Press Digest
The following are some of the stories in Zambian newspapers dated June 12, 2007. Health Communication Partnership Zambia has not verified these stories and therefore cannot vouch for their authenticity. June 12, 2007
TIMES OF ZAMBIA
- State, chiefs join efforts in the fight against malaria p.6: It is because of the dangers that this tropical disease poses that Government, through the Ministry of Health and the National Malaria Control Centre in particular organized a malaria advocacy meeting for the House of Chiefs. The meeting attracted a total of 27 traditional leaders from all the nine provinces of the country. The aim of the meeting was to orient traditional leaders on malaria prevention and control, establish partnerships and strengthen the role of chiefs in malaria prevention and control.
ZAMBIA DAILY MAIL
- Church body empowers HIV positive, vulnerable people (feature) p.6: In an effort to ease poverty and empower HIV positive people, Christian Children’s Fund (CCF), is working with the community in Kafue to mitigate the impact. As a way of reaching out to everyone, the organisation has set up projects targeting different age groups. One of the groups being assisted by CCF is Taonga support group, which comprises 28 people living with HIV who are looking after 113 vulnerable children. The group has two projects, vegetable gardening and chicken rearing. CCF provides necessities to help them run their projects.
THE POST
- 150m children working in agriculture – IFAD p.5: The International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) has said the largest numbers of children working worldwide are found in the agriculture sector. In a statement on the World Day Against Child Labour which falls today and focuses on the elimination of child labour in agriculture, especially the most hazardous types of work, IFAD stated that more than 150 million boys and girls under the age of 18 played important roles in crop, livestock and food production.
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