Ministry of Health (Zambia)

Ministry in Zambia

Ministry of Health

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Ministry overview
Type| Ministry
Jurisdiction| Government of Zambia
Headquarters| Haille Selassie Avenue
Ndeke House
P.O. Box 30205,
Lusaka, Zambia
Annual budget| ZMW. 4.43 billion (2016)[1]
Ministry executive|

* Sylvia Masebo,
Minister of Health

Website| Homepage
Kalonda Rural Health Centre in Kalomo District

The Ministry of Health is a ministry in Zambia. Its head offices are located in Lusaka.

## Operations

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Subsidiary organizations include the Central Board of Health and the National Malaria Control Centre.

Healthcare facilities run by the Ministry are categorised into Urban Health Centers and Rural Health Centres (or Health Posts).

Schools operated by the Ministry include the Mansa School of Nursing in Mansa and the Ndola Schools of Nursing and Midwifery in Ndola District.

## List of ministers

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This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (May 2020)

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Minister  | Party  | Term start  | Term end

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Member for Health and Local Government
Ewain Wilson |  | 1949 | 1953
Member for Health, Lands and Local Government
John Roberts | Federal Party | 1954 | 1956
Minister of Health
Sikota Wina | United National Independence Party | 1964 | 1964
Munukayumbwa Sipalo | United National Independence Party | 1964 |
Alexander Bwalya Chikwanda | United National Independence Party | 1972[2] |
Mutumba Mainga Bull | United National Independence Party | 1973 | 1976
Nkandu Luo | Movement for Multi-Party Democracy | 1999 | 1999
Enoch Kavindele | Movement for Multi-Party Democracy | 2000 | 2001
Sylvia Masebo | Movement for Multi-Party Democracy | 2005 | 2006
Kapembwa Simbao |  |  | 2011
Joseph Kasonde | Patriotic Front | 2011 | 2016
Chitalu Chilufya | Patriotic Front | 2016 | 2021
Jonas Chanda | Patriotic Front | 2021 |

### Deputy ministers

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Deputy Minister  | Party  | Term start  | Term end

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Nkandu Luo | Movement for Multi-Party Democracy | 1997 | 1999
Chitalu Chilufya | Patriotic Front | 2015 | 2016

## References

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1. ^ "Zambian Budget 2015-2016" (PDF). Zambian Government. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
2. ^ John Dickie; Alan Rake (1973). Who's who in Africa: The Political, Military and Business Leaders of Africa. African Development. p. 583\. ISBN 978-0-9502755-0-5.

## External links

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* Official website

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