09/04/2026
Over 3,200 health workers recruited as government boosts staffing
THOUSANDS of health workers have joined the public service while others have been promoted following the conclusion of the 2025 nationwide recruitment exercise aimed at strengthening healthcare delivery.
Civil Service Commission chairperson Choolwe Beyani announced that Government has recruited 3,205 health personnel in an exercise that aimed at recruiting about 2,000.
The recruitment, first announced on December 16, 2025, was conducted in two phases with the first focusing on promotions and transfers of serving officers, and the second targeting new entrants into the civil service.
Beyani said during a press briefing that the recruitment demonstrates Government’s commitment to addressing critical staff shortages in the health sector and improving service delivery across the country.
“This is a testament of the high premium government places in the sector to mitigate human resource shortages in the delivery of health services,” he said.
According to the Commission, 2,149 serving officers were promoted or transferred, creating room for 2,205 first-time appointments.
An additional 1,000 positions were filled through natural attrition such as retirements, resignations and deaths and other vacancies, bringing the total number of recruits to 3,205.
The new recruits include 240 medical doctors, 997 nurses, 194 midwives, 390 clinical officers and 138 environmental health technicians.
Others include 140 laboratory staff, 138 pharmacy staff, 90 community health workers, 32 dental staff, one medical physicists, 43 Radiography, 51 optometry staff, three orthopedic prosthetics among other staff.
Beyani described the process as transparent and inclusive, noting that recruitment was conducted through provincial and district human resource committees in line with the Civil Service Commission Act No. 10 of 2016.
“At district level, sub-committees were responsible for shortlisting and selecting suitable candidates, managing databases and verifying supporting documents,” he said.
He added that provincial committees validated submissions, while a national technical team comprising the Civil Service Commission, the Public Service Management Division (PSMD) and the Ministry of Health ensured compliance and eliminated duplication.
Successful candidates have been directed to collect their appointment letters in person from designated provincial centres between April 20 and April 30, 2026, upon presentation of their national registration cards.
Beyani said those recruited under attrition-based vacancies will collect their letters from PSMD within the same period.
He added that all newly appointed health workers are expected to report for duty by June 1, 2026, subject to clearance requirements including police fingerprint reports and medical fitness certification.
The Commission warned that failure to report by the stipulated date will be treated as a rejection of the offer, and replacements will be made.
Names of the newly recruited health workers will be published tomorrow in public print media, Zambia Daily Mail and Times of Zambia.
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