2024 RECRUITMENT OF 4000 HEALTH WORKERS
SPEECH BY THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION CHAIRPERSON, DR. CHOOLWE BEYANI, ON FRIDAY, 24TH JANUARY 2025 TO ANNOUNCE THE RECRUITMENT OF 4000 HEALTH WORKERS. I am delighted that you could join us today for the civil service commission briefing to update the nation, through you our colleagues in the media, on the recruitment of the […]
Read MoreNEW YEAR MESSAGE TO HEALTH WORKERS BY THE HON. MINISTER OF HEALTH, DR. ELIJAH MUCHIMA, MP.
NEW YEAR MESSAGE TO HEALTH WORKERS BY THE HON. MINISTER OF HEALTH, DR. ELIJAH MUCHIMA, MP. My Fellow Health Workers, As we stand on the threshold of a new year, I extend my heartfelt gratitude to each of you for your unwavering dedication and resilience throughout the past year. Your commitment to the health and […]
Read MorePRESS STATEMENT CHOLERA AND MPOX OUTBREAK IN ZAMBIA
Fellow Zambians, Members of the Press, Ladies and Gentlemen, Today, I address you with urgency on the ongoing cholera outbreak threatening our health security in Zambia particularly in Nakonde. This public health threat, though currently localized to Nakonde district, Muchinga Province, demands heightened attention and concerted efforts around the country. From 24th December, 2024 to […]
Read MorePRESS STATEMENT BY THE ACTING MINISTER OF HEALTH, HON. DOUGLAS SYAKALIMA, MP, ON CHOLERA AND MPOX IN ZAMBIA
Ladies and Gentlemen, The Ministry of Health, through the Zambia National Public Health Institute (ZNPHI), is actively responding to two public health challenges: the confirmation of Zambia’s second case of Mpox in Kitwe and an outbreak of cholera in Nakonde District. Mpox Update The second Mpox case involves a 34-year-old female from Ndeke, Kitwe, who, […]
Read MoreTHE DISSEMINATION OF FINDINGS OF THE TEENAGE PREGNANCIES STUDY IN EASTERN AND SOUTHERN PROVINCES OF ZAMBIA.
SPEECH DELIVERED BY THE PERMANENT SECRETARY IN CHARGE OF TECHNICAL SERVICES KENNEDY LISHIMPI, ON THE OCCASION OF THE DISSEMINATION OF FINDINGS OF THE TEENAGE PREGNANCIES STUDY IN EASTERN AND SOUTHERN PROVINCES OF ZAMBIA. Ladies and gentlemen, It is with a sense of duty and pleasure that I am here today to address the dissemination of study […]
Read MoreZambia experiencing high resistance to antibiotics and other antimicrobial
Health Minister Elijah Muchima says Zambia is among countries that have had a high resistance to some commonly used antibiotic and other antimicrobials in major hospitals. Dr. Muchima who revealed this during the high level meeting on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) at the 79th session of the UN General Assembly said Zambia has recorded an 80 […]
Read MoreEmployment Opportunities at MOH – Hq
Ministry of Health Zambia, like other countries, has adopted the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI), the Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP) and, the Immunisation Agenda 2030 to provide strategic focus in implementation of Immunisation programme. To support this agenda, the country received grant support from GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance channeled through several funding levers including […]
Read MoreSpeech by the Chairperson of the Civil Service Commission, on the recruitment of Cholera Volunteers
ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2024….. I AM DELIGHTED TO HOST YOU TODAY AS WE UPDATE THE NATION ON THE PROGRESS THE COMMISSION HAS MADE REGARDING THE RECRUITMENT OF THE CHOLERA VOLUNTEERS. TODAY, I WISH TO ANNOUNCE THE THIRD PHASE OF THE RECRUITMENT OF CHOLERA VOLUNTEERS. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IN THE WAKE OF THE CHOLERA OUTBREAK […]
Read MoreHEALTH MINISTER HANDS OVER 125 VEHICLES TO HEALTH INSTITUTIONS
HEALTH MINSTER DR. ELIJAH MUCHIMA has handed over 115 new vehicles to Health Institutions and Provincial Health Offices procured at a cost of about USD$4 Million Dollars. The vehicles have been procured in partnership with Global Fund, and have been distributed to institutions within the Ministry of Health across the country, to support and strengthen […]
Read MoreMINISTERIAL STATEMENT ON INFLUENZA AND COVID – 19 SITUATION IN THE COLUNTRY
PRESENTED TO NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BY HON. SYLVIA T. MASEBO, MP MINISTER OF HEALTH, 12TH JULY, 2024 Madam Speaker I wish to thank you most sincerely for the opportunity to render a Ministerial Statement to update this August House and the general public on the Influenza and COVID-19 situation in the country. Madam Speaker, During […]
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