By ALICE NACHILEMBE Youth Achievers project Manager Peter Musonda says adolescents should be included in the fight to reduce HIV/ADIS infections by 2030. Mr Musonda said the organisation has embarked on a training program to train Peer Educators those in schools and out of schools on issues to do with adolescent and sexual reproductive health […]
By Emmanuel Mwamba I have been privileged here at the African Union to immerse myself in the debate about Comprehensive Sexuality Education and Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRH&R). I have been privileged to have traveled to the USA, twice, to specifically represent Africa to discuss these two programmes being unleashed on Africa. Is our […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Minister of National Development Planning, Alexander Chiteme says the country has adopted a comprehensive response to ending child marriage through multi-sectoral planning and implementation of interventions. Mr Chiteme said the comprehensive response has brought together all key sectors such as education, health, social services and justice sector. He said education includes life skills […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Latkings in its quest to help adolescents with Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) awareness is seeking for answers why Chingola has increased number of HIV/AIDS case. The organisations that offers SRH Knowledge to adolescents in schools said the continued increase in HIV infection cases in the district is worrying because it puts girls […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Chingola has recorded an increase in HIV positive infection from 6% in the last quarter of 2018 to 7% of second quarter of 2019. The sad part is that there is also down ward trend of HIV testing services uptake, in the first quarter of 2019 from 20,999 in quarter 3 of […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Copperbelt Provincial Public Health Specialist Charles Sakulanda says access to regular medical checkups can help in managing preventable ailments. Dr Sakulanda said most people are scared to go to hospitals for checkups but prefer to visit the health facility when their illness get worse. He was speaking in Chingola at the District […]
Over One -Point 2 million Zambians are currently living with HIV – the Virus that causes AIDS with 9 hundred and 70-thousand on Anti-retroviral therapy. Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary In-Charge of Technical Services Kennedy Malama has disclosed. Dr Malama also reveals that 43-thousand new HIV infection cases are detected annually – a situation he […]
The Independent Observer
Alice Nachilembe
