A community-led response will not only get our HIV response back on track but also help Africa defeat COVID-19. When COVID-19 first hit Africa’s shores, there were real concerns that an...

It is a beautiful July night in Kabwe, one of Zambia’s average towns, but Beauty Muwela can hardly sleep. She has spent the entire day packing her bags to make sure that she does not...

November, also known as Movember, is prostate cancer awareness month. Prostate cancer affects men of all races and was previously reported to be a disease of older men. However, in Zambia we are increasingly seeing...

By BENNET SIMBEYE – “OUR people have been here for a long time and to be honest with you, I can understand why they have stayed for so long and many more keep coming. This...

By CHRISTINE MWAABA There is an old furrow in Kabwe, a remnant of the town’s oldest pieces of mining infrastructure, which was once used to ferry toxic and lead runoff from the closed local mining pits....

By CHRISTINE MWAABA KABWE town, long known for being endowed with zinc and lead deposits, has had a perennial lead poisoning problem. This arises from the long-term pollution caused by mining zinc and lead.It is...

By JESSIE NGOMA-SIMENGWA THE United Nations (UN) has predicted that between 2017 and 2050, the number of people aged over 60 in developing countries will increase. Old people, and women in particular, outnumber the men...

By JESSIE NGOMA-SIMENGWA  – SEXUAL violence against children has been described as one of the largest silent global pandemics that have affected the development of children. The United Nations definition of a child is that...

Gender is my Agenda by Charity Moonga – “I always worked hard at school because I really wanted to study abroad and I cant believe that despite attaining that dream, I have found myself crying...

By KELVIN MUDENDA – ZAMBIA has recorded a decline in the number of Gender Based Violence (GBV) cases. According to the latest statistics from the Victim Support Unit (VSU) of the Zambia Police Service, 5,040...