Let’s help our shy mothers
THE Chitimukulu of the Bemba people says women in rural areas are choosing to give birth at home because they are too embarrassed to be attended to by young midwives. (more…)
FILE: KABWE Central Hospital ( above) is the biggest hospital in Central Province. PICTURE: CHAMBO NG’UNI
Kabwe hospital traces some baby swap mothers
CHAMBO NG’UNI, Kabwe
KABWE Central Hospital management has traced some of the women who gave birth at the hospital last week where a 22-year-old woman of Chisamba alleges that her baby boy was swapped for a girl. (more…)
Well done Dorcas mothers for burying unclaimed bodies
Dear editor,
I WISH to commend the Dorcas mothers from the Seventh Day Adventist Mindolo Mission District in Kitwe, who buried 18 unclaimed bodies from the Kitwe Teaching Hospital. (more…)
Mukobeko Maximum Correctional Centre.
Children win freedom for their mothers
NANCY SIAME, Lusaka
TWENTY-NINE women with circumstantial children are among the 2,182 inmates President Edgar Lungu has pardoned as Zambia joins the continent in celebrating Africa Freedom Day today. (more…)
Early marriage child mother.
Child mothers narrate ordeals
CHRISTINE CHIHAME, Mansa
THREE Grade 10 pupils at Katuta Secondary School in Luwingu rescued from early marriages have advised parents against marrying off their children at a tender age. (more…)
MUMBA Mwansa.
Appreciating mothers, mothering figures
Analysis: MUMBA MWANSA
ON EVERY second Sunday of May, a good number of countries, except the United Kingdom, commemorate and appreciate mothers because this has been set aside as their day – Mother’s Day. (more…)
Mothers abandon babies at UTH
PRISCILLA MWILA, CHRISTINE CHIHAME
Lusaka, Mansa
FOUR babies at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) have allegedly been abandoned by their mothers after delivering the infants. (more…)
UNICEF states that communities in rural areas have limited access to health care.
Right, the project helps to make the process of acquiring birthing kits more convenient and accessible for new mothers.
Ensuring safety of expectant mothers
NKOLE NKOLE, Lusaka
WHEN Muzalema Mwanza fell pregnant with her first child a year ago, she realised that many expectant mothers could not afford the birth kit items required for them to carry before delivery.