Zambia: How Zambia Has Reduced Maternal Deaths By 300% in 16 Years
[UNFPA] Mongu -- "Growing up in a remote village, I witnessed my grandmother, a traditional birth attendant, assisting women and girls to deliver babies. She would perform these deliveries at home, using local herbs to try and address complications," said Michelle Simukayi, a student at Lewanika College of Nursing and Midwifery in Western Province. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - February 24, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Kenya: "SHE SOARS" Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for Out-of-School Adolescent Girls
[This is Africa] The "SHE SOARS" project is advocating for the adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights of female school dropouts in Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia. The end of the project may bring about accountable and equitable adolescent SRHR policies, legal frameworks, and services in the respective countries. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 23, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Zambia: Roll Out Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Services
[Times of Zambia] Pharmacists Jerome Kanyika has shared his opinion on the disturbing rise in suicide cases. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 20, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Zambia: No Vaccine, No Nc'wala Ceremony - Chief Mpezeni
[Times of Zambia] PARAMOUNT Chief Mpezeni of the Ngoni speaking people of Eastern Province has declared that only people who are vaccinated against COVID-19 will be allowed to attend next week's Nc'wala traditional ceremony. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 18, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Zambia: Scale Up Cancer Sensitisation in Rural Areas
[Times of Zambia] A LOCAL non-profit organisation that provides support, information, and advocacy to children with cancer and their families, has released troubling statistics indicating that childhood cancer cases are on the rise in the rural parts of Zambia. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 16, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Zambia: Kasenengwa Health Office Scales Up Malaria Fight
[Times of Zambia] WHILE the late delivery of farming inputs and poor rainfall patterns are usually the main challenges farmers face, the possibility of catching malaria is an added anxiety for Florence Sakala, a 47-year-old farmer of Kasenengwa District in the Eastern Province. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - February 15, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Zambia: Continue Upholding Covid-19 Guidelines
[Times of Zambia] Following the recent reductions in COVID-19 infections during the fourth wave of the disease, many people have regrettably dropped their guard against the deadly pandemic. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 11, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Zambia: Tropical Storms Threaten Food Security
[Times of Zambia] -Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit National Coordinator Dr Gabriel Pollen (second from left) and officers from Ministry of Defence inspect a bridge on Chunga Stream that was damaged by floods following heavy rainfall in Kasupe area in Chilanga district. Pictures by ROYD SIBAJENE/ZANIS. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 10, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Storybook Apps Turn African Students Into Writers
The African Storybook Project has developed writing and publishing apps that are promoting literacy. Credit: SaideBy Busani BafanaBULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Feb 10 2022 (IPS) Suwaiba Hassan published an engrossing story. She used digital apps that are giving literacy a boost.
The student from Katsina State in Nigeria, Hassan, won a National Reading Competition for a story she created using the African Storybook reader app and the African Storybook maker app. Saide, an education NGO, developed the apps through its African Storybook (ASb) project.
The apps are easy-to-use storybook development tools allowing children to write and p...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - February 10, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Busani Bafana Tags: Africa Arts COVID-19 Development & Aid Education Featured Headlines TerraViva United Nations #reading indigenous languages inequity IPS UN Bureau literacy Source Type: news
Storybook Apps Turn African Learners Into Writers
The African Storybook Project has developed writing and publishing apps that are promoting literacy. Credit: SaideBy Busani BafanaBULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Feb 10 2022 (IPS) Suwaiba Hassan published an engrossing story. She used digital apps that are giving literacy a boost.
The student from Katsina State in Nigeria, Hassan, won a National Reading Competition for a story she created using the African Storybook reader app and the African Storybook maker app. Saide, an education NGO, developed the apps through its African Storybook (ASb) project.
The apps are easy-to-use storybook development tools allowing children to write and p...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - February 10, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Busani Bafana Tags: Africa Arts COVID-19 Development & Aid Education Featured Headlines TerraViva United Nations #reading indigenous languages inequity IPS UN Bureau literacy Source Type: news
Zambia: Mental Health a Growing Concern for Zambia Correctional Service
[Times of Zambia] Zambia has recently witnessed a rise in a number of dreadful reports on social media which are seemingly caused by mental health stresses. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 7, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Zambia: Bright Bwalya - Fighting Epilepsy With Innovation
[Times of Zambia] Very few people in the world would think of coming up with an immediate solution to manage their situation after being afflicted by a chronic illness. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 3, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Zambia: Stalled Ndola Mental Health Hospital Works Revisisted
[Times of Zambia] Mental health problems which arise from lack of adequate facilities can have a negative influence on society. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 31, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Zambia: Importance of Gender Equality in Nutrition
[Times of Zambia] Improving rates of exclusive breastfeeding is one of the best, most cost effective solutions to ensure child survival and set the foundation for lifelong health. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - January 31, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Rich Countries Lure Health Workers From Low-Income Nations to Fight Shortages
Huge pay incentives and immigration fast-tracks are leading many to leave countries whose health systems urgently need their expertise. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - January 24, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Stephanie Nolen Tags: Nursing and Nurses Doctors Shortages Foreign Workers Third World and Developing Countries Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Africa Canada Europe Great Britain Zambia United States Philippines Lusaka (Zambia) India Hiring and Promotion Source Type: news
