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Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>HEALTH Minister Elijah Muchima says government decided to dissolve the ZAMMSA Board because of the gaps they noticed, adding that they want an effective board.<\/p>\n

After the dissolution of the ZAMMSA Board, former Board Chairperson Dr Anna Chifungula said on Wednesday that she had been planning to step down because there was too much interference from the ministry.<\/p>\n

However, speaking when a US Embassy delegation paid a courtesy call on him, Thursday, Muchima said government needed a board at ZAMMSA that could discharge the roadmap effectively, as they were using taxpayer money.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we talk about governance and accountability, that\u2019s why today the ZAMMSA Board has been dissolved because of some gaps which we have noticed. Often, governance demands accountability.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Zambia Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zambia. HEALTH Minister Elijah Muchima says government decided to dissolve the ZAMMSA Board because of the gaps they noticed, adding that they want an effective board. After the dissolution of the ZAMMSA Board, former Board Chairperson Dr Anna Chifungula said on Wednesday that she had been planning to step down because there was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":64567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,8,12,248],"tags":[233],"class_list":["post-64568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-to-homepage","tag-zambia"],"yoast_head":"\nWE DISSOLVED ZAMMSA BOARD BECAUSE WE SAW GAPS \u2013 MUCHIMA - Zambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"HEALTH Minister Elijah Muchima says government decided to dissolve the ZAMMSA Board because of the gaps they noticed, ad ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/we-dissolved-zammsa-board-because-we-saw-gaps-muchima\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WE DISSOLVED ZAMMSA BOARD BECAUSE WE SAW GAPS \u2013 MUCHIMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"HEALTH Minister Elijah Muchima says government decided to dissolve the ZAMMSA Board because of the gaps they noticed, ad ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/we-dissolved-zammsa-board-because-we-saw-gaps-muchima\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Zambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-09-13T23:18:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-09-13T23:22:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2024\/09\/sm_1726257108.240292.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/we-dissolved-zammsa-board-because-we-saw-gaps-muchima#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/we-dissolved-zammsa-board-because-we-saw-gaps-muchima\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"WE DISSOLVED ZAMMSA BOARD BECAUSE WE SAW GAPS \u2013 MUCHIMA\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-13T23:18:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-13T23:22:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/we-dissolved-zammsa-board-because-we-saw-gaps-muchima\"},\"wordCount\":142,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/we-dissolved-zammsa-board-because-we-saw-gaps-muchima#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2024\/09\/sm_1726257108.240292.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Zambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/we-dissolved-zammsa-board-because-we-saw-gaps-muchima#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/we-dissolved-zammsa-board-because-we-saw-gaps-muchima\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/we-dissolved-zammsa-board-because-we-saw-gaps-muchima\",\"name\":\"WE DISSOLVED ZAMMSA BOARD BECAUSE WE SAW GAPS \u2013 MUCHIMA - 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