POLIO IMMUNISATION CAMPAIGN BEGINS AFTER CASE CONFIRMED IN MALAWI
More than nine million children are to be vaccinated against polio in the first round of a mass campaign across four countries in Eastern and Southern Africa, after an outbreak…
NATIONAL DAY – ZAMBIA
On October 24th 1964, the British colony of Northern Rhodesia became the independent Republic of Zambia, after decades of nationalist struggle.
PILOT IN NIGERIA AND ZAMBIA OF COVID-19 DATA COLLECTION TOOL
An effective response to the coronavirus pandemic requires the understanding and use of social and behavioural data alongside biomedical data. Recognising this need, the Behavioural Insights and Sciences Unit of…
40% OF CHILDREN IN EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA NOT IN SCHOOL
UNICEF estimates that 40 per cent of all school-aged children across Eastern and Southern Africa are currently not in school due to COVID19-induced closures and pre-pandemic levels of out of…
ZAMBIA RECEIVES FUEL METERS CALIBRATION EQUIPMENT WORTH $155,000 FROM COMESA
COMESA has handed over to the Government of Zambia a mobile Prover worth USD155,000 to be used by the national metrology agency. Mobile Prover is used in calibration of bulk…
IMF STAFF COMPLETES VIRTUAL MISSION TO ZAMBIA
Discussions covered recent economic developments, the near-term macroeconomic challenges, and policy options to return Zambia to a sustainable macroeconomic position over the medium-term. Significant progress has been made and discussions…
ADOPTING REMOTE TEACHING IN UGANDA AND ZAMBIA
Originally published by UNESCO This year’s World Teachers’ Day, celebrated on the 5th of October under the theme, ‘Teachers: leading in crisis, reimagining the future’, has a different focus than in…