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...It has partnered with CAREPEAK to mamage chronic diseases By Francis Maingaila  Lusaka - 20 - 05 - 22 - (Zambia24) - Prudential life Assurance has partnered with CAREPEAK Specialist Clinic to manage chronic diseases that the clients in the country. Prudential Managing Director Kachiza Kwenda in the speech read on his behalf by Milimo Sikoobwe told journalists during the loch held at Grand Palace Hotel in Lusaka that the program is targeting all the 45 000 clients Prudential Life Assurance has across the country.  Sikoobwe said the Prudential Life Assurance has always been eager to offer initiatives that provide solutions to clients. One such initiative is to partner with CAREPEAK Specialist Clinic in Lusaka which has to suffer financial loss due to frequent hospital visits to seek redress associated with their chronic diseases on them. He observed some challenges in managing clients who are exploited in hospitals in terms of being overcharged and given the conditions which ...

The Central Banks says  the Committee also took note of the positive efforts to implement fiscal consolidation measures, relatively weaker growth prospects over the medium-term, including the lingering vulnerabilities and risks to the financial sector.  By Francis Maingaila  Lusaka-18-05-2022 - (Zambia24) - he Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to maintain the Monetary Policy Rate at 9.0 percent.  Bank of Zambia governor Dan Kalyalya told journalists at a media briefing that the decision to mantain the MPR was made at its latest meeting held on May 16 to 17. In arriving at this decision, Dr. Kalyalya said the Committee took into account the continued deceleration in inflation and its projected further decline towards the 6-8 percent target range by the end-2023.  According to Dr. Kalyalya, the Committee also took note of the positive efforts to implement fiscal consolidation measures, relatively weaker growth prospects over the medium-term, including th...

Sikota advised the new dawn administration to focus on developmental issues Lusaka - 16-05-22 - (Zambia24) - Lawyers representing Chanda Kabwe have advised the new dawn administration to focus on developmental issues that follow speculative issues running in the minds of the people. Sakwiba Sikota told journalists in an interview that it was a waste of time for the ACC to summon his clients for questioning over the case which they did not understand. He said his client was not arrested and or given a formal warning and caution to indicate that an arrest is likely to take place shortly. He asked the journalists to go and ask the ACC investigators because he did not understand why Chanda Kabwe his client summoned in the first place. He said is no need for the government to use the ACC to continue following cases that do not exist. He wondered why the ACC wanted Chanda Kabwe to appear before the investigators for questioning because there is nothing meaningful that was recorded from the i...

...Saili said journalists will require an extra eye for innovativeness and creativeness to report on the abundant activities of great interest to the people of Zambia. By Francis Maingaila Lusaka (18-04-23) - The Zambia News and Information Services (ZANIS) director Loyce Saili has challenged journalists to go beyond events in capturing what is happening in the country. Saili told journalists when she officiated at the official opening of a three days media workshop for journalists on agroecology at Taj Pamodzi Hotel in Lusaka organized by Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELU) Zambia that the country is faced with so many challenges including social, economic, political affecting the people and the media must ensure that all these issues are highlighted. Saili said journalists will require an extra eye for innovativeness and creativeness to report on the abundant activities of great interest to the people of Zambia. Besides the many activities, Saili explained, Zambia has...

    …It brings social and environmental protection together By Francis Maingaila Food Agriculture Organization (FAO) Food and nutritional security are notably a complex field for social protection, which demands an integrated approach to deal with vulnerabilities related to heath, income, natural resources access and environmental protection. Country   Director said in an exclusive interview that agroecology which is based on the application of ecological concepts and principles with the aim of optimizing the interactions between humans and the environment taking into account the social aspects that must be addressed in order to achieve a fair and sustainable food system can support not only food production but also nutritional security. While preserving the ecosystem and biodiversity agroecology can also play an important role in developing resilience and adaptation to climate change. PELUM Zambia, in partnership with other organizations like Zambia Alliance for ...