Health
USAID’s health programs help to prevent and treat HIV, malaria, tuberculosis, and cervical cancer, increase access to family planning, improve maternal and child health, and nutrition, prevent and respond to gender-based violence, and prevent, detect and rapidly respond to new and emerging infectious diseases. USAID and its partners work closely with the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) to provide high-quality health care services and strengthen the health system at national, provincial, district, and community levels.
USAID also supports the procurement and distribution of critical health care commodities for Zambians, such as HIV treatment, tuberculosis preventive therapy and treatment, and laboratory reagents for health facilities across Zambia.
Today, In Zambia, 11% of the adult population are living with HIV (15-59 years) with women being disproportionately impacted by the HIV epidemic and 14.6% of children living with HIV. USAID and its partners in Zambia implement HIV prevention, care, and treatment programs through the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Through PEPFAR’s support, over one million people living with HIV in Zambia are on life-saving treatment.