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Zambia: UTH hikes fees

Story from the Daily Nation Website
THE University Teaching Hospital (UTH) has hiked user fees by up to 200 percent for services under the premium and standard patients’ schemes owing to the high cost of goods and services. Read More

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Zambia: Study shows 25% expectant rural mothers give birth at home

Story from the Lusaka Times Website
The number of mothers giving birth at home in rural parts of Zambia stands at 25 percent despite the numerous health facilities that have been constructed in all the districts. Read More

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Venezuela: Thieves Stealing Women’s Hair At Gunpoint

Thieves with scissors stealing women's hair in VenezuelaStory from the Zed Chronicle Website

Police in the Venezuelan city of Maracaibo are hunting a gang of thieves who have been targeting woman to steal their hair. Click here for the Full Story

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Zambia: First Lady calls for condom availability and other contraceptives to 16 year olds

Zambian First Lady Christine Kaseba
Zambian First Lady Christine Kaseba

Story from the Lusaka Times Website

FIRST Lady Christine Kaseba has called for condom availability and other contraceptives to young ones to prevent them from unwanted pregnancies, early marriages and contracting HIV. Click here for the Full Story

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Zambia: Pastor exposed

Picture from the Zambia Daily Mail Website
Picture from the Zambia Daily Mail Website

Story from the Zambia Daily Mail Website

Whacky rituals that include the shaving of hair from all parts of the body and wearing rings like Satanists do, have been exposed by disaffected members of a church in Lusaka. Click here for the Full Story

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Zambia: 800 graduates to replace fired nurses – Guy Scott

guy-scott-zambia-300x185Story from the Zambian Eye Website

VICE-PRESIDENT Guy Scott has said that Government will employ 800 graduate nurses to replace the dismissed health practitioners. Dr Scott maintained in Parliament that Government would not reinstate the fired nurses but replace them with the 800 graduate nurses. Click here for the Full Story

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Australia: Kissing Can Cause Herpes

Story from the Tumfweko WebsiteKissing Can Cause Herpes

If you think a kiss is just a kiss, you might want to think again, for the simple pleasure now comes with a health warning-it can cause herpes. Click here for the Full Story

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Could your diet be causing Uterine fibroids?

Uterine fibroidsStory from the Zambian Eye Website

Uterine fibroids are abnormal growths found in the wall and surface of the uterus. If you are wondering why so many women are having uterine fibroids, look no further than what is on your plate. Click here for the Full Story

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Zambia: Spiritual Healers Stopping People From Taking ARVs in Kalomo

anti-retro viral drug, Truvada.Story from the Tumfweko Website

SPIRITUAL and traditional healers are reported to have invaded Zimba and Kalomo districts of southern province discouraging People living with HIV from taking Antiretroviral drugs and instead quarantine them in camps for either taking salt water and herbs alongside prayers for them to be healed. Click here for the Full Story

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Zambia: Rabid Dog Bites 22 in Kitwe

Story from the Zambia Reports

A rampaging rabid dog has bitten 22 people in Kitwe infecting them with rabies. The dog, whose spontaneous appearance has caused panic among the residents, is yet to be gunned down. Click here for the Full Story

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Zambia: Human Papilloma virus (HPV) Vaccine For Young Zambian Girls

Story from the Mwebantu Website

THE statistics are alarming. Zambia’s cervical cancer burden ranks second in the world next to Guinea. Over 1,400 women die annually from the disease, according to Zambia’s Cancer National Registry. Click here for the Full Story

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Zambia: Unknown people slice private parts of Ndola man in Ndola

Story from the Muvi TV Website

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In a bizarre encounter unknown people have sliced the private parts of a man in Ndola on the Copperbelt who is battling for his life in hospital. Click here for the Full Story

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Zambia: Muwele residents consuming methylated spirit in place of tujilijili

tujilijili

Story from the Lusaka Times Website

People in Muwele area of Mpika district are reportedly drinking methylated spirit following the banning of tujilijili alcohol by the Government which became so popular, especially among the youths. Click here for the Full Story

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Zambia: DEC Arrests Female American Peace Corps For Trafficking in Cannabis

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THE Drug Enforcement Commission has arrested a 25 year-old female American national for trafficking in cannabis. Click here for the Full Story

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USA: Woman addicted to drinking blood -drinks 36 litres every week

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Story from the Zed Chronicle Website1

Californian tattoo-artist Michelle, 29, drinks 36 litres of pig plasma every week, enough blood to fill 23 bathtubs in the last ten years including human blood once a week, TLC reality show My Strange Addiction reveals. Click here for the Full Story

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