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Nov 3, 2024 | 
worldcrunch.com | Prudence Phiri |Jens Mühling
Society Public health workers clean the streets of Kanyama township, in Lusaka, Zambia. The workers have been visiting communities to highlight the vital connection between hygiene and health safety following a cholera outbreak that began in October 2023, and which has so far killed over 700 people. Society Public health workers clean the streets of Kanyama township, in Lusaka, Zambia.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
globalpressjournal.com | Prudence Phiri
Connections Zambia, Africa Charity Silumesi fishes along the bank of the Luena River in Kaoma, Zambia. Silumesi says there are only small fish in the river, and catching them further depletes the fish stock. See all Connected Photos
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Aug 6, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Prudence Phiri
Lusaka, Zambia — Hospitals are well equipped to handle the disease. The problem? Getting there. In Kanyama, a bustling township in Lusaka, Josephine Mwanza watched in horror last year as her mother, Christine Banda, suffered violent bouts of vomiting, hours after they shared a meal on a hot afternoon. Banda had complained of a stomachache the previous day and her frequent trips to the latrine alarmed her daughter.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
globalpressjournal.com | Prudence Phiri
Connections Zambia, Africa Steven Mwale cleans a truck tire in Lusaka, Zambia. Though primary and secondary school tuition has been free since the beginning of 2022, Mwale works during holidays to help his parents cover the cost of books and uniforms.
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Jul 16, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Gamuchirai Masiyiwa |Prudence Phiri
Harare, Zimbabwe and Lusaka, Zambia — Aspiring nurses are being lured to Zambia and beyond by the promise of lucrative jobs and fewer bureaucratic hurdles. At a nursing school in Zambia, many of the students aren't from Zambia at all. Michael is one of them.
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May 20, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Prudence Phiri
Lusaka, Zambia — A homemade distilled spirit is the drink of choice for cash-strapped businesses and their drinking clients -- despite the many warnings. As dawn breaks over Rufunsa, a village east of Lusaka, Zambia's capital, Mary Tembo is a whirlwind of activity. She moves through a crowd gathered inside a shelter made from sacks and rusted metal in her yard.
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May 13, 2024 | 
thezimbabwean.co | Prudence Phiri
10:43 Aspiring nurses are being lured to Zambia and beyond by the promise of lucrative jobs and fewer bureaucratic hurdles.
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May 3, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Prudence Phiri
Lusaka — Government grants are starting to chip away at the problem -- and giving carpenters a much-needed boost, too. In Lyson Banda's bustling carpentry shop, the scent of fresh wood blends with the steady hum of machinery. Banda, his hair covered in sawdust, wears a protective mask while skillfully cutting planks. Two helpers work alongside him, smoothing wood and assembling components. Together, they create a deafening workshop symphony.
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Mar 15, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Prudence Phiri
Lusaka, Zambia — They ingest snuff to self-medicate and insert it in their vaginas to increase their partner's sexual pleasure. But smokeless tobacco could compound the already steep health challenges they face. At her makeshift stall, vegetable vendor Racheal Zimba retrieves a small white bottle from her bra and sprinkles some black powder onto her palm. She sniffs it, then sneezes a few times.
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Feb 19, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Prudence Phiri
Lusaka — The rural business owners, who often are illiterate, struggle with a national grant program's complex application process -- making them prime targets for scams. Jane Musamba sits on the side of Kafue Road early on a sunny Monday morning, sorting raw fish and arranging them in groups of five in a plastic dish. Some of the fish have started to spoil, emitting a pungent odor. Flies buzz persistently, drawn by the smell; Musamba occasionally swats them away.
