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By NATION REPORTER

The answer to Zambia’s debt question is with China and the country’s long-term development prospects are strongly tied to the world’s second biggest economy, former Lusaka Province minister Bowman Lusambo has said.

Mr Lusambo said he was of sincere
hope that the engines of the ZAF 1 Gulfstream G-650 Presidential Jet were
getting ready to take off and fly President Hakainde Hichilema to China to
engage with President Xi Jinping.

“We also know that whether President
Hichilema and his friends from Washington like it or not, ku Beijing kwena
muzayenda baba,” he said.

Meanwhile, Kankoyo Member of
Parliament Heartson Mabeta said out of the US$31 billion borrowed, Zambia only
owes China six billion dollars.

Mr Mabeta wondered how Zambia could
use US$6 billion to restructure US$31 billion.

“The MoU in Washington has a
detailed plan of how much each creditor including China are going to contribute
towards the restructuring of the total debt,” he said.

Running is one of the most accessible forms of exercise with an array of proven cardiovascular and musculoskeletal benefits, and an added bonus of increased mental health. Good-quality running gear, such as the right pair of shoes, is vital to improve running performance and reduce injury risk. For women particularly, a well-designed sports bra protects from exercise-induced breast pain, which can be a significant barrier to practicing sports. Up to 72% of women experience breast pain while running.

Metabolic (bariatric) surgery is more effective than medications and lifestyle interventions for the treatment of advanced non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Suzette Zuena is her own best advertisement for weight loss. Zuena, the “founder/visionary” of LH Spa & Rejuvenation in Livingston and Madison, New Jersey, has dropped 30 pounds. Her husband has lost 42 pounds.

There are more than 100 types of arthritis and related conditions, and they affect at least 54 million adults and 300,000 children in the United States, according to the Arthritis Foundation.

For people with cancer, chemotherapy saves lives, but for some patients, the treatment comes with a side effect—heart damage. Screening cancer drugs for cardiotoxicity has been an ongoing challenge, as heart cells don’t naturally grow in a dish, requiring researchers to do this critical testing using cardiac tissue from rodent models.

A new study published in Diabetologia finds that individuals who experienced childhood adversity are at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D) in early adulthood.

Research on the incidence of near-death experiences (NDEs) in patients admitted to intensive care units (ICU) for at least 7 days reveals that 15% reported having experienced a NDE. The emergence of these experiences seems to be enhanced by the propensity for dissociative symptoms and by the patients’ spiritual beliefs and practices.

Five people in the Cameroon capital of Yaounde have died from cholera over the last month, according to the health ministry, which warned of a “resurgence” of the disease.

The longstanding racial gap in U.S. stroke death rates widened dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic, government researchers said Thursday.