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International News Zambia Addresses Corruption in Health Ministry, President Addresses Global Fund FreezeJune 28, 2010 Zambian Minister of Health Kapembwa Simbao said his government has addressed internal corruption and "had identified and was now prosecuting the alleged perpetrators of fraud at the ministry," after the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria deemed the ministry unfit to distribute the aid, Times of Zambia/allAfrica.com reports. The aid money is being managed by the U.N. Development Program while the ministry is "being restructured," the publication writes (6/24). Also, on Saturday Zambian President Rupiah Banda "accused donors of blackmail," in part, because of the Global Fund freeze, Reuters reports. "We must not allow donors to feel they can interfere in the internal affairs of this country because it is a sovereign and independent state," he said (6/26). Back to other news for June 2010
 This article was provided by Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. It is a part of the publication Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report. Visit the Kaiser Family Foundation's website to find out more about their activities, publications and services.
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