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In 2014, Zambia was planning to distribute 6-7 million insecticide-treated bednets (ITNs), but only limited information was available on the most efficient distribution and hang-up approach to optimize ITN ownership and use in Zambia. A door-to-door distribution strategy had been previously used throughout Zambia, but was highly challenging and costly in terms of time, supervision...
Read moreDelivering at health facilities can help to reduce maternal and infant mortality, but in Zambia only 67 percent of total births and 56 percent of rural births take place in health facilities.[1] The Demand-Driven Evaluations for Decisions (3DE) program conducted an impact evaluation to determine if non-cash incentives, called Mama Kits, can cost-effectively increase rural...
Read moreIn Chibombo District, part of Zambia’s Central Province north of the capital of Lusaka, Josephine Mwita lives in a small mud house a few hundred yards down well-worn dirt paths from the main road with 10 members of her family. Here in this rural area, most people make their living by farming and animal rearing....
Read moreIn Ndola, Zambia on November 4, Patricia Munsanje and six other students huddled together around a dummy practicing cervical suturing. The students and their instructor—an obstetric health professional—bent down to carefully weave the sutures through a foam model meant to simulate a woman’s torn cervix after birth. First they practiced on the foam, and then...
Read moreUniversal health coverage (UHC) cannot be realized without an adequate health workforce and in particular community health workers (CHW) can make a considerable contribution towards achieving UHC. The Government of Zambia has recognized this and to improve access to healthcare and address health workforce shortages in rural areas, the Ministry of Health developed and implemented...
Read moreThe Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) and the Ministry of Health of Zambia announce the release of new evidence regarding the integration of infant HIV testing with routine immunization services. Early testing of HIV-exposed infants and the initiation of antiretroviral therapy for HIV-positive infants is critical to improving infant survival. While Zambia has made...
Read moreEarly testing of HIV-exposed infants and the initiation of antiretroviral therapy for HIV-positive infants is critical to improving infant survival. Learn about evidence from a Demand-Driven Evaluations for Decisions (3DE) Evaluation in Southern Province, Zambia that measured the impact of reinforced integration of infant HIV testing and immunization services here.
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