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In South Africa, it is legal to have an abortion upon request until the 13th week of pregnancy. The procedure is performed by trained certified midwives or registered nurses at specific primary care clinics. However, social stigma exists around the procedure, and there is a shortage of services in rural areas where about 32% of the population live.

As climate records tumble and wildfires rage, people all over the planet are feeling the toll.

For athletes and highly physically active individuals, a well-planned and executed nutrition and exercise training regimen are critical to maximizing training and pursuing peak performance.

By PRINCE MABUMBA

ENERGY expert, Johnstone Chikwanda has commended Government for shifting Zambia to the use of cleaner fuels through policy implementation.

Dr Chikwanda observed that Sulphur diesel had been outlawed in the country, which was not good for health and the environment.

He also hailed Government for successfully converting the 1, 710kilometre from transporting co-mingled feedstock to refined low Sulphur diesel, a significant milestone in the cost reduction plan.

He says the government had also waived customs duty at zero percent instead of 25 percent aimed at protecting consumers from higher fuel pump prices.

Dr Chikwanda said to this end, Government had waived about US$300 million which could have been raised from consumers had this tax not been zero rated.

“Another achievement that the new dawn administration has managed to score in its two years of being in office is the completion of the commissioning of the remaining units at the 750mw Kafue Gorge Lower.

“This has been done using locally raised resources without recourse to the loan with previous funders while funding to Rural Electrification Authority (REA) has reached unprecedented levels by doubling the previous allocation of K360 million in 2022 to K740 million in 2023,” he said.

He said as part of decentralisation, local communities had been allocated a significant amount to decide on what to electrify from the Constituency Development Fund which he pointed out to be a notable development.

Government, Dr Chikwanda said, had also signed partnership agreements for renewable energy worth over US$7 billion, which was changing the energy topography of the country by focusing on other forms of energy.

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There is a lot of health buzz around the term “inflammation” right now. From new scientific discoveries to celebrities and social media influencers, it seems like everyone is talking about this important bodily process and its potential impact on our health.

Most infants admitted to the intensive care or high acuity unit for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections during fall 2022 were previously healthy and born at term, according to a new study reported in JAMA Network Open.

Levels of gray matter in two parts of the brain may be linked to a desire to start smoking during adolescence and the strengthening of nicotine addiction, a new study has shown.

If you exercise regularly, you have probably noticed that you increase the effort if you have music playing in the background. Researchers know this as the ergogenic effect; the right music makes you feel less tired and produces a positive stress reaction in the body.

Extreme heat threatens the health of vulnerable populations such as children, laborers, and the elderly. A Stanford pediatrician, emergency medicine doctor, and professor of Earth system science discuss how we can best adapt and build resilience—particularly for those populations and communities that are most vulnerable.

New cancer drugs are being launched rapidly before their long-term effectiveness for patients can be evaluated. Several years later, most of them still lack scientific evidence for increasing life expectancy or improving quality of life, a study at the University of Gothenburg has shown.