Zambia: Nation Heads for Malaria-Free Status

Lusaka — HEALTH Minister Kapembwa Simbao has said Zambia is advancing towards the malaria-free status after reducing the prevalence rate to an average of 35 cases in every 1,000 people.

Mr Simbao said in Lusaka yesterday that the rate of death emanating from the disease had been reduced by 66 per cent as per World Health Organisation (WHO) findings and that was partly attributable to the use of coartem.

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