The Zambia Integrated Systems
Strengthening Programmes (ZISSP) has formed a Behaviour Change Communication Coordination
Committee in Chongwe district to be coordinating activities targeted at
addressing social and health problems facing the district.
The committee was formed
yesterday in conjunction with the Ministry of Health during a stakeholders’
meeting held at Graka Lodge and has drawn membership from government and
non-governmental organizations in the district involved in addressing social
and health problems in the area.
Speaking after the formation of
the committee, ZISSP Community Health Coordinator for Lusaka Province Bridget
Michelo thanked the various stakeholders in the district for responding
positively to the call to form committee in the district.
Mrs. Michelo said Chongwe
district, just like other districts in the country, is facing numerous social
and health problems which require interventions such as the formation of
behaviour change coordinating committees in order to enhance effective and
efficient implementation of social and health Programmes in the district.
And Chairperson of the committee
Rev Roadwell Siame of the United of Zambia (UCZ) Chongwe Congregation appealed
for commitment and hard work among committee members in order for the committee to achieve the desired
results of bettering the lives of the ordinary people in the district.
The Chongwe Behaviour Change
Coordination Committee is the second committee to be formed in Lusaka Province
by ZISSP after the first committee the organization formed in Luangwa district
two weeks ago.
The member organizations are the
Department of Education, Zambia News and Information Services, the Department
of Community Development, World Vision Zambia, and Chongwe District Council.
Others are Chongwe District
HIV/AIDS Task Force, Chongwe Youth Group, Chongwe District Business
Association, and the United Church of Zambia.
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