LUSAKA– U.S. Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. David Young and Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary Kennedy Malama today announced the U.S. government’s pledge to contribute $401.6 million (K9 billion) next year towards HIV epidemic control, with an additional $20.1 million (K448.9 million) supporting COVID-19 relief. The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has made these ...
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By U.S. Embassy Zambia | 18 May, 2021 | Categories: Events, News, Press Releases | Tags: COVID-19, HIV, PEPFAR, PEPFAR Zambia’s Country Operational Plan 2019, U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
Remarks by U.S. Embassy Chargé d’Affaires David Young PEPFAR Small Grants Ceremony and Workshop U.S. Embassy, Lusaka, Zambia September 9, 2020 (as prepared for delivery) Dr. Connie Osbourne, National HIV/AIDS/STI/TB Council, Director General Ladies and gentlemen All other protocols observed. Good morning. I welcome you to the U.S. Embassy’s awards ceremony for the U.S. President’s Emergency ...
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By U.S. Embassy Zambia | 10 September, 2020 | Categories: Chargé d'Affaires, a.i., Events, News, PEPFAR, Speeches | Tags: HIV, HIV/AIDS, orphans and vulnerable children, PEPFAR, PEPFAR Small Grants Program, U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
Remarks by Dr. Simon Agolory, Country Director, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Donation of Equipment to Emergency Hospital University Teaching Hospital, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia June 19, 2019 (as prepared for delivery) Dr. Chitalu Chilufya, Minister of Health Dr. Kennedy Malama, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health Dr Alex Makupe, Director, Clinical Care ...
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By U.S. Embassy Zambia | 19 June, 2020 | Categories: Speeches | Tags: CDC, COVID, HIV, PEPFAR
Teams across the U.S. government, including the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Department of State, are working together worldwide on the response to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) by prioritizing programs and countries with the greatest need for assistance to have the greatest ...
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By U.S. Embassy Zambia | 23 April, 2020 | Categories: Ambassador, Deputy Chief of Mission, Press Releases | Tags: Coronavirus, COVID-19, HIV, HIV/AIDS, U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative
As we all do our part to slow the spread of COVID-19, remember to take your #ARVs every day. It is important to stay strong and healthy! PEPFAR Zambia is ensuring clients continue receiving lifesaving ARVs by providing up to six months of medications at a time to help limit potential exposure to the COVID-19. ...
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By U.S. Embassy Zambia | 21 April, 2020 | Categories: PEPFAR | Tags: Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 and HIV, HIV, HIV/AIDS, PEPFAR
LUSAKA – U.S. Department of State Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for African Affairs Matthew Harrington completed a three-day visit to Zambia on February 2-4, as part of a broader visit to Southern Africa. During his visit, DAS Harrington and President Edgar Lungu shared a frank and candid discussion on the U.S.-Zambian relationship in which DAS ...
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By U.S. Embassy Zambia | 7 February, 2020 | Categories: News, Press Releases, U.S. Secretary of State | Tags: HIV, HIV/AIDS, Peace Corps, WEAC, Women’s Entrepreneurship Action Center
Remarks by U.S. Embassy PEPFAR Acting Country Coordinator Daphyne Williams National Commemoration of World AIDS Day Olympia Africa, Kasangula Road, Lusaka, Zambia December 3, 2019 (as prepared for delivery) Dr. Chitalu Chilufya, Honorable Minister of Health Honorable Bowman Lusambo, Minister of Lusaka Province Your Worship Miles Sampa, Mayor of the City of Lusaka Dr. Coumba ...
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By U.S. Embassy Zambia | 3 December, 2019 | Categories: Speeches | Tags: HIV, HIV/AIDS, PEPFAR, World AIDS Day
Remarks by U.S. Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Martin Dale Investigative Journalism Training American Corner-National Institute of Public Administration Lusaka, Zambia September 25, 2019 Good morning! Welcome to the American Corner at NIPA. Thank you to Bill Hinchberger for taking time out of his schedule to train journalists in Ndola, Solwezi, and Lusaka over the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Zambia | 25 September, 2019 | Categories: Deputy Chief of Mission, Speeches | Tags: American Corner at NIPA, corruption, entrepreneurship, government accountability, HIV, HIV/AIDS, Investigative journalism, National Institute of Public Administration, Press freedom
Remarks by PEPFAR Senior HIV Financing Advisor Rhoda Ohito HIV/TB Services Mapping Stakeholder Validation Meeting Neelkanth Sarovar Premiere Hotel, Lusaka, Zambia September 13, 2019 Dr. Kennedy Malama, Permanent Secretary for Technical Services, Ministry of Health Dr. Victor Mukonka, Director General, National AIDS Council Dr. Tharcisse Barihuta, UNAIDS Country Director Representatives of Government Ministries and Departments ...
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By U.S. Embassy Zambia | 16 September, 2019 | Categories: Events, News, PEPFAR, Speeches | Tags: HIV, HIV/AIDS, PEPFAR, tuberculosis, UNAIDS
Remarks by U.S. Embassy Public Affairs Officer Sean J. McIntosh Step Afrika! Performance New Government Complex, Lusaka, Zambia September 14, 2019 (as prepared for delivery) Dr. Kennedy Malama, Permanent Secretary of Technical Services, Ministry of Health Ambassador Larry Palmer, former U.S. Ambassador to Honduras and Barbados and the East Caribbean Mr. Muma Mukupa, Director of ...
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By U.S. Embassy Zambia | 16 September, 2019 | Categories: Events, News, PEPFAR, Public Affairs, Speeches | Tags: HIV, HIV/AIDS, PEPFAR, Step Afrika!, Umodzi Arts Organization
Remarks by U.S. Ambassador Daniel L. Foote Single Company Promotion of Abbott Laboratories U.S. Embassy, Lusaka, Zambia July 11, 2019 (as prepared for delivery) Good evening. I would like to acknowledge the Honorable Minister of Health Dr. Chitalu Chilufya, Honorable Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry Mr. Christopher Yaluma, other Zambian government officials, other members ...
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By U.S. Embassy Zambia | 12 July, 2019 | Categories: Ambassador, Speeches | Tags: Abbott Laboratories, HIV, HIV/AIDS, point-of-care, University Teaching Hospital
Remarks by U.S. Ambassador Daniel L. Foote Independence Day Reception U.S. Chief of Mission’s Residence, Lusaka, Zambia June 27, 2019 (as prepared for delivery) Mulibwanji, nakulandilani. My wife Claudia, son Danny, my Embassy colleagues, and I extend our warmest welcome to you, as we observe the 243rd anniversary of the independence of the United States ...
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By U.S. Embassy Zambia | 28 June, 2019 | Categories: Ambassador, Speeches | Tags: corruption, Freedom of Information Bill, good governance, HIV, HIV/AIDS, Independence of the United States of America, Poaching
LUSAKA – U.S. Ambassador Daniel L. Foote and Zambian Minister of Health Chitalu Chilufya today announced the U.S. government’s plans to contribute $421 million next year in support of the joint goal of reaching HIV epidemic control in Zambia by 2020. The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has made these funds available, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Zambia | 18 June, 2019 | Categories: PEPFAR, Press Releases | Tags: HIV, HIV epidemic control, HIV/AIDS, Peace Corps, PEPFAR, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Today, on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo released the 2018 Progress Report on the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Strategy for Accelerating HIV/AIDS Epidemic Control (2017-2020). The new report highlights the significant strides that have been taken in the first year of ...
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By U.S. Embassy Zambia | 4 October, 2018 | Categories: PEPFAR, Reports | Tags: HIV, HIV/AIDS, PEPFAR, President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
Remarks by U.S. Deputy Global AIDS Coordinator Mamadi Yilla Commissioning of Kantolomba Health Post and Launching of the 2018 Country Operational Plan September 11, 2018 Ndola, Copperbelt Province, Zambia Honorable Dr. Chitalu Chilufya, Minister of Health Ambassador Daniel L. Foote Honorable Japhen Mwakalombe, Copperbelt Province Minister Your Worship Amon Chisanga, Mayor of Ndola Ladies and ...
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By U.S. Embassy Zambia | 18 September, 2018 | Categories: PEPFAR, Speeches | Tags: COP, Country Operational Plan, HIV, HIV/AIDS, Kantolomba, PEPFAR
By the United States PEPFAR Country Coordinator for Zambia Bethany Baxter. Zambia is at an unprecedented moment in the fight against HIV/AIDS. For the first time in modern history, we have the opportunity to change the course of an epidemic without a vaccine or a cure. The latest data from the U.S.-funded Zambia Population-based HIV ...
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By U.S. Embassy Zambia | 6 December, 2017 | Categories: Op-eds, PEPFAR | Tags: antiretroviral, HIV, HIV/AIDS, PEPFAR, ZAMPHIA
August 15, 2017 Your Excellence President Edgar Chagwa Lungu Honorable Minister of Health Dr. Chitalu Chilufya Honorable Provincial Minister for Lusaka Japhet Mwakalombe Other senior government officials UN Residence Coordinator Janet Rogan and my other diplomatic community colleagues U.S. government officials Cooperating Partners Members of the media Ladies and Gentlemen… I am pleased to be ...
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By U.S. Embassy Zambia | 16 August, 2017 | Categories: PEPFAR, Speeches | Tags: HIV, HIV/AIDS, PEPFAR, Test & Treat, ZAMPHIA
Dr. Sundeep Gupta U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention Country Director Keynote Speaker, ZAMPHIA Dissemination Meeting 2 December 2016 Good morning. It is truly humbling to be here today representing the United States Government, and I want to extend my appreciation to the Ministry for this honor. I have only been in the country ...
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By U.S. Embassy Zambia | 7 December, 2016 | Categories: Speeches | Tags: CDC, HIV, HIV/AIDS, PEPFAR, USAID, ZAMPHIA
Lusaka — The U.S. Government and the Zambia Ministry of Health released the initial results of a groundbreaking survey: the Zambia Population-based HIV Impact Assessment (ZAMPHIA) on December 1, 2016. ZAMPHIA is a nationally representative, population-based HIV survey that was launched on November 27, 2015. The survey measured the burden of HIV and the impact ...
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By U.S. Embassy Zambia | 6 December, 2016 | Categories: Press Releases | Tags: CDC, HIV, HIV/AIDS, USAID, ZAMPHIA
Ndola — The U.S. Government, Zambian Ministry of Health, and U.S.-based Columbia University launched a groundbreaking survey: the Zambia Population-based HIV Impact Assessment (ZAMPHIA) on November 27, 2015 at the Levy Mwanawasa stadium. The ZAMPHIA survey is a nationally representative, population-based HIV impact assessment that will commence in mid-December and is expected to run for ...
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By U.S. Embassy Zambia | 30 November, 2015 | Categories: News, Press Releases | Tags: CDC, HIV, HIV/AIDS, PEPFAR
Lusaka. July 21, 2015. MAZABUKA – On July 21, U.S. Embassy Chargé d’Affaires David Young attended a dissemination and award meeting organized by Project Concern International through its “Church Partnerships for Positive Change” (CPPC) project. Since late 2010, PCI has worked with the Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ) and the Zambia Episcopal Conference (ZEC) in ...
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By U.S. Embassy Zambia | 21 July, 2015 | Categories: News | Tags: health, HIV
Lusaka. June 30, 2015. KABWE — On June 30, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through funding provided by the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), and the Government of the Republic of Zambia officially opened the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial ART (antiretroviral therapy) Clinic. The newly refurbished clinic will provide vital ...
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By U.S. Embassy Zambia | 30 June, 2015 | Categories: News | Tags: health, HIV
