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Zambia: Drought Response Appeal May 2024 - December 2024 (Issued May 2024)
07 May 2024 12:37 GMT
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Overview of the Situation
Zambia is experiencing the driest … increase the risks of waterborne diseases. The country is still … as other vector borne diseases. Zambia has regions that are … violence, exploitation and abuse.
Zambia is among countries reporting …
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DHAPP Commends CIDRZ for HIV Interventions Provided to the Defence Forces of Zambia.
06 May 2024 13:00 GMT
… Defense HIV Prevention Program (DFPP) being implemented by the Centre for Infectious Disease … Research in Zambia (CIDRZ) in providing HIV prevention, care …
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Zimbabwe Among African Nations Receiving $36.5 Million Boost to Combat Trachoma Epidemic
06 May 2024 12:17 GMT
… combat trachoma, a debilitating eye disease prevalent across Africa, sixteen African … B. Helmsley Charitable Trust for Zambia, alongside Sightsavers’ own contributions, have … , initially manifesting as a bacterial infection, progresses to cause scarring of …
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UNICEF hands over medical oxygen production plant to Zambian hospital
06 May 2024 08:53 GMT
… oxygen production plant to Zambia’s Kitwe Teaching Hospital … Zambia, said during the handover ceremony that the COVID-19 pandemic … oxygen is vital in preventing diseases such as pneumonia which … the age of five in Zambia.
The UNICEF representative said …
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Funding boost of $36.5m will help eliminate blinding disease in Africa
04 May 2024 19:00 GMT
Plans to eliminate the blinding disease trachoma from 16 African countries, … similar to conjunctivitis. But repeated infections cause scarring that makes people … , Guinea, Namibia, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Meanwhile Nigeria, Kenya …
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Republic of Zambia: Disaster Management And Mitigation Unit - Drought Response Situation Report No. 1 (19th April, 2024)
04 May 2024 16:02 GMT
… be adjusted accordingly.
SITUATION OVERVIEW
Zambia is experiencing the driest agricultural … water, heightening the risk of diseases. Decreased access to water threatens … the country’s electricity supply. Zambia depends heavily on hydroelectric power …
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Republic of Zambia: Disaster Management And Mitigation Unit - Food Security Drought Response Plan (April 2024)
04 May 2024 16:02 GMT
… On Thursday 29th February 2024, Zambia’s President, Mr. Hakainde Hichilema … and food security of majority Zambians.
• A total of … will be adjusted accordingly
Zambia is experiencing the driest … increase the risks of waterborne diseases. Already, the country …
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Zambian gov't highlights importance of hand hygiene in reducing infections
03 May 2024 18:06 GMT
… , May 3 (Xinhua) -- The Zambian government on Friday urged citizens … it is crucial to preventing disease.
Minister of Health Sylvia Masebo … because 80 percent of all infections are transmitted by hands. …
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Zambia’s School Population Is Exploding. But There’s Nowhere for Them to Sit.
03 May 2024 12:54 GMT
… s Central Business District — Zambia’s main commercial and … says. Zambia is still recovering from 2020, when the pandemic struck … year.
Prudence Phiri, GPJ Zambia
The Kalingalinga Primary School … for Quality Education in Zambia, an organization that promotes …
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Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health Summit to Address Looming Soil Health Crisis
07 May 2024 20:00 GMT
… people since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
Nairobi, Kenya – May 7 … 59.27, Kenya 60.66, Zambia 63.90, Malawi 96.74 …