicable diseases…
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The Minister of Health, Dr. Chitalu Chilufya (centre) with participants at the Fairmount Hotel in Livingstone

Zambia heightens its capacity for preventing and responding to the threat of an outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease

Zambia has been classified by the World Health Organisation to be at…
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The Hon. Minister of Health, Dr. Chitalu Chilufya, (Centre) with the WHO Representative, Dr. Nathan Bakyaita (far left) with one of the RRTs in Solwezi

WHO and CDC support the Ministry of Health to strengthen capacity for detection, investigation and response to Ebola Virus Disease in districts bordering the Democratic Republic of Congo

The outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the Democratic Republic…
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Participants at the meeting in Livingstone

WHO convenes a meeting for pilot testing of the 3rd edition of the Technical Guidelines for Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR)

Zambia is one of the three countries that have been selected for…
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Patricia Lambert, Director of the International Legal Consortium, the Minister of Health, Dr. Chitalu Chilufya and the Vice Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms Catherine Namugala at the engagement meeting for Parliamentarians

WHO and the Ministry of Health engage Parliamentarians to discuss their support and contribution to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

The WHO Country Office in collaboration with the Ministry of Health…
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The Minister of Health, Dr. Chitalu Chilufya (4th from left) in the company of the two ministers and the WHO Representative at the media briefing

Zambia Charts the Way forward for Cholera Elimination

The Cholera outbreak in Zambia which started in October 2017 has now…
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Hon. Minister of Health, Dr. Chitalu Chilufya, Permanent Secretary , Dr. Kennedy Malama and the WHO REpresentative, Dr. Nathan Bakyaita at the World Health Day meeting.

The Ministry of Health in collaboration with WHO engage the media, partners and stakeholders in health in a discussion on Universal Health Coverage to Mark World Health Day.

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The WHO representative, dr. Nathan Bakyaita (second from right) at MOH when he handed over the MEC Wheel to the Permanent secretary, Dr. Kennedy Malama (second from left)

WHO supports MOH to adapt the 2015 WHO Medical Eligibility Criteria Wheel for Contraceptive Use

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