Category: Education

By Daniel Mwamba-Zambia Road Safety Trust (ZRST) Chairperson This article offers a perspective on opportunities for the private sector to improve road safety outcomes in Zambia. Road safety has been recognised as an increasing public health burden that disproportionately affects low- and middle-income countries, including Zambia. Ninety-one percent of the global road fatalities occur in low- and middle-income countries although these countries have approximately half of the world’s vehicles. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 50 million people are injured and 1.25 million are killed in traffic-related crashes. Back home, the Zambia Police reported that 2206 people were killed...

By Sean J. McIntosh Director of Public Affairs (Spokesman) U.S. Embassy Lusaka (as prepared for delivery) Your Excellency Edgar Chagwa Lungu, President of the Republic of Zambia Dr. Chitalu Chilufya, Honorable Minister of Health Dr. Edify Hamukale, Honorable Minister of Southern Province Your Worship Eugene Mapuwo, Mayor of the City of Livingstone Dr. Medhin Tsehaiu, United Nations Resident Coordinator, ad interim Fellow Diplomatic Colleagues Foreign Dignitaries and Distinguished Invited Guests Ladies and Gentlemen All other protocols observed On behalf of the U.S. government, I am honored to be here to reflect on our impressive achievements in the battle against HIV/AIDS.  Today, we...

Telephone: (260) 211 269 717 PUBLICATIONS PMRC – Energy Roadmap Delivering Zambia Energy Needs – Research Report Zambia faces a challenge to meet rising demand for electricity as the economy, population and electrification continue to grow. Load-shedding in 2015-16 demonstrated just how high the stakes are for meeting this challenge as the economy suffered losses equivalent to 20% of GDP (Samboko et al 2016) and government bore the cost of expensive energy imports. As government undergoes fiscal consolidation in response to high debt levels, it should look to increased investment in Independent Power Producers (IPPs) to develop energy capacity. This approach offers the opportunity to meet...