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Improving Emergency Obstetric Care, A Top Priority to Save Lives of Mothers and Newborns
“Eight months into my pregnancy, I woke up one morning with severe nausea and light bleeding. I was scared and rushed to the nearby government hospital. I went into the labor but it could not progress. After three days, I was referred to the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) emergency in Lusaka” Veronica Banda (...
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UNICEF Hands Over Cold Chain Equipment to Ministry of Health
LUSAKA, Zambia, 7 February 2023, – UNICEF, in partnership with the German Development Bank (KfW) and Embassy of Germany, today handed over Cold Chain Equipment for a total value of US$ 2.4 million to the Ministry of Health at a ceremony held at the Child Health Unit in Lusaka and officiated by the Minister of Heal...
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Essential health services still vital during the COVID-19 pandemic
“The COVID-19 pandemic overwhelmed us healthcare staff with five having tested positive,” said nurse-in-charge Mrs Grace Chilongo at the Chilanga health centre, south of Zambia’s capital city Lusaka. “Yet service provision had to continue,” she says. “We had a sudden decrease in the numbers of people seeking healt...
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Refurbished Muchinshi Health Centre handed over to Ministry of Health
COPPERBELT, Zambia, 13 November 2018, – The Ministry of Health in Zambia today led a high-level delegation from the European Union and the United Nations to witness receipt of the newly constructed mothers’ shelter and maternity block and a refurbished health centre at Muchinshi in Chingola District. This is part ...