Zambia
Almost two thirds of Zambia’s population live below the
international poverty line – that is, around 7.5 million people.
Rates of death and ill health as a result of HIV/AIDS are high,
despite a rapid roll-out of treatment, as is the rate of maternal
mortality. However, overall poverty levels have improved, with
significant gains in urban areas, enrolment rates for primary
education are rising, literacy is increasing, immunisation coverage
is more widespread and child death rates are falling.
Find out more in Key facts: Zambia.
DFID’s main challenges in Zambia are:
- governance
- health and HIV/AIDS
- hunger and humanitarian aid.
How we've helped
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When a worker on Kushiya Farm in southern Zambia died of an AIDS-related illness, a programme supported by DFID dropped into the farm to provide care and advice to his colleagues.
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When Mrs Matakala discovered she was HIV-positive, she found herself in need of the care that she was used to giving to others living with the virus.
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Peace is being restored to some of Zambia's least accessible areas thanks to a DFID-backed project that brings justice by car, boat and motorbike.
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Many Zambian households are at risk of missing out on essential food and medicines because of severe poverty. Now DFID is seeing they get the money they need to survive.
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