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An All Female Landmark Medical Milestone!

ZMA wishes to announce to the nation and in the same vein congratulate the first four indigenously trained Diagnostic Radiologist in the country. This is an all female powered team!
A diagnostic radiologist is a doctor who treats medical conditions through specialised imagings and interventional radiological procedures.
This is a plus to a female representation and a testament that females can achieve anything they put their mind and brain to.
Congratulations Dr. Sarah Nshimbi, Dr. Lena Lambert, Dr. Julie Mulopwe and Dr. Ruth Phiri .
We are delighted for your much needed expertise and confident that you will serve the Zambian people diligently

A Landmark Medical Feat for Zambia!

ZMA wishes to congratulate Zambia’s first indigenously trained Neurosurgeons (Brain surgeons). This is a landmark development in the growth of the medical fraternity in Zambia and the Subregion.

Neurosurgery is a surgical discipline that tackles complex brain and Spinal cord conditions, whose operations are long and can be as long as 20hrs.Zambians will now have an easy access to this highly specialised Neurosurgical service locally.
Congratulations Dr. Ray Hazunga, Dr. Peter Mushenya, Dr. Anorld Bhebhe, Dr. Wilmot Sinyangwe,Dr. Brian Mwila and Dr. Aaron Munkondya.

We are certain that your continued dedication will be of immense benefit to the people of Zambia.
A big win for Zambia! 🇿🇲

The Zambia Medical Association has today, 24th May, 2023 held a press briefing and launched The ZMA Care for Care Givers Medical Scheme.
The press briefing focused on securing the country’s health system through a healthy workforce .

The background was on the global community just coming out of a debilitating COVID-19 pandemic which disrupted:

1. Healthcare;the way we know it
2. Changed the way we interacted as a people as livelihoods were heavily disrupted.
3. Travel,commerce and medical supply chains.

Association President, Dr . Crispin Moyo appealed to the media as a stakeholder to publish accurate and verified information to educate and inform, noting that negative reporting has the potential to dissuade the ordinary Zambians from accessing conventional healthcare from public facilities while also posing heightened risk to the well being of healthcare workers by way of leaving them vulnerable to verbal and physical abuse.

The Executive took this opportunity to launch the ZMA Care for Care Givers (ZMA C4C) Medical scheme in partnership with Madison Health & Risk Management Limited. In attendance was Managing Director Madison Health & Risk -Silo Mubiana and Assistant Manager – Business Development
Madison Health & Risk Management-Ms Linda Chisenga.

The ‘ ZMA C4C ‘ initiative is aimed at providing comprehensive health care cover to Medical Doctors and their immediate families in times of need, a milestone that has been work in progress for 7 years.

We therefore invite ZMA members from all corners and generations to sign up for this initiative that will help avert health emergencies that they are not immune to by virtue of being Medical Doctors while also mitigating catastrophic expenditure on healthcare needs for themselves and their immediate lives.

ZMA is one of the recipients of US $80,000 grant which is a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) project by Prudential Zambia. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a ripple impact on the lives of many and will continue to change the narrative of many. 

ZMA last year trained 45 master trainers under the Care for Care givers program who have since gone on to train over 400 more health care workers in basic mental health first aid. Since then, the trained first aiders have serviced over 1500 lives with mental health support both in their personal lives and their professional service.

This year’s grant will enable ZMA to further strengthen the Care for health care workers.

The event held on 31^st January, 2023 was graced by the Assistant Director Community Health, Dr. Sylvia Chila Simwanza.

Zambia Medical Association President, Dr. Crispin Moyo echoed the concern of, “Who takes care of health care workers?” 

Dr. Moyo thanked Prudential Zambia for the kind gesture. He shared how Prudential’s support has helped take care of health care workers indicating that over 1500 people have benefited from this support with over 400 health care workers now certified Mental Health care first aiders around the country. “Through this gesture, we will be able to train more of our members who are in the far to reach places.” 

The project is evidence based and coordinated by Public Health Chairperson Dr. Dalal Naeem who is grateful for the financial support from Prudential. Dr Dalal has also commended the technical support rendered by the Zambia National Public Health Institute and the Ministry of Health. The project outputs have been a success because of the professional zeal from the ZMA members, and the leadership from key institutions as ZNPHI and MoH. 

#MentalHealthForAll

#CareForCareProviders 

The Zambia Medical Association had the honor of hosting Deborah Prothrow-Stith, M.D. Mohsen Bazargan, PhD and Mr. Ntula Simwinga from Charles R. Drew University of Medicine & Science in Los Angeles, California.

The team paid a courtesy visit on the ZMA Secretariat on Tuesday 13th September, 2022 to explore potential points of collaboration with CDU. They were welcomed by the association President Dr. Crispin Moyo who engaged them in a discussion on various cross cutting issues ranging from promoting and maintaining the highest standards of medical practice by conducting Continuous Medical Education (CME) and Research.

Prothrow-Stith, M.D. Dean and Professor of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine & Science in Los Angeles, CA, and is widely recognized for her leadership in the field of public health.
She has advised top-tier healthcare institutions on leadership, as a principal at consulting firm Spencer Stuart, and she served as the Henry Pickering Walcott Professor of Public Health Practice and Associate Dean for Diversity at Harvard School of Public Health. At Harvard, she created the Division of Public Health Practice and secured over $14 million in grant funding for health programs.

Dr. Bazargan, PhD is Director of Research, Department of Family Medicine Director of Research, Public Health Program Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science Professor UCLA School of Medicine Department of Family Medicine

He is Professor and Director of Research at Department of Family Medicine at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine & Science (CDU). Dr. Bazargan served as immediate past president of the Academic Senate of CDU for six years. In addition, Dr. Bazargan is a Medical Sociologist with extensive training in the fields of aging, research methodology, evaluation, and statistics.
Mr. Ntula Simwinga is the Country Program Director at Charles R. Drew University – Rise Up! Project.

The Zambia Medical Association (ZMA) will be hosting a Scientific Conference and Annual General Meeting from 5^th to 6^th August, 2022 at Avani Victoria Falls Resort in Livingstone.

 The theme for the conference is “Harmonizing the National Response to Emerging Public Health threats: Lessons from the  COVID-19 Pandemic”.

Sub-themes:

 1.Health Systems

2. Chronic care IDs and NCDs

3. Mental Health Services

4. Essential Surgical Services

5. Maternal  & Perinatal Health

The program overview will include scientific paper presentations centered around the theme, discussions on topical matters affecting the welfare of the membership,keynote speeches and the 2022 AGM Business.

Kindly be informed that:  

• Registration fee is K1,750 (One thousand Seven Hundred Fifty kwacha) and is non-refundable.
• Registration fee includes tea break, lunch and all conference materials.
• Deadline for registration is 1st August,2022.
• No cash payments will be accepted.
• COVID-19 guidelines will strictly be adhered to. 

You are all requested to register and make payments with the ZMA secretariat or deposit the money into our account and send the deposit slip to the secretariat. Email: info@zma.co.zm or +260 977 486800.

ZMA account details:

Bank                             :           ABSA Bank Zambia

Branch                          :          Lusaka Business Centre

Account Name            :          Zambia Medical Association

Account No                 :          20016-7299784

SWIFT Code (SWOT)    :        BARCZMLX 

or alternatively, or via Tingg which utilizes Airtel money, Mtn or Zamtel