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

• List of hospitals in Zambia
• University Teaching Hospital - teaching hospital
• Levy Mwanawasa General Hospital
• Chipata General Hospital
• Kitwe Central Hospital
• Konkola Mine Hospital
• Lubwe Mission Hospital
• Maacha Hospital
• Mtendere Mission Hospital
• Mukinge Mission Hospital
• Mwandi Mission Hospital
• Nchanga North Hospital
• Chikankata Salvation Army Hospital
• Kalene Mission Hospital
• St Francis Hospital
• St Luke's Mission Hospital.
• Physicians in Zambia

Medical education

• List of medical schools in Zambia
• List of nursing schools in Zambia
• List of doctors

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

• CIA world factbook
• Healthcare in Zambia

Also see

• Zambia healthsites

Zambia Resources
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