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A LOCAL non-profit organisation that provides support, information, and advocacy to children with cancer and their families, has released troubling statistics indicating that childhood cancer cases are on the rise in the rural parts of Zambia. Increased cancer rates are apt to stir concern among parents and rightly so. It is unfortunate that childhood cancer…

Pharmacists Jerome Kanyika has shared his opinion on the disturbing rise in suicide cases. He strongly believes the ease with which prescription drugs can be accessed is partially to blame for the rise in suicides and attempted suicides. This is because prescription level drugs strong enough to kill a fully grown human when taken in…

UNFPA East and Southern Africa (Johannesburg) Mongu — “Growing up in a remote village, I witnessed my grandmother, a traditional birth attendant, assisting women and girls to deliver babies. She would perform these deliveries at home, using local herbs to try and address complications,” said Michelle Simukayi, a student at Lewanika College of Nursing and…

A 24 year old man of Lukulu in Western Province identified as Felix kalimba has gone blind after seeing an old woman naked in the early hours of yesterday in Kamilende area of Lukulu district. Felix who was coming from Watopa area, saw an old woman urinating aside the road around 06:00hrs. Instead of waiting…