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By PMRC Executive Director Ms. Bernadette Deka Dear Friends and Colleagues, On the 6th of October, 2017 a Cholera Outbreak was declared in Lusaka. Since then sporadic cases have been recorded across the country with only three fatalities recorded outside Lusaka. Cholera is an infectious disease that causes severe watery diarrhea, which can lead to dehydration and even death if untreated. It is caused by eating food or drinking water contaminated with a bacterium called Vibrio cholerae. The Government is currently taking steps to curb the outbreak, among which include, distribution of clean water in the cholera epicenters, increased health...
By Derrick Sinjela ZAMBIA National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) Corporate and Creative Affairs Manager Masuzyo Ndhlovu has hailed hilarious broadcaster, the late Chileshe Kanyanja. Mr. Ndhlovu told mourners, who included Public Service Commission Chairperson Dickson Chasaya, Patriotic Front (PF) Deputy Secretary General (DSG), Ms. Mumbi Phiri, PF Deputy Spokesperson, Father Frank Bwalya and Zambia Union of Broadcasting (ZUBID), President, Chomba Yumbe, that late 37-year-old Chileshe Kanyanja’s exploits as a Bemba Section ZNBC Radio 1 Kitwe, ‘Ilyashi Yapano Sonde’ producer, who died at Lusaka’s University Teaching Hospital (UTH), on Sunday, 24th December 2017 were a mark of brilliance. During burial rites anchored...
By Derrick Sinjela LUSAKA, NEW YORK, 4 January 2018 – Henrietta Fore took office 1 January, 2018 as UNICEF’s seventh Executive Director. Ms. Fore brings to the role more than four decades of private and public sector leadership experience. “I am honored to be joining such a remarkable organization, which I have known and admired for many years, and look forward to continuing UNICEF’s work to help save children’s lives, fight for their rights and help them realize their potential,” Ms. Fore said in a Media Statement circulated by UNICEF Zambia Senior Communications Assistant Taonga Kangwa. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio...
By Derrick Sinjela – www.derricksinjela.blogspot.com MEDICAL Stores Limited (MSL) Chikuta Mbewe and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Country Director, Ms. Mandisa Mashologu have signed a Cost Sharing Agreement (CSA) worth USD 4,9 Million covering the next step of the expansion of the MSL Central Warehouse in Lusaka. According to a Media Statement circulated by Medical stores Limited Public Relations Manager (PRM) Patricia Ndulinga, the CSA works expected to commence mid of january 2018, will enable UNDP Zambia to implement the phase 2 of the construction of MSL Central warehouse according to international standards for the pharmaceutical supply chain. Speaking at the signing ceremony,...
LUSAKA, (Wednesday, 27th December, 2017) His Excellency Mr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu, President of the Republic of Zambia has terminated the appointment of Hon. Lucky Mulusa as Minister of National Development Planning. The President has also revoked Mr Mulusa’s nomination as Member of Parliament. The decision is pursuant to the powers vested in the President under Article 92 (2)(e)of the Constitution of Zambia read with Section 26 of the Interpretations of the General Provisions Act, Chapter 2 of the Laws of Zambia. The Head of State has thanked Mr Mulusa for the services he rendered to the country and wished him...
SEE ALSO: WHO Factsheet on Universal Health Coverage Via UN News Centre THE United Nations on Tuesday called for greater efforts on the part of its Member States to ensure universal health coverage, and designated 12 December as International Universal Health Coverage Day. In one of the two resolutions adopted today, the UN General Assembly – composed of all 193 UN Member States – called for efforts ensure that all people have equal access, without discrimination of any kind, to quality promotive, preventive, curative, rehabilitative and palliative basic health services. It also encouraged all Member States to promote the effective, full and...
Today at the One Planet Summit, on the second anniversary of the adoption of the Paris Agreement, world leaders gathered once again in the French capital to underscore how financial flows are shifting billions and trillions towards a low-carbon future that will benefit peoples and livelihoods. Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of UN Climate Change, said: “Today has marked another extraordinary moment in the world-wide efforts to turn the promise of the Paris Agreement into a global reality—in other words delivering a climate secure future to all corners of the Earth and contributing to the sustainable future of every man, woman and child”....
THE SECRETARY-GENERAL REMARKS AT ONE PLANET SUMMIT Paris, 12 December 2017 [as delivered] President Macron, Excellencies, World Bank President Jim Kim, Ladies and gentlemen, We are not yet winning the war on climate change — the defining challenge of our times. The Paris Agreement lays the basis for ambitious action. But we know that current commitments will not get us there. Every day, in every region, the front pages are dominated by weather-related disasters – storms, floods, droughts, fires. My recent visit to Barbuda and Dominica was truly heart-breaking and eye-opening. Climate change is moving much faster than we are. Atmospheric...
On 8 December 2017, SDG Advocate Professor Jeffrey Sachs gave opening remarks at the event, ‘Sustaining Peace: Partnerships for Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding’. This event was hosted by the President of the 72nd General Assembly (PGA) of the United Nations, the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), the UN Global Compact, the United Nations Foundation, the New York University Center on International Cooperation, and the Quaker United Nations Office. Professor Sachs spoke of the timely issue of sustaining peace and how SDG 16 is one of the utmost priorities for not only governments, but civil society, academia, and the private sector. Sachs...
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