Fri, 17 Mar 2017 14:34:53 +0000 By Nation Reporter Private universities and colleges which are illegally advertising health-related training programmes have been banned. An announcement by the Health Professions Council of Zambia yesterday banned such universities from enrolling students for the banned programmes because they do not comply with section 32 (1) and (2) of the Health Professions Act No.24 of 2009 of the laws of Zambia. Altogether eight institutions some of them offering degrees and diplomas in clinical medicine, public health, environment and pharmacy have been banned because they do not comply with the requirement and were therefore not recognised and approved by the Council. Parents, sponsors and would-be students have been warned against sending their children for training because graduates from such institutions would not be recognised by the Council The Council has also warned that the advertising and enrolment for these programmes was not only illegal but had no approval from the […]
