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By NATION REPORTER

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has called on Africa and the world at large to embrace and explore ways of enhancing intelligence capabilities and information sharing to manage security challenges.

President Hichilema implored Africa to forge mutual civil-military relations between the civilian and military sectors by being accountable to the people and ensuring they operated within the rule of law.

President Hichilema made the call when he officiated at the Conference of the “Africa Centre for Strategic Studies” at Taj Pamodzi Hotel in Lusaka yesterday. “Our fundamental role as a government is to ensure the continuation of peace and stability so that our economic agenda of providing livelihoods to our citizens is not disrupted. To that end, we urged the participants to be alive to the increased threats of terrorism and extremism, as they create fear and instability that can hinder economic development. We have always maintained that instability anywhere is instability everywhere,” President Hichilema said.

He said he was delighted to have officiated at the summit which comprised of participants from several countries across Africa and beyond who were meeting to discuss, among other things, how to manage peace and stability and how these factors relate and are critical to the economic sustainability of our countries now and in the future. “We recognised the fact that without strong political leadership, it would be difficult to achieve security goals and therefore promised to support our military and security services, to attain their objectives,” he said.  He expressed profound gratitude to the Africa Centre for Strategic Studies for choosing Zambia to host this important conference.

Nearly 40% of participants in a pilot study quit tobacco after completing a video-based smoking cessation intervention developed by a University of Massachusetts Amherst community health researcher for HIV-positive smokers in Nepal.

Trinity researchers highlight the complexity of tackle skill learning and tackle injury mitigation in women’s rugby union by uncovering how rugby culture and interactions with teammates, coaches, clubs and wider society shape player behaviors and experiences.

In March 2020, the economy grinded to a halt as the COVID-19 pandemic forced widespread shutdowns of businesses. As Congress watched the economy collapse, it responded by doing something lawmakers have resisted since the 1960s: a large expansion of the social safety net.

A common and relatively mild malady is yet another symptom people should watch for in the fight against COVID-19, experts say.

Incidence of Bell palsy is significantly more common following severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection than after receipt of SARS-CoV-2 vaccinations, according to a review published online April 27 in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.

Dangerous bacterial bloodstream infections in preemies may originate from the infants’ gut microbiomes, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Such infections are of substantial concern, as about half of infants who are extremely preterm or have very low birth weights experience at least one episode of the life-threatening infection after 72 hours of life. The findings are published May 3 in the journal Science Translational Medicine.

Long-term exposure to fine particulate matter air pollution was associated with an increase in hospital procedures in heart failure patients, according to a study published May 3, 2023, in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Samantha Catalano from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, U.S., and colleagues.

Sweat is more than just a sign of a good workout. It holds vital information about our health, providing clues to dehydration, fatigue, blood sugar levels and even serious conditions such as cystic fibrosis, diabetes and heart failure. Researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa College of Engineering have taken a giant leap forward in sweat analysis with an innovative 3D-printed wearable sweat sensor called the “sweatainer.”

Attachment theory has entered the realm of pop psychology, seemingly providing answers to many common problems. The theory, which is one of the most empirically validated within developmental psychology, revolves around the crucial importance of strong bonds between children and those who care for them.