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Base Line

AIDS Success in Zambia

Date

November 13 2001


The national prevalence of HIV in Zambia is on the decline:

  • Between 1994 and 1998, HIV prevalence among urban adults fell from 28.5 to 26.2% and in rural areas from 12.1 to 11.7%.
  • More impressively however, HIV prevalence among urban teenage girls fell from 28.4% in 1993 to 14.8% in 1998.

Why is not known for sure but educated guesses point to:

  • Widespread community response led by 1000's of volunteers and 100's of small community organisations.
  • Peer youth action.
  • Reaching men in their workplace.
  • Innovative rural mission hospital programmes.

Source

Excerpt from a story submitted to AF-AIDS entitled Which Success Story at ICASA 2001?

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Please send ideas for Base Line to Chris Morry cmorry@comminit.com


Placed on the Communication Initiative site November 16 2001
Last Updated January 03 2008

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