– toward being better

Congratulations to President Hakainde Hichilema and the UPND on their 2026 election victory. As the new term begins, we urge one priority that has waited long enough: mental health. Zambia has the law. It needs the budget. In 2019 Zambia passed the Mental Health Act No. 6 of 2019, replacing the 1949 Mental Disorders Act…

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has released its World Drug Report 2026, and the numbers tell a sobering story. Drug use is climbing faster than the global population, treatment remains out of reach for almost everyone who needs it, and young people — especially in Africa — are carrying an outsized…