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On September 12, Zambia published findings from a COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness study in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (AJTMH). The study, which was led by the Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP) under the Zambian National Public Health Institute (ZNPHI), provides real-world evidence of vaccine effectiveness. The findings …

POLICE RECOVER HUMAN SCULL By Brian Hantuba Southern Province Acting Commanding Police Officer, Moono Namalongo, has disclosed that Police retrieved a human skull and some backbones in Namwala on Thursday. In a statement availed to Byta FM News, Namalongo says this follows a report made by 53 year old Hamajaya …

A TWENTY-eight year old man of Chipata has died of injuries he sustained after alcohol inspired and gave him courage to jump off a Lusaka-bound moving bus. Alex Smart Zimba’s alcohol-related death comes even before the healing of Dr Brian’s Sampa’s painful blisters he sustained on his feet about a …

Boy, 15, puts fellow pupil, 12, in family way A 12-year-old Grade Six pupil in Chipata has been impregnated by a 15-year-old Grade Seven boyfriend, who has blamed the lack of access to condoms as the main reason for putting the girl in the family way. An activist believes the …

MONGU CASHEW NUT FARMERS CRY FOR HELP Cashew nut farmers in Mongu, Western Province, have requested for help in order to overcome various challenges affecting the cashew nut sector. Those talked to, have lamented that the sector despite being viable, has continued to face many challenges, which has hampered production. …