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24th January 2008, Lusaka -- The Ministry of Health in collaboration with other partners in maternal and child health launched the National Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health at a ceremony which was held at Chilenje urban clinic on Wednesday, 23rd January, 2008. The Honourable Minister of Health, Dr. Brian Chituwo officially launched the partnership. In his launch statement, Dr. Chituwo stated that the partnership has been formed to harmonise resources and galvanise interventions aimed at improving the health and survival of mothers, newborns and children.

WHO Good Governance for Medicines Programme Conducts the Second Inter-Regional Training Workshop on Assessment of National Medicines Programmes - ZAMBIA

8th April, 2008

Maseru, 12 December 2008 -- In yet another milestone effort to reduce childhood sicknesses and deaths from preventable diseases, the Minister of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW), Dr. Mphu Ramatlapeng, officially launched the Pentavalent vaccine, for the first time in the history of Lesotho.

Thanks to the collaborative efforts of the MOHSW, WHO, UNICEF, the GAVI Alliance and other partners, this life-saving vaccine was introduced to provide more protection to children in the country.

Lusaka -The Ministry of Health in collaboration with UNICEF, WHO, USAID and other partners in maternal and child health launched the Infant and Urban Clinic on 18th February 2009. The Minister of Health, Honourable Kapambwe Simbao, MP, officially launched the campaign which is specifically targeted at fighting malnutrition among children under the age of five.

Lusaka, 27 February 2009 -- The Ministry of Health today launched the second edition of the National Protocol Guidelines for the Integrated Prevention of Mother-To-Child Transmission of HIV and the training package for health care providers and district programme managers. The Deputy Minister of Health Honourable Mendoi Akakandelwa officially launched the guidelines at the ceremony which was held at the Ministry of Health office grounds. At the same function the WHO Representative Dr.

Lusaka, 4 July 2009 -- Mr. Yohei Sasakawa, the President of the Nippon Foundation/Sasakawa Health Memorial Foundation (NF/SHMF) and WHO Goodwill Ambassador for the Elimination of Leprosy visited Zambia from 29th June to 4th July 2009 to follow-up on the country’s Leprosy elimination achievements. He was met by His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Zambia Mr. Rupiah Bwezani Banda at State House on 2nd July 2009. Mr. Sasakawa’s message to the President was that of making the country free from Leprosy by ensuring that it is put high on the health agenda.

Lusaka, 30 July 2009 -- The Ministry of Health and partners today launched the National programme on male circumcision and the National Male Circumcision Strategy and Implementation Plan 2010 - 2020 at a ceremony which was officiated by the Deputy Minister of Health Hon. Mwendoi Akakandelwa.

Lusaka, 05 October 2009 -- The World Health Organization Country Office for Zambia donated a computer, printer and a UPS to the office of the Lusaka District Commissioner today as a way of building capacity in that office in terms of epidemic prevention and control. The Lusaka District Commissioner’s office is spearheading this campaign under the Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Programme. 

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21 October 2009 -- The final review meeting for the six African countries implementing the WHO demonstration project on strengthening cervical cancer prevention programmes opened in Lusaka on 20th October, 2009. This meeting has brought together more than forty participants from the participating countries which include Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.

25 April 2010 -- Zambia joined the rest of the world in commemorating the World Malaria Day (WMD) on 25th April under the theme “Counting malaria out”. The focus on the importance of engaging communities in the fight against malaria characterised the commemoration in Zambia.