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Mr President Hakainde Hichilema

Republican President

Fellow Citizens, health is key to attaining a healthy and productive population. Health is not only a social determinant but an economic commodity to enhance human development. There are, however, inequalities in health service delivery, especially between rural and urban areas. This calls for institutional and systems strengthening to ensure health security for the nation. Our administration will enhance healthcare financing to improve the quality of health service delivery. We will also ensure that rural and urban communities are involved in the planning and delivery of health services as closer to our people as possible.

Hon. Elijah Julaki Muchima

Minister of Health

The Ministry aims to provide effective quality healthcare services close to the family as possible. This ensures equity of access to health service delivery and contributes to the human and socioeconomic development. The ministry also targets to attain Sustainable Development Goals on health and other national health priorities.

Dr Rosemary Kumwenda

Board Chairperson

As part of our mandate, we must endeavor to reach out to all corners of the country inclusive of the hard-to-reach areas. To make this achievable in the shortest possible time, we signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Zambia Air Force for enhanced support towards our activities. We, therefore, lay a challenge to all employees to up their game, while an assurance goes out to all Zambians that we shall endeavour to provide the best aeromedical services.

Dr. George Ng'uni

Chief Executive Officer

As we embark on a renewed journey of becoming the leading and preferred aero-medical service provider, our focus on provision of cost-effective, quality, and efficient aero-medical services to remote hard-to-reach areas and other places countrywide is key. This is the sure way to contribute to the improvement of the well-being of our fellow citizens. Clearly, there is inequitable access to basic health services in our country between provinces and between urban and rural areas. In urban areas, 99 percent of households are within 5 kilometres of a health facility compared to 50 per cent in rural areas.

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Zambia Flying Doctor Service

The Zambia Flying Doctor Service (ZFDS) is a grant-aided service delivery statutory board under the Ministry of Health (MoH) that was created under an Act of Parliament No 37 of 1967 with amendment No 18 of 1972 and repealed by act No 25 of 1975 Chapter 298 of the Laws of Zambia. It was founded by Dr. James Lawless in 1965. The FDS Act provides for the establishment, management and development of the Zambia Flying Doctor Service

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21 October 2025

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ZFDS EVACUATES WCFCB BENEFICIARY FOR SPECIALISED CARE ⭐️

The Zambia Flying Doctor Service (ZFDS) did on the morning of 19th October,2025 evacuate a differently baked Workers’ Compensation Fund Control Board (WCFCB) beneficiary from Nakonde to Lusaka for urgent specialized treatment.

The patient,whose identification has been withheld was evacuated following a formal request from the WCFCB, leveraging the established medical services agreement between the two institutions.

The patient is currently bedridden due to severe complications from chemical burns affecting his fingers, upper right thigh, and lower knee, and has recently been experiencing debilitating episodes of shortness of breath.

The decision to airlift was made to ensure he receives immediate, specialized intervention in Lusaka.

The ZFDS aircraft, bearing registration number 9J-FDS, initiated the mission from Ndola at 08:12 hours and landed in Nakonde at 10:05 hours.

ZFDS paramedics swiftly stabilized and loaded the patient before taking off at 10:32 hours.The flight touched down safely in Lusaka at 13:20 hours.

Upon arrival, a medical team from the International Hospital of Zambia (IHZ)- Fairview received the patient and immediately transferred him to Fairview Hospital for continued specialized care and management.

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21 October 2025

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ZFDS REACHES 578 DURING RURAL CHILD HEALTH CAMPAIGN LUAFULA⭐️

The Zambia Flying Doctor Service (ZFDS) has concluded a Child Health Rural Outreach Programme, providing a comprehensive package of child and maternal health services to 578 beneficiaries in hard-to-reach communities in North-Western.

The campaign, which focused on villages in Luafula (Mushindamo District), delivered essential services designed to combat high rural morbidity and mortality rates, underscoring the ZFDS’s mission to ensure equitable healthcare access for all citizens.

The ZFDS team visited seven communities—including Mapande West 6, Maumbo, Kankushi, Bintu, Mulalashi, and Kampemba villages—providing a full range of preventative, curative, and promotional health services.

During the outreach the team did the following child’s Health & Immunization administration of essential childhood vaccines, including BCG, OPV (1–3), DPT (1–3), ROTA (1–3), PCV (1–3), IPV (1–2), and Measles (1–2). Maternal Care Provision of antenatal booking and follow-ups, family planning services, and the successful recording of one delivery at West 6 Clinic were also done.

Some of the Services included growth monitoring and promotion, Vitamin A supplementation, deworming, and the distribution of life-saving Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) to children diagnosed with malnutrition.

Under the aspect of Women's Health,the Service Breast and cervical cancer screening was conducted for women, addressing key cancer prevention goals at the primary healthcare level.

The team also ensured that Information, Education, and Communication sessions were held to empower communities on child health, nutrition, hygiene, and disease prevention.

The continuous outreach efforts are part of the government’s commitment, delivered through the Ministry of Health to strengthen community-based primary healthcare and improve health outcomes.

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19 October 2025

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ZFDS EXECUTES LIFE-SAVING MEDICAL EVACUATION FOR FOUR PATIENTS ⭐️

Zambia Flying Doctor Service (ZFDS) today executed a life-saving emergency medical evacuation, airlifting four critically ill patients, including a four-day-old newborn, from Chinsali General Hospital to Lusaka for advanced specialist treatment.

The urgent operation was necessitated by the patients' severe, life-threatening conditions, which required immediate specialized medical care unavailable in Muchinga province.

The patients airlifted were a four-day-old baby, a seven-year-old boy, an 11-year-old girl, and a 30-year-old man.

They are confirmed to be suffering from urgent, severe pathologies including airway obstruction, severe pancreatitis, a congenital birth defect, and cardiac complications related to Rheumatic Heart Disease.

The urgent referral request was made by hospital Acting Medical Superintendent Dr. Cephas Sinkamba and approved by the Ministry of Health, citing the need for specialist intervention at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) and the National Heart Hospital.

The ZFDS aircraft, registered as 9J-FDS, initiated the mission from Ndola at 08:12 hours and landed in Chinsali at 10:00 hours.

The medical crew swiftly prepared the patients, with two requiring stretcher transportation and two needing continuous oxygen support.

The aircraft departed Chinsali at 10:32 hours, with ZFDS paramedics maintaining continuous medical monitoring throughout the flight.

The plane flown by Chief Pilot Patrick Kawanu and Siphosami Zulu arrived safely in Lusaka at 13:00 hours.

Upon arrival at the Zambia Air Force (ZAF) Base at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport, the patients were immediately transferred via waiting ambulances to specialist teams from UTH and the National Heart Hospital for urgent management.

We continue to provide effective and efficient service delivery to all patients through the Ministry of Health.

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Mr President Hakainde Hichilema

Hon. Elijah Julaki Muchima

Dr Rosemary Kumwenda

Dr. George Ng'uni

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