Zambia: HIV/AIDS

Zambia has declared HIV/AIDS a national emergency to drive HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention scale-up efforts and to start producing generic AIDS drugs locally. The emergency will be in force from August 2004 to July 2009 and local drugs manufacturers will be allowed to produce more affordable life-prolonging antiretroviral drugs for people living with HIV/AIDS in the country.

University of Zambia (UNZA) vice-chancellor professor Robert Serpell has said the southern African region has continued to face challenges of food insecurity due to the effects of HIV/AIDS pandemic

On the eve of the 15th International AIDS conference, Christian Aid has released a pioneering report, Drugs alone are not enough. It warns that without substantial investment in support for patients, the push for antiretroviral treatment (ART) may actually prove to be counter-productive. The report highlights the HIV-AIDS orphan crisis in Zambia

From Christian Aid

Twenty years after the first case of AIDS was diagnosed, Zambians continue to live in denial, fear and confusion when it comes to acknowledging the epidemic. This stigma has forced people living with HIV to find ways of hiding it.