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Midwives on the Frontlines: Critical in Every Crisis

calendar_today 05 May 2025

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Midwives on the Frontlines: Critical in Every Crisis

Midwives are critical frontline service providers, delivering up to 90% of essential sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, and adolescent health (SRMNAH) services. They are…

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UNFPA and MAZ reaffirm a simple but powerful truth: Midwives save lives!

calendar_today 10 April 2025

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UNFPA and MAZ reaffirm a simple but powerful truth: Midwives save lives!

UNFPA and Midwives Association of Zambia Join Forces to Strengthen Life-Saving Midwifery in Emergencies

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From Isolation to Empowerment through Obstetric Fistula Repair

calendar_today 09 April 2025

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From Isolation to Empowerment through Obstetric Fistula Repair

"I never imagined that I could sit in a classroom again. When I finish school, my plan is to study to be a midwife. I saw how midwives helped me, and I'm now passionate about…

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In the face of potential major supply chain disruptions, UNFPA is stepping up to fill urgent gaps.

calendar_today 28 March 2025

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In the face of potential major supply chain disruptions, UNFPA is stepping up to fill urgent gaps.

In Zambia, more than half of the population lives in rural areas. Ensuring that UNFPA can meet its goal of no unmet need for family planning, it’s important that commodities -…

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Beyond the Drought

calendar_today 13 February 2025

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Beyond the Drought

See how UNFPA Zambia responded to drought in 2024 and why we are looking forward to a better year in 2025.

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Cooking classes bring the community together to improve nutrition

calendar_today 27 January 2025

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Cooking classes bring the community together to improve nutrition

UNFPA has been working with the Ministry of Health in Zambia on long-term system improvement programs, and was ready to support emergency programs when the drought struck. To date…

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From Initiators to Protectors

calendar_today 23 January 2025

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From Initiators to Protectors

Traditional marriage teachers resolve to fight against child marriages

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A Lifeline Against GBV: UNFPA and Lifeline/Childline Collaborate to Provide Critical Gender-Based Violence Support

calendar_today 17 December 2024

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A Lifeline Against GBV: UNFPA and Lifeline/Childline Collaborate to Provide Critical Gender-Based Violence Support

UNFPA has made a leap towards ensuring un interrupted call in support services in an effort to create a safer, more supportive environment for women and young people in Zambia…

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Zambia @60: Advancing Maternal Health and Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights

calendar_today 24 October 2024

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Zambia @60: Advancing Maternal Health and Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights

As Zambia marks 60 years of independence, we reflect on some key milestones advancing maternal health and sexual reproductive rights.

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