This sixth edition of the Zambia National Formulary provide a list of Medicines suitable for use in Zambia as well as essential information about their use. It provides guidance on prescribing and prescription writing.

An Act to amend and clarify the law relating to termination of pregnancy by registered medical practitioners; and to provide for matters incidental thereto and connected therewith.

An Act to control the importation, exportation, possession, sale, distribution and use of certain therapeutic substances; and to provide for matters incidental thereto.

An Act to make new provision for the assessment and payment of compensation in connection with pneumoconiosis; to provide for the medical examination and standards of physical fitness to be required of persons exposed or likely to be exposed to the risk of pneumoconiosis; and to provide for matters incidental to or connected with the foregoing.

An Act to make better provision for the control of the profession of pharmacy and the trade in drugs and poisons.

An Act to implement the scheme of retirement benefits for non-designated expatriate officers; and to provide for matters incidental thereto or connected therewith.

An Act to constitute the Tropical Diseases Research Centre; to establish the Tropical Diseases Research Board; to define the functions and powers of the Board, and to provide for matters connected with or incidental to the foregoing

This is an Act of Parliament specifying the provisions for detection, prevention and control of the spread of tsetse flies in Zambia including other related matters.

This Act provides regulation for prevention of diseases and the promotion of public health as well as other related matters.

This document declared Coronavirus Disease 2019 a notifiable infectious disease.

This Act provides regulation for the registration, control, isolation, inoculation and muzzling of dogs and the prevention of rabies as well as any other related matters.

This document amends the Public Health (Infected Areas) (Coronavirus Disease 2019) Regulations, 2020 by the revocation of regulation 9 and the substitution with a regulation that emphasizes that a public ceremony shall not be held in an infected area without the written permission of an authorised officer.

An Act to provide for the promotion and protection of the rights of persons with mental illness, mental disorder, mental impairment or mental disability; to establish the National Mental Health Council and provide for its functions; provide for mental health services in correctional facilities; give effect to certain provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Principles for the protection of persons with mental illness and the improvement of mental care General Assembly Resolution 46/119 of 17th December 1991, and other international human rights instruments to which Zambia is a State Party; repeal the mental Disorders Act, 1949; and provide for related matters.

An Act to regulate the education and training of nurses and midwives; continue the existence of the General Nursing Council and rename it as the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Zambia and provide for its functions; provide for the registration of, issuance of practising certificates to, nurses and midwives; provide for the scope of practice of nurses and midwives; regulate the practice and professional conduct of nurses and midwives; provide for the licensing of nursing and midwifery facilities; repeal and replace the Nurses and Midwives Act, 1997; and provide for related matters.

An Act to provide for an efficient and cost-effective system for the procurement, storage and distribution of medicines and medical supplies; establish Medical Stores Limited as the Zambia Medicines and Medical Supplies Agency and provide for its functions, and provide for related matters.

An Act to regulate the practice of forensic science and forensic pathology and provide for the licensing of forensic service providers; establish the National Forensic Authority and provide for its functions; establish the Board of the Authority and provide for its functions; establish the Office of the State Forensic Pathologist; establish the National Forensic Science and Biometrics Department, and provide for other matters.

This document highlights the function of the committee to develop a formulary of medicines accepted for use in the hospital and provide for its constant revision.

The National Health Care Waste Management Plan (NHCWP) for 2015 to 2019 is a roadmap that aims at putting in place a sustainable Health Care Waste Management (HCWM) system in Zambia. The plan recommends safe, efficient, sustainable, affordable and culturally acceptable methods for the treatment and disposal of healthcare waste (HCW), both within and outside healthcare facilities.

The Revised National HIV and AIDS Strategic Framework (R-NASF) is a three-year framework covering the period 2014 – 2016. It is intended to guide and inform the implementation of the national HIV multi-sectoral response in Zambia. The purpose of the framework is to provide an overall strategy for the planning, coordination and implementation of the multi-sectoral national response based on available evidence.

This document guides the process of pretesting health communication materials; and guides the process of evaluating communication materials.