Southern African Development Community (SADC)

Zambia has made some progress in improving its health system and expanding access to health services, especially for the poor and vulnerable groups (Masiye et al., 2016). However, it still relies on external funding, high out-of-pocket (OOP) payments, and low coverage of health insurance (Chansa et al., 2020). 

The African Union’s Assembly of the Heads of State declared 2016 as the “African Year of Human Rights with a special focus on women”. The Assembly also declared 2017 as the year for “Harnessing the Demographic Dividend through Investments in the Youth”. In line with these twin declarations, the Economic and Social Affairs Department of the African Union has prepared this “State of African Population Report 2017”.

Protocol on Gender and Development 2008