Tue, 23 Jan 2018 12:58:09 +0000 HIS Excellency the President Mr Edgar Chagwa Lungu and his government need to be highly commended in the manner they handled the cholera epidemic which broke out almost three weeks ago. For the first time, we saw political will in handling a situation that was threatening human live at work. Credit should also go to our security wings for their commitment to fight the disease not with guns but with that moral conscious and commitment to ensure a clean environment for all. However media reports indicate that the outbreak of this disease only occurred in highly impoverished communities of Kanyama, Matero, Mandevu and Kalingalinga townships of Lusaka and there was no mention of the disease in townships such as woodlands, ibex hill, Kabulonga and other such areas where the well to do live. What does this mean? It means that cholera has to do with poverty levels. It means […]
CHOLERA IS NO LONGER A HEALTH ISSUE, BUT A SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ISSUE AS WELL
