Public Health Association of Zambia (PHAZ) has indicated that lasting solutions to ending Cholera will require the country to address the environmental conditions that allow the disease to spread, rather than relying primarily on emergency responses when outbreaks occur. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Zambian Business Times-ZBT, PHAZ President, Christopher Kalumba said interventions such as distributing chlorine, providing health education and treating infected patients were necessary but insufficient without improvements to living conditions in unplanned settlements. Kalumba cited Kanyama and other unplanned communities in Lusaka, where residents continue to face sanitation challenges, poor waste management and flooding during the...
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