Realities on the Ground Achieving the MDGs in Zambia

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Realities on the Ground Achieving the MDGs in
Zambia

• Gender Equality and the Millennium Development
  Goals
  
• November 19, 2003
• World Bank, Washington, DC
• By
• Dr. Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika
• Zambian Ambassador to
• the United States of America

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Millennuim Development Goals

• Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger
• Achieve Universal Primary Education
• Promote Gender Equality
• Reduce Child Mortality

• Improve Maternal Health
• Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other diseases
• Ensure Environmental Sustainability
• Develop a Global partnership for Development

Realities on the Ground Achieving the MDGs in
Zambia
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Realities on the Ground Achieving the MDGs in
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Women in Decision-Making
Realities on the Ground Achieving the MDGs in
Zambia
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EDUCATION

• Successes
• COMMUNITY SCHOOLS.
• Program for the Advancement of Girls Education
  (PAGE).
  
• Move towards Free Primary Education.
• Pregnant girls can continue education.

• Challenges
• Decline in Adult Literacy Programs.
• Fewer teachers in rural areas.
• Longer distances in rural areas.
• Increase in female drop-out rate by 4th Grade.

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HEALTH

• IMR (2001) Under 5 164 per 1,000
• MMR 729 PER 100,000.
• Malaria Incidences doubled from 235 to 375 per
  1,000 in 10 years.
  
• Malaria Fatalities from 10.6 (1976) to 51.3
  (2001)
  
• Health facilities Fee-paying
• Patients have to bring their own treatment
  supplies.
  
• Hospitals, Clinics -More than 10 miles walk in
  rural areas.
  
• Exodus of health workers to other countries
• Decline in outreach services and training of TBA

Realities on the Ground Achieving the MDGs in
Zambia
Ministry of Health(Zambia) 2002.
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HIV/AIDS

• Drop in youth infections from 20 to 16.
• Involvement of Youth, Faith-based, NGOs,
  Government.
  
• Awareness Campaigns radio, theater.
• Women affected/infected, care givers.
• Orphans - 570,000 11.5 (1990) to 65.4 (2001)
  (UCSF Aids Research Institute, USA)
  
• Strain on care givers and families
• Depleting workforce

Realities on the Ground Achieving the MDGs in
Zambia
National AIDS Council Report 2003 (Zambia).
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POVERTY

• 75 - 80 of people below poverty lines of one
  US1 per day.
  
• Some regions as high as 90.
• Declined economy due to
• sell of copper mines other services
• Rapid and wholesale privatization
• Diversification (Agriculture, tourism,
  small-scale mining).
  
• Food Production Bumper harvest 2002/2003.

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ENVIRONMENT

• Challenges
• Pollution from mining.
• Massive deforestation.
• Timber multinationals Foreign Investors.
• Fuel (Charcoal) for domestic use.
• Rampant cutting of trees.

• Successes
• Environment Council of Zambia active in
• Public awareness campaigns
• Environment protection programs.
• Recent ban on Timber Export.
• Introduction of Mining safety department.

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PARTNERSHIPS
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FACTORS IN ACHIEVING MDGS
Realities on the Ground Achieving the MDGs in
Zambia