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210,000 casesIn 2023, over 210,000 new HIV acquisitions occurred in Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Uganda and Zambia.

Kenya · Mozambique · Nigeria · Ouganda · ZambieVIH/sidaobserved 2023published 2025Journal of the International AIDS SocietyPubMeddocument of 2 observations

1.4 odds_ratioForced sexual initiation was significantly associated with infrequent condom use (OR = 1.4, 95% CI = 1.1–2.1) among youth in Nigeria, Uganda, and Zambia.

Nigeria · Ouganda · ZambieVIH/sidaobserved 2014 and 2015published 2019Child abuse & neglectPubMeddocument of 8 observations

0 prevalence_differenceThe adjusted site-specific prevalence difference for preterm birth among Zambian women with first-trimester malaria was 0.00.

Zambiepaludisme · preterm birthpublished 2024PloS onePubMeddocument of 14 observations

1 confirmed_casesZambia reported 1 confirmed mpox case and zero deaths among confirmed cases in 2024.

Zambiempoxobserved 2024Africa CDCdocument of 74 observations

44.6 %Of patients with fever (suspected malaria) treated in health facilities with malaria diagnostics, 44.6% had positive test results.

Zambiepaludismeobserved 2006published 2007JAMAeurope_pmcdocument of 8 observations

26 %Overall cervical cancer screening coverage at population level in Zambia is about 26%.

Zambiecancer du col de l'utérusAfrica CDCdocument of 51 observations

2,285 deathsIn 2022, 2,285 women in Zambia died from cervical cancer.

Zambiecancer du col de l'utérusobserved 2022Africa CDCdocument of 52 observations

Among adolescent girls in Zambia, HIV testing increased between 2016/2017 and 2018.

ZambieVIH/sidaobserved 2016/2017, 2018published 2022BMJ openPubMeddocument of 18 observations

58.4 %Of patients with negative blood smear results, 58.4% were prescribed an antimalarial drug.

Zambiepaludismeobserved 2006published 2007JAMAeurope_pmcdocument of 8 observations

1,900,000 women_screenedSince 2006, 1.9 million women have been screened for cervical cancer in Zambia.

Zambiecancer du col de l'utérusobserved 2006Africa CDCdocument of 52 observations

2 odds_ratioForced sexual initiation was significantly associated with hurting oneself (OR = 2.0, 95% CI = 1.3–3.1) among youth in Nigeria, Uganda, and Zambia.

Nigeria · Ouganda · Zambiehurting oneselfobserved 2014 and 2015published 2019Child abuse & neglectPubMeddocument of 8 observations

300 genomesZambia contributed 300 Vibrio cholerae genomes between 2023 and 2024.

Zambiecholéraobserved 2023-2024Africa CDCdocument of 21 observations

28 %The prevalence of placental malaria was 28.0% among 2646 pregnant women with malaria in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi, and Zambia.

Burkina Faso · Ghana · Malawi · Zambiepaludismepublished 2019Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 6 observations

110,000 testsTo date, over 110,000 HPV tests have been performed in Zambia since the introduction of HPV testing.

Zambieinfection à HPVAfrica CDCdocument of 51 observations

11 countriesSustained human-to-human mpox transmission was observed in 11 countries as of February 2025: DRC, Congo Republic, Central African Republic, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia, Nigeria, Liberia, and Cote d’Ivoire.

Burundi · Kenya · Liberia · Nigeria · Ouganda · RDC · Rwanda · Zambiempoxobserved February 2025Africa CDCdocument of 110 observations

3.7 %Zambia had a cholera case fatality rate of 3.7% during the acute cholera crisis.

ZambiecholéraAfrica CDCdocument of 8 observations

0.9 %In a prospective study of HIV incidence in African women in Eswatini, Kenya, South Africa, and Zambia, true positive HIV results occurred at 412 visits (0.9%) out of 48,234 visits.

Afrique du Sud · Kenya · ZambieVIH/sidapublished 2024Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)PubMeddocument of 5 observations

1,500,000 womenSince 2006, more than 1.5 million women in Zambia have been screened using visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA).

Zambiecancer du col de l'utérusobserved 2006Africa CDCdocument of 51 observations

3,640 casesIn Zambia, 3,640 women were diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2022.

Zambiecancer du col de l'utérusobserved 2022Africa CDCdocument of 52 observations

0.07 prevalence_differenceThe adjusted site-specific prevalence difference for anemia later in pregnancy among Zambian women with first-trimester malaria was 0.07.

Zambieanémie · paludismepublished 2024PloS onePubMeddocument of 14 observations

110,000 testsOver 110,000 HPV tests have been performed in Zambia since the introduction of HPV testing.

Zambieinfection à HPVAfrica CDCdocument of 51 observations

1.6 odds_ratioForced sexual initiation was significantly associated with recent experiences of sexual violence (OR = 1.6, 95% CI = 1.1–2.3) among youth in Nigeria, Uganda, and Zambia.

Nigeria · Ouganda · Zambiesexual violenceobserved 2014 and 2015published 2019Child abuse & neglectPubMeddocument of 8 observations

27.8 %Of patients with fever (suspected malaria) treated in health facilities with malaria diagnostics, 27.8% were tested.

Zambiepaludismeobserved 2006published 2007JAMAeurope_pmcdocument of 8 observations

2,285 deathsIn Zambia, 2,285 women died from cervical cancer in 2022.

Zambiecancer du col de l'utérusobserved 2022Africa CDCdocument of 52 observations

8.3 %Diabetes prevalence was 8.3% in Zambia in 2017.

Zambiediabète (non précisé)observed 2017HAL · Unilimdocument of 120 observations