AS the country battles with the coronavirus (COVID-19), stakeholders should not lose focus of other health conditions such as HIV /AIDS, North-Western province minister Nathaniel Mubukwanu has advised.Mr Mubukwanu said in as much as the COVID-19 pandemic had diverted the country’s attention from HIV/AIDS, there was need for the general public to remain conscious of the two public health issues.He was speaking when he paid a courtesy on Chief Mulonga during his awareness programme in chiefdoms in Mushindamo district.The minister noted with concern that once the citizens forgot about HIV/AIDS, there was a likelihood that the number of infections would increase in the period that the country was fighting coronavirus.“While we are going to continue talking about Covid-19, let us not forget to sustain the gains we have made as a country in our quest to bring the HIV AIDS infection rate under control,” Mr Mubukwanu said.Zambians, he said, had over the years learned to […]
Don’t lose focus – Mubukwanu
