Zambia is a landlocked country in Sub Saharan Africa which experiences a burden of both communicable and non-communicable diseases. In line with WHO agenda for equity in health, it has adopted the Universal Health Coverage agenda to mitigate the challenges faced within the health sector. The Ministry of Health (MOH) provides information pertaining to Zambian health. The main focus of the Ministry of Health has been provision of uninterrupted care with emphasis on health systems strengthening and services via the primary health care approach.
The WHO Health systems framework utilizes key parameters are to assess health sector performance. These include health service delivery, human resource for health, infrastructure development, drugs and medical supplies, health care financing and health information.[1]
The current minister of health is Hon Sylvia Masebo, MP. She is the first minister of health appointed by the 7th republican President H.E. Mr. Hakainde Hichilema
The Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI)[2] finds that Zambia is achieving 76.8% of what it should be fulfilling in terms of the right to health based on its income level.[3] HRMI's Human Rights Tracker shows that Zambia achieves 86.4% of what is expected in respect to children (2018), while it fulfills 75.0% of what is expected to protect the right to health amongst its adult population based on the nation's level of income. In terms of reproductive health, Zambia fulfills only 69.2% of what it is expected to achieve at its current level of income.[4]
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