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…the President says he values the detest citizens have for free things, commits to promoting a culture of hard work while serving as leader of the nation

By NATION REPORTER

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has described Zambians as a very hard working people who detest free things and has committed himself to promoting the culture of hard working while serving Zambians as a public officer.

…hopes the year 2024 will see more love, unity, reconciliation, forgiveness and tolerance among political parties

By NATION REPORTER

THE year 2023 was characterized by growing hostility between the ruling party, the UPND and its predecessor, the Patriotic Front (PF) which had caused a lot of tension in the country, Peter Sinkamba has observed.

… Fr Emmaneul Chikoya of the CCZ says we cannot build a politically peaceful, united country with imingalato…His Grace, Archbishop Alick Banda, calls for the end of hypocrisy, urges leaders to stop the politics of imingalato, bitterness, hatred, rhetoric, lies and violence

By LUCY PHIRI

IT is the highest order of hypocrisy for the leadership to claim Christian status then embrace politics of trickery and imingalato in which innocent people such as the Registrar of Societies Thandiwe Mhende-Phiri are humiliated and bundled out of their offices for safeguarding institutional integrity by succumbing to illegality, the church has charged.

By LUCY PHIRI

THE Small Scale Farmers Development Agency (SAFADA) has appealed to Minister of Agriculture, Mtolo Phiri to review and rethink the decision Members of Parliament to venture into the agro dealership and access support through Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP) and open credit facility introduced by Government.

A new protein risk score developed to predict the risk of death for persons with heart failure (HF) has demonstrated good calibration and may help clinicians better stratify mortality risk in these patients. The score is published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

A systemic review evaluating 37 studies relating to respectful maternal care (RMC) found that current research addressing this topic lacks a “gold standard” method for measuring respectful maternity carel. The authors also found that only one study addressed clinical outcomes for birthing patients and no studies addressed the relationship between RMC and infant health. The review is published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

A study of more than 9,000 persons screened for lung cancer found that rates of downstream procedures and complications associated with screening are substantially higher in routine clinical practice than previously observed in the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST). The study is published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Benefits expansions during the COVID-19 pandemic may have helped to mitigate food insecurity among low-income adults. A survey of low-income adults showed that food insecurity dropped nearly 5% in 2021 compared to 2019. The findings are published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Physicians should be aware of a potential serious adverse effect associated with sotatercept use. A case report detailing serious and recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding is published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Few randomized controlled trials involving biological agents for psoriasis treatment include patient images, according to a review published online on Nov. 15 in the Journal of Dermatological Treatment.