Oxfam warns that over six million people from farming families in Zambia are facing acute food shortages and malnutrition until next growing season, which is twelve months away, due to a severe...
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Sustainable Water and Sanitation in Zambia: Impact evaluation of the ‘Urban WASH’ project - Effectiveness Review Series 2018/19
Overview The ‘Urban WASH' project was implemented in George and Chawama compounds in Lusaka between July 2013 and June 2017 by Oxfam and Village Water. The project aimed to improve provision and...
Zambia + 1 more
Aid in Zambia and Zimbabwe
A prolonged drought in Zimbabwe and the southern part of Zambia, crop failure, the aftermath of cyclone Idai and macro-economic challenges, led to acute food insecurity at the start of 2020. Heavy...
Zambia + 4 more
Coronavirus could increase hunger for over 40m in Southern Africa
40 million people in Southern Africa are at risk of increased hunger and poverty due to the double threat of the coronavirus and consecutive climatic shocks, warned Oxfam today. More than 17 million...
Zambia + 1 more
UK-backed anti-malaria initiative could cost lives
Jon Slater Promotion of medicine distribution through private shops instead of expanding public health care risks accelerating the spread of drug-resistant strains of malaria in developing countries,...
Four million more health workers needed worldwide
Today, World Health Day, Oxfam has joined the World Health Organisation's call for millions more doctors and nurses for developing countries. In their report, " Working Together for Health", The WHO...
Zambia uses G8 debt cancellation to make health care free for the poor
The government of Zambia today (1 April) introduced free health care for people living in rural areas, scrapping fees which for years had made health care inaccessible for millions. The move was made...
Oxfam responds to food shortages in the Western Province of Zambia
Rains during the 2004/05 season have been poor and patchy. Politically, Zambia has been relatively stable in recent times, but poor access to the world market, heavy reliance on maize (a...