26/07/2025
๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐ช๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ก๐ง๐ฆ ๐๐ง ๐จ๐ก๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฃ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐จ๐
Lusaka, Zambia
25 July, 2025
The Public Health Association of Zambia (PHAZ) participated in the inaugural academic symposium hosted by the ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป (๐จ๐ก๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฃ๐๐ฆ๐), held on ๐ฎ๐ฐ ๐๐๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ under the theme โ๐๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ.โ
The event brought together students, faculty, and key stakeholders from across the health sector, including representatives from the Ministry of Green Economy, the Health Professions Council of Zambia (HPCZ), and professional associations. Discussions focused on mentorship, collaboration, and practical approaches to strengthening public health systems at the community level.
PHAZ was represented by its President, ๐ ๐ฟ. ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ฎ, who addressed students during the plenary session. In his remarks, he encouraged future public health professionals to take an active role in shaping national health policy and to approach their careers with a sense of ethical leadership and service.
โ๐๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด,โ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐๐ณ. ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ข. โ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ถ๐ฆ โ ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ด๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ-๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ตโ
The Association commends UNZASOPHSA for taking initiative in hosting this event and reaffirms its commitment to supporting student-led platforms that foster professionalism, learning, and leadership in public health.
