Government says Zambia’s HIV prevalence rate of 14.3 percent is among the highest in the world.
Ministry of Community Development, Mother and Child Health Permanent Secretary (PS) Elywn Chomba says in spite of the progress made in the fight against virus, HIV remains a major threat to the nation.
Professor Chomba says this is worrying government as an estimated 226 new infections in adults and 25 child infections occur on a daily basis in Zambia.
She said this at a one day joint dissemination workshop of sustainability through economic strengthening, prevention and support for orphans and vulnerable children (STEPS/OVC) in Lusaka today.
This was in a speech read on her behalf by Ministry representative, Dr. Anthony Yeta.
STEPS/OVC is a local non-governmental organisation that is scaling up capacities for vulnerable people.
Prof. Chomba has since commended STEPS/OVC for the efforts it was making to help the Zambian government to mitigate the socio-economic impacts of HIV/AIDS among the vulnerable groups, orphans and vulnerable children and people living with HIV and AIDS (PLHIV) in the country.
And STEPS/OVC chief of party Wezi Kaira disclosed that his organization has provided direct services to 418, 348 OVCs and 186, 987 PLHIV.
Mr. Kaira pledged to working closely with government by mobilising funds and providing health care support services to PLHIV and OVCs in the country.
I will give you the answer professor.
It’s because of ARVs, period.
If one is taking ARVs, you cannot tell, as a result having unprotected sex with such a murderer causes infections to other human beings, especially with unemployment and poverty levels in Zambia.
Simple logic.
So now Vote for HH 2015 president as he said he will use different strategy on how to tackle the infection and killer disease.
Vote now for HH
Ubuchende, ubulalelale ne ntalangani fyafulisha mu Zambia. There is also lack of leadership. The leaders aba twala no buchende pantashi. Remember some political leaders in a hotel in Kasama doing it? Remember dola and Ever doing it? Remember bashi yes yes? Remember the Money man with his little one. Remember the FDT leader? It all about leadership. As long as ebalechita ubuchende aids tayakapwe.
I lost my youth and my young adulthood to Christianity. I spent 15 years praising and trying to please a mythical god so I could go to a mythical heaven when I could have been having FUN and ENJOYING LIFE!
And I was a Charismatic Christian for most of that time. Their fúcked up doctrines caused me untold psychological harm that very much still affects me today.
I HATE CHRISTIANITY, I HATE CHRISTIANS, AND I HATE EVERYTHING ABOUT THAT FúCKED UP RELIGION!
End of rant.
Y’know, these Christians act so smug about how we’re all going to go to hell if we don’t get right with Jesus. Well, here’s something to throw in their face. Tell them that if their god is so psychotic that he’d damn 90 percent of all humanity for not being “saved”, he’ll probably after a few billion years, get bored with listening to the screams of the people in hell and start throwing the christians in hell so he can hear them scream too.
That ought to fix ‘em.
Yes, science and technology perform the miracles and god watches in silence.
@Run away you sound very angry, you might want to have that anger checked in the end anger is a poison that destroys the container not the object that the anger is directed at. Peace to you
Everyday a minimum of 452 people **** The people who manufactired the HIV virus wanted to slowdown(Reduce) world population growth
NYELE PUNANI NYINI MBO LO MUKONGO KUTOMBANA UKUDODA MALEPE SOSWE UBUKALA
Food for thought; Why was/is HIV/AIDS prevalence so high in former British Colonies only and NOT anywhere else in Southern Africa?
PS, you are using figures generated in 2007. This is 2014. That means our policies and planning are totally out of sync with the reality on the ground. Your colleagues in the Ministry of Health recently conducted the 2014 Demographic and Health Survey. What are the new prevalence rates?