By Mailes Muke Zulu, Chief Executive Officer in Zambezi District, Northwestern Province Save Environment and People Agencyv(SEPA) As Save Environment and People Agency – SEPA we appeal to members of parliament in Floods hit areas to help profile Constituencies affected by Floods. With this currently situation of floods in North-Western and other provinces that has affected some districts we as a non- governmental organization feel members of parliament should call for a cacuas meeting, engage the local people through Councilors, profile each constituency so that well-wishers may come on board and help our women. It is for this reason that Save...

America’s Unwavering Aid By David L. Young Chargé d’Affaires, a.i., U.S. Embassy The story of U.S. leadership in the global battle against COVID-19 is a story of days, months, and decades.  Every day, new U.S. technical and material assistance arrives in hospitals and labs around the world.  These efforts, in turn, build on a decades-long foundation of American expertise, generosity, and planning that is unmatched in history. The United States provides aid for altruistic reasons, because we believe it’s the right thing to do.  We also do it because pandemics don’t respect national borders. If we can help countries contain...

REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE STATEMENT BY THE HON. MINISTER OF FINANCE Dr. BWALYA NG’ANDU ON FURTHER MEASURES AIMED AT MITIGATING THE IMPACT OF THE CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) ON THE ZAMBIAN ECONOMY APRIL 2020 1.0 PREAMBLE 1. Good Morning Ladies and Gentlemen. Let me start by welcoming you all to this morning’s briefing at which we present our assessment of the impact of the Covid19 on economic performance. This is part of the ongoing effort to apprise the country of how we are impacted by this pandemic and it comes as a follow up to a similar briefing which we...

By Local:  Prof. Fastone M Goma Mr. Richard Zulu Mr. Evans Kangwa International:  Dr. Jeffrey Drope Ms. Qing Li Dr. Grieve Chelwa Dr. Ronald Labonte     Acknowledgements oSchool of Medicine, University of Zambia oAmerican Cancer Society oZambian tobacco farmers       Tobacco is predicted to become the leading single cause of death by 2020, causing more than one in every eight deaths. Half of all lifetime smokers will die prematurely as a result of tobacco use – losing 20-25 years in life expectancy compared with non-smokers. : Fagerström K. The Epidemiology of Smoking. Health Consequences and Benefits of Cessation....