Posted by Justin on January 25, 2018

PPAZ offers health lessons for youngsters with fun

THE Planned Parenthood Association of Zambia (PPAZ) Choma branch in Southern Province has earned itself a reputation of being one of the best providers of adolescent friendly health services through an irresistible participatory learning tool known as Join-In-Circuit (JIC).

Posted by Justin on January 25, 2018

Don’t depend on men for condoms, Southern Province Minister Haamukale prods women

Southern Province Minister Edify Haamukale has challenged women to break social norms which expose them to risks such as HIV infection. Dr Haamukale specifically challenged women to start accessing condoms instead of depending on men for the HIV infection barrier.

Dr Haamukale was speaking in Choma on 17 January 2017 when he received a consignment of socially marketed condoms donated by MLife Insurance and Madison Health Solutions handed over by National HIV/AIDS/STI/TB Council (ANC) Acting Director General Mr. Fortune Chibamba.

Posted by Justin on January 08, 2018

Kids share Xmas, New Year Health messages

The National HIV/AIDS/STI/TB Council (NAC) with support from UNICEF publishes a Newspaper supplement every month called Let’s Talk, dedicated to providing a platform for adolescents to share their life experiences in reproductive health, sexuality and HIV and AIDS related subjects either directly or through third party accounts.

Posted by Justin on January 08, 2018

NAC Receives 540,000 condoms from MLife Insurance, Madison Health Solutions

Madison Life Insurance (MLife) Limited and Madison Health Solutions have jointly donated a consignment of socially marketed condoms valued at approximately K90, 000.00 to the National HIV/AIDS/STI/TB Council (NAC) for distribution to areas with rising numbers of new HIV infections.

Posted by Justin on December 01, 2017

NAC Recognised for leading HIV fight

The National HIV/AIDS/STI/TB Council (NAC) has received an award of recognition from an international Non-Governmental Organisation, AIDS Health Care Foundation (AHF), for providing effective leadership in the coordination of the HIV response in Zambia.

Posted by Justin on October 25, 2017

NAC Takes adolescent HIV gospel to the airwaves

The National HIV/AIDS/STI/TB Council (NAC) with support from UNICEF will soon cover the whole country with broadcast programmes in its continued bid to increase its reach to adolescents as one of the key target audiences for HIV, AIDS, sexuality and reproductive health and rights information.

Posted by Justin on August 28, 2017

Mr Fortune Chibamba is Acting NAC Director General

The National HIV/AIDS/STI/TB Council (NAC) has appointed its Director of Programmes Mr Fortune Chibamba as Director General on an interim basis. NAC Chairperson Dr George Tembo disclosed the development this morning, 25th August 2017, in Lusaka when he met both head office based and provincial secretariat staff.

Posted by Justin on August 20, 2017

President Lungu launches HIV Testing, Counselling and Treatment Day

President Lungu chats with Grace Chansa, the adolescent who moved a vote of thanks to his address

Republican President His Excellency Mr Edgar Chagwa Lungu has launched the National HIV Testing, Counselling and Treatment (HTCT) Day making it possible for persons infected with HIV to be put on treatment immediately they know their HIV positive status. The HTCT Day launched on August 15 substitutes the National Voluntary HIV Counselling and Testing (VCT) Day which used to be commemorated on June 30.

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Posted by Justin on July 27, 2017

NAC-AHF Partner to improve HIV & AIDS Reporting

The National HIV/AIDS/STI/TB Council (NAC) has gone into partnership with AIDS Health Care Foundation (AHF) to promote increased media coverage and improve quality in reporting on and around HIV and AIDS. The Media awards were launched by the two institutions at Hotel Intercontinental in Lusaka on Friday 21 April 2017.

Posted by Justin on July 27, 2017

Test Your Health Radio Producers Trained

The National HIV/AIDS/STI/TB Council (NAC) has today 20th April, 2017, hosted a workshop of radio producers of Test Your Health programmes which promote adolescent HIV Testing Services (HTS) under the financial support of UNICEF.

NAC Director General Dr Reuben Kamoto Mbewe reminded participants drawn from five provinces where these programmes are already running and representatives of radio stations which are yet to be contracted, that they had an onerous task of reducing the burden of HIV in their respective catchment areas.

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