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When patients receive a low-dose computed tomography screen for lung cancer, doctors can see more than just the lungs. The screening test often picks up abnormalities or potentially “significant incidental findings” (SIFS) not associated with lung cancer.

By NAMO PHIRI

ZAMBIANS need to embark on the route to be export oriented in order to grow the economy, Economic Association of Zambia (EAZ) President Enoch Ngoma has said.

Mr Ngoma said, the only way this will be achieved is by scaling up the production in various key economic sectors. Mr Ngoma said, the country needs to focus on increasing production in agriculture and the mining sectors. “Currently the production is very low which is worrying for the economy. We need to ensure that we scale up production in maize so that we can have enough for consumption and then we export the surplus.

There is too much demand in terms of the agriculture produce in the region which needs to take advantage of,” he said. The association President further said “The challenges being faced at Konkola Copper Mine and Mopani Copper Mine has really disadvantaged production. Mr Ngoma said, it is important that the government see to it that the challenges are dealt with so that the two mining giants can back to their knees.

He said, if the two mining giants start producing more the country will be able to export in excess which will bring more foreign exchange thereby stabilizing the performance of the local currency.

Meanwhile Mr Ngoma said, there is need for holistic resource mobilization so that the country can see meaningful growth. He said, the treasury cannot be dependent on institutions like Zambia Information and Communication Authority for resource mobilisation.

While the mpox outbreak has been waning since last summer, it hasn’t disappeared yet.

Surveillance data sources and indicators will support monitoring the impact of COVID-19 after expiration of the U.S. COVID-19 public health emergency declaration on May 11, according to two articles published in the May 5 early-release issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

The characteristics of pain, pressure, discomfort, and urgency vary for patients with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) and those with overactive bladder (OAB), according to a study published online March 30 in BMC Urology.

Patients seeking medication abortion care through telehealth services are just as satisfied, if not more so, with the service they received as patients who visited a clinical facility to receive care, according to a study published this month in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Indiana University’s Sina Kianersi, a recent School of Public Health-Bloomington doctoral candidate, has developed the first open-source model to translate transdermal alcohol content—data collected from skin secretions—into information that can be used by researchers.

The increase in obesity in lower-middle-income countries (LMIC) is largely thought to be affected by lifestyle transition away from traditional diets toward unhealthy Western dietary patterns that follow economic development. This study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior collected data on eating and physical activity behaviors from families in two socioeconomically-different communities in Nairobi, Kenya. Researchers found that increasing prosperity is linked to unhealthy eating patterns in Kenyan preadolescents.

By PRINCE MABUMBA

Mpika Member of Parliament, Francis Kapyanga has urged Government to involve traditional leaders and all stakeholders in decision making over the recently discovered  gold deposits in Kanyelele of Chikwanda and Mukwikile chiefdoms.

Mr Kapyanga said in a statement yesterday that chiefs should be part of the process to enable people to benefit from their God given wealth.

He said traditional leaders know the people in their communities and should, therefore,  be allowed to play a role in identifying  those who should be licensed for mining.

“We have consulted and since written to the government through the Provincial Minister’s office to bring all the stakeholders together, including traditional leaders and respective ministry representatives where we will come up with an all-inclusive decision,” Mr Kapyanga said.

The lawmaker also appealed to the government to remove foreigners who are taking advantage of the prevailing situation and to put in place measures that will ensure that local people benefit, especially the youths and women.

“We have watched for a very long time foreigners taking over our resources, and this trend should come to an end.

Further, the government should consider offering empowerment to supplement the awarding of small and medium scale mining licenses to the youth and women around the country.

“In this manner, we will improve local economies and ensure that our people are beneficiaries of the wealth in their land and start to break poverty circles that impede our communities,” Mr Kapyanga said.

Venezuelan Glorimar Montano saved up for months to pay the $120 for a single dose of the vaccine that protects against the cancer-causing HPV virus—a shot that is free and compulsory in most other countries.