Zambia

A republic in central Africa; formerly controlled by Great Britain and called Northern Rhodesia until it gained independence within the commonwealth in 1964.

History

Multiple waves of Bantu-speaking groups moved into and through what is now Zambia over the past thousand years.

1980's

In the 1880s, the British began securing mineral and other economic concessions from various local leaders and the territory that is now Zambia eventually came under the control of the former British South Africa Company and was incorporated as the protectorate of Northern Rhodesia in 1911.

British rule

Administrative control was taken over by the UK in 1924. During the 1920s and 1930s, advances in mining spurred development and immigration.

Independence

The name was changed to Zambia upon independence in 1964.

Population

18.38 million (2020)

Healthcare in Zambia

Zambia offers universal healthcare to all its citizens although it is very basic as Zambia's public healthcare system is chronically underfunded.
In 2010, public expenditure on healthcare was 3.4% of the GDP - among the lowest in southern Africa.

Brain drain

Many Zambian doctors leave the country or work only for the private health system

Hospitals

Medical education

Vital statistics

Mother's mean age at first birth

19.2 years (2018 est.)

Maternal mortality ratio - 213 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
country comparison to the world: 46

Infant mortality rate

total: 37.11 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 40.57 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 33.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)
country comparison to the world: 39

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 66.26 years
male: 64.52 years
female: 68.06 years (2022 est.)
country comparison to the world: 197

Total fertility rate

4.56 children born/woman (2022 est.)
country comparison to the world: 18
Contraceptive prevalence rate
49.6% (2018)

Drinking water source

improved: urban: 90.2% of population
rural: 56.6% of population
total: 71.6% of population
unimproved: urban: 9.8% of population
rural: 43.4% of population
total: 28.4% of population (2020 est.)

Current Health Expenditure

5.3% (2019)

Physicians density

1.17 physicians/1,000 population (2018)
Hospital bed density
2 beds/1,000 population

Sanitation facility access

improved: urban: 76.3% of population
rural: 31.9% of population
total: 51.7% of population
unimproved: urban: 23.7% of population
rural: 68.1% of population
total: 48.3% of population (2020 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

11.1% (2020 est.)
country comparison to the world: 8

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

1.5 million (2020 est.)
country comparison to the world: 6
HIV/AIDS - deaths
24,000 (2020 est.)
Major infectious diseases
degree of risk: very high (2020)

Food or waterborne diseases:

bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever

vectorborne diseases: malaria and dengue fever

water contact diseases: schistosomiasis
animal contact diseases: rabies
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
8.1% (2016)
country comparison to the world: 155

Tobacco use

total: 14.4% (2020 est.)
male: 25.1% (2020 est.)
female: 3.7% (2020 est.)
country comparison to the world: 107

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

11.8% (2018/19)
country comparison to the world: 49

Child marriage

women married by age 15: 5.2%
women married by age 18: 29%
men married by age 18: 2.8% (2018 est.)

US CDC in Zambia

The CDC works with the Ministry of Health (MOH), Zambia National Public Health Institute (ZNPHI), and provincial health offices since 2000 to address HIV, tuberculosis (TB), malaria, COVID-19, and other infectious diseases.

CDC in Zambia

External links

Also see

Zambia healthsites

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