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University of the Sunshine Coast researchers have developed a rapid portable test for one of the world’s fastest-spreading mosquito-borne diseases.

An estimated one in four older Americans with dementia or mild cognitive impairment lives alone and is at risk of practices like unsafe driving, wandering outside the home, mixing up medications and failing to attend medical appointments.

By NATION REPORTER

UPND is the first government in the history of Zambian politics to have lost popularity in a very short time after taking over power in 2021, Economic Front president, Wynter Kabimba has said.

Mr Kabimba said UPND has lost popularity in just two years of being in government because they have chosen to implement things that were different from what they had promised the people.

He UPND was not talking about the issues of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) when they were in the opposition, they focused on issues of bread and better and the people were happy because they thought they would be having affordable meals.

Mr Kabimba said now that they were in power there was a deliberate shift in the attention of people from the aspect of lifting their standards of life to issues that only have impact in the long-term.   

“I don’t remember a lot of emphasis In the run-up to the 2021 election on CDF, employment of health workers, Hakainde Hichilema’s emphasis was on issues of bread and butter and correctly so,” he said.

He said what president Hichilema promised Zambians was to lower the cost of living and create employment opportunities for the youths and everybody was happy with him.

Mr Kabimba said picking on the figures there were more unemployed youths now than they were in 2021 and there were more people who could not afford the price of mealie-meal now than it was in 2021 before the elections.

He said there were more people who were dying today from preventable diseases due to lack of drugs resulting from the degenerating health care system under the UPND that it was the case in 2021.

Mr Kabimba said the issues of food that were supposed to define a government that has delivered have not been dealt with hence the loss of hope by the people in the UPND administration.

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Currently, it is a difficult and laborious process to place two cells in contact with each other to examine their binding characteristics. It is however a necessary step in understanding how cells interact in the hopes of finding novel cancer treatments, especially cell-based cancer immunotherapies.

PEP Guardiola is targeting a “full circle” of trophies as Manchester City boss after winning the club’s first UEFA Super Cup with a victory on penalties over Sevilla after a 1-1 draw in Athens.

The European Champions had to come from behind after Youssef En-Nesyri’s towering first-half header gave the Spaniards the lead.

City were far from their slick best, but hit back to force the game to penalties through Cole Palmer’s equaliser.

Guardiola’s men were then perfect from the spot and prevailed 5-4 in the shootout after Sevilla defender Nemanja Gudelj smashed against the bar.

Should City win the Club World Cup in December, it would complete Guardiola’s honours list since arriving in England, which already includes five Premier League titles, four League Cups, two FA Cups and the club’s first Champions League.

“We are really pleased for the club to win this,” Guardiola said. “We miss just one to finish the full circle and have all the titles we can have.” 

Guardiola has bemoaned his side’s lack of preparation for the new season, which showed under the baking heat in the Greek capital.

City badly missed the creative presence of Kevin De Bruyne and Bernardo Silva through a combination of injury and illness.

A four-month absence for De Bruyne due to a serious hamstring injury has exacerbated the loss of firepower offered by Ilkay Gundogan and Riyad Mahrez since last season.

West Ham’s Brazilian international Lucas Paqueta has been linked with a move to the Etihad, and this performance may serve as further proof City need to strengthen before the end of the transfer market.

“We are not in the best moment, I would say,” Guardiola aadmitted. “Football in these games, in this period, is a (toss of a) coin.” – AFP.

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered how HIV hijacks intracellular processes to proliferate and contribute to neurodegeneration, according to a new study published in Nature Communications.

Our movements are controlled by multiple neural pathways that connect the brain and spinal cord. In particular, neurons in the cerebral cortex send commands to the motor neurons in the spinal cord and then to the muscles, thus eliciting the required movement. This flow of neural information is compromised in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)—a widespread progressive neurodegenerative disease in which the muscles gradually atrophy, making movement and breathing difficult.

By LUCY PHIRI 

FORMER Ministry of Defence Permanent Secretary, Stardy Mwale has asked the court to refer his matter to the High Court to determine whether he can be granted a fair trial or not following an oath of secrecy he made whilst in defence.

In this matter, Mwale and five others pleaded not guilty to three counts of willful failure to comply with the law, applicable procedure or guidelines, relating to the procurement of the Gulfstream G650 Presidential jet.

Mwale, Isabel Wilima Chinji, Michael Obister Mbewe, Evaristo Sakala, Frank Hardy Sinyangwe and John Phiri pleaded not guilty in the first count while Mwale again pleaded not guilty to the remaining three counts.

When the matter came up yesterday at the Lusaka Magistrate Court before Chief Resident Magistrate Davies Chibwili, Mwale through his lawyer, Mr. Leon Lemba said he cannot proceed with trial at the subordinate court on grounds that he cannot review some information he came across during his employment unless the oath is lifted.

Mwale in his application said when serving in government, specifically in the defence force, one needs to swear an oath of secrecy which is connected to the President.

“You cannot start divulging information or things that you come across during your employment,” he said.

His lawyers argued that they have been having challenges with preparing Mwale’s defence because of the secrecy of oath unless it is lifted from him.

“How can I defend my client if he does not tell me the whole story about the issue because he is on oath? Under the State Security Act, if he tells me, it’s an offence and both of us as a lawyer and accused person can be charged. That’s why we want the matter to be referred to the High Court for it to determine whether the accused would be granted a fair trial or not,” Mr. Lemba submitted.

He insists that the court should refer the matter to the High Court for determination on whether the accused persons would be afforded a fair trial or not. The state in response said the defence should make an application by way of summons and an affidavit. 

It is alleged in the first count that  Mwale, Chinji, Mbewe, Sakala, Sinyangwe and Phiri  between March 1,  2017 and April 4, 2017 in Lusaka, being persons concerned with management and use of public revenue, as members of  the Ministerial Procurement Committee  for the Ministry of Defence,  jointly  and whilst acting together, without  following tender  procedure  willfully failed to comply with section 52 (1) of the public  Procurement Act No. 12 of 2008 as read with Regulation 113 of the Public Procurement

Regulations, Statutory Instrument No, 63 of 2008 when they awarded contract no. NOD/MPC/024-17 for the Modernisation of Defence Forces to ELBIT Systems Limited without Bid Evaluation.

The court adjourned the matter to September, 27, 2023 for ruling.

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A WOMAN of Ndola could face up to 15-years-imprisonment or more after being found guilty of having sexual encounters with her eight-year-old son’s friend. Sandra Mwale aged 30, a housewife of Lubuto township is believed to have had sex with a grade one pupil who is her friend’s son and she has since been convicted […]

ZAMBIA is fully committed to fostering legitimate business opportunities and is steadfastly opposed to any form of criminal activity. In the wake of a recent exposé that resulted in the apprehension of over 10 individuals linked to a gold scam, President Hakainde Hichilema has emphatically conveyed his determination to prevent the proliferation of criminal activities […]