Healthcare in Zambia

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In 2014, public expenditure on health in Zambia was 2.8% of GDP, among the lowest in southern Africa. [1]

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Health infrastructure

There are two ministries in health care delivery: the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Community Development, Mother and Child Health that provide information about health and deliver health services. [2] In 2010, public expenditure on healthcare was 3.4% of the GDP - among the lowest in southern Africa. [3]

Health facilities

The health service delivery system has three levels:

Roles of the Ministries

The Ministry of Community Development, Mother and Child was created following the shift in government policy in 2013 that brought about streamlining of the Ministry of Health, thus re-aligning of Primary Health care Services; all General hospitals, health centers and health posts fall under this ministry. [6] On the other hand, the Ministry of Health also has a role to supervise Provincial Health offices, 2nd level hospitals and 3rd level hospitals. [5]

Health facilities

In 2012, there were approximately 1762 health care facilities in Zambia. The largest health facility, the University Teaching Hospital serves both as a specialist hospital and a training site for future health workers. It is a 3rd level hospital. Other 3rd level hospitals include Kitwe Central Hospital, Ndola Central Hospital, Arthur Davison Children's Hospital, Cancer Disease Hospital and Chainama Mental Hospital. [5]

The 2nd and 1st level hospitals throughout Zambia include: Levy Mwanawasa General Hospital, [7] Chipata General Hospital, Konkola Mine Hospital, Lubwe Mission Hospital, Macha Mission Hospital, Mtendere Mission Hospital, Mukinge Mission Hospital, Mwandi Mission Hospital, Nchanga North Hospital, Chikankata Salvation Army Hospital, Kalene Mission Hospital, St Francis Hospital, and Luke's Mission Hospital [ permanent dead link ]. [8] Others are Lewanika General Hospital, Kabwe General Hospital. [6] There are very few health facilities in rural or remote places in Zambia, where most communities rely on small government-run community health centers and rural health posts.

In 2013, the government embarked on a project to upgrade a number of health facilities in different parts of the country and JICA ( Japan International Cooperation Agency) signed a grand agreement to provide aid. [9]

Summary of number of Health facilities in Zambia in 2012 [4]

Province3rd level2nd level1st levelUHCRHCHPTotal
Lusaka31151825142294
Copperbelt34111485529250
Central0282912926204
Luapula016312510145
Eastern027514349206
Northern022810234148
North-western1110613511163
Southern04111917841253
Western0110514434194
Muchinga0144692199

UHC-Urban health center, RHC-Rural health center, HP-Health Post

Hospitals

In Zambia, there are hospitals throughout the country which include: Levy Mwanawasa General Hospital, [10] Chipata General Hospital, Kitwe Central Hospital, Konkola Mine Hospital, Lubwe Mission Hospital, Maacha Hospital, Mtendere Mission Hospital, Mukinge Mission Hospital, Mwandi Mission Hospital, Nchanga North Hospital, Chikankata Salvation Army Hospital, Kalene Mission Hospital, St Francis Hospital, and St Luke's Mission Hospital. [11]

The University Teaching Hospital serves as both a hospital and a training site for future health workers. [12] There are very few hospitals in rural or remote places in Zambia, where most communities rely on small government-run community health centres and rural health posts.

Maternity

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  2. ↑ "Ministry of Health". moh.gov.zm. Retrieved 5 Sep 2015.
  3. ↑ Forecast provided by International Futures. Historic data points from the World Bank.
  4. 1 2 "Zambia Country Report" (PDF). www.rad-aid.org. Retrieved 6 September 2015.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. 1 2 3 "The 2010 health facilities in Zambia" (PDF). www.moh.zm. Retrieved 3 September 2015.[ permanent dead link ]
  6. 1 2 "Ministry of Health". www.moh.zm. Archived from the original on 28 July 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  7. ↑ David Smith in Lusaka (29 April 2013). "Chinese hospital heals sore spot in Zambia | Global development". theguardian.com. Retrieved 2014-04-11.
  8. ↑ Tycoon powers hospital in a remote area of north-west Zambia Archived 2016-01-31 at the Wayback Machine . ukzambians.co.uk. 11 September 2007
  9. ↑ "Topic&event=www.jica.go.jp" . Retrieved 6 Sep 2015.
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