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UNFPA Zambia
Zambia has made notable progress in improving maternal health in the last decade. However, progress is insufficient to achieve the target for the maternal health Millennium Development Goal. With a low contraceptive prevalence rate and limited skilled birth attendance, there remains a critical need to accelerate the implementation of high impact maternal health interventions. UNFPA supports programmes for family planning, emergency obstetric and neonatal care, midwifery, HIV prevention, and adolescent sexual and reproductive health at national and subnational levels.
Data overview
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Population
Population, by age group, per cent
- Population aged 0-14
- Population aged 15-64
- Population aged 65+
Sexual and reproductive health
Births attended by skilled health personnel, per cent, 2014-2019
- Births attended by skilled health personnel
Family Planning
Proportion of demand satisfied with modern methods, women aged 15-49, per cent, 2022
- Modern method
Education
Total net enrolment rate, percent
Gender, Rights, and Human Capital
Harmful Practices
Key results of Zambia in 2021
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Health services for sexual violence survivors
Essential health services were provided for survivors of sexual violence by at least 60 per cent of public health facilities
Youth participation in policy and programmes
Mechanisms were in place for young people's participation in policy, programming, and peacebuilding processes
Reproductive rights, laws and policies
Strategies were in place to align laws, policies and regulations on reproductive rights
Rights of marginalized groups
Intervention models or strategies to empower marginalized and excluded groups to exercise their reproductive rights were rolled out
Gender-based violence platform
A national mechanism to engage multiple stakeholders to prevent and address gender-based violence was in place
Fistula treatment
105Fistula repair surgeries provided with the support of UNFPA
Minimum Initial Services Package
25Health service providers and managers were trained on the minimum initial service package
Life skills programmes for girls
11,851Marginalized girls were reached with health, social and economic asset-building programmes
Advocacy platforms against harmful social norms
11Communities developed advocacy platforms to eliminate discriminatory gender and sociocultural norms which affect women and girls
Child, early and forced marriage
6,108Girls received, with support from UNFPA, prevention, protection services, and/or care related to child, early, and forced marriage
Community declarations on harmful practices
13Communities made public declarations to eliminate harmful practices, with support from UNFPA, including child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation
Demographic Dividend: Zambia
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Year: 2018
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Source: United Nations, Population Division, World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision
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