https://www.medsf.org/rss/zambia en https://www.medsf.org/zambia-msf-responds-surge-cholera-amid-regional-outbreaks Zambia has been battling an unprecedented outbreak of cholera since October 2023. MEDSF is supporting part of the cholera outbreak emergency response. Wed, 28 Feb 2024 13:46:52 +0000 fb79d6cf-5523-46c1-a7fd-5cef0e92e4e3 https://www.medsf.org/zambia-encouraging-new-results-further-demonstrate-effectiveness-single-dose-oral-cholera-vaccine “While the availability of vaccines has improved in recent years, the number is still far from being sufficient to tackle the large-scale outbreaks we are currently seeing" Fri, 09 Feb 2018 13:46:42 +0000 1b97a9d5-b295-4813-a1d4-5c3b90795843 https://www.medsf.org/promising-new-one-dose-cholera-vaccination-strategy-could-save-lives-during-outbreaks Thu, 20 Oct 2016 09:52:47 +0000 262b7a03-7c22-4212-a21c-4732534e84fa https://www.medsf.org/zambia-kicking-out-cholera-megaphone Zambians take part in record-breaking cholera prevention campaign Thu, 21 Apr 2016 11:21:33 +0000 ae3cd5f4-e26c-4ea5-95cb-76ec2d25f2cf https://www.medsf.org/zambia-largest-ever-oral-cholera-vaccination-campaign-underway-lusaka “Lusaka has experienced regular cholera epidemics in the past, but this is the first outbreak since 2010,” says Caroline Voûte, MEDSF emergency coordinator. “With such a long period between outbreaks, the population has little to no acquired immunity to the disease, leaving a ‘blank slate’ for cholera transmission in these densely populated, flood-prone areas.” Sat, 09 Apr 2016 05:00:00 +0000 ad7ec9f5-b12e-4dcc-9638-3c5cfdb59dcd https://www.medsf.org/paediatric-pharmacovigilance-use-pharmacovigilance-data-mining-algorithms-signal-detection-safety Use of Pharmacovigilance data mining algorithms for signal detection in a safety dataset of a paediatric clinical study. Thu, 01 May 2014 13:22:22 +0000 b5aa87ce-191a-43dc-a1dd-77a76020ec73 https://www.medsf.org/zambia-msf-hands-over-maternal-health-programme-luwingu-district Three years after MEDSF began an intervention to improve access to sexual and reproductive health services in Luwingu district, Northern Province, Zambia, the medical situation of people in the area has improved and the work has been handed over to the Zambian Ministry of Health. Tue, 17 Sep 2013 14:33:15 +0000 978e7d29-c1f8-4f40-9754-c1c899979534 https://www.medsf.org/msf-responds-worst-cholera-outbreak-zambia-years Cholera is endemic in Zambia. Over the previous years, Lusaka has seen repeated outbreaks during the rainy season. The lack of provision of drainage, access to clean water and poor hygiene and sanitation conditions are the route causes of the recurrence and severity of outbreaks. Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000 b15c05e7-475d-48e2-a95f-ae8b564be433 https://www.medsf.org/msf-responds-serious-cholera-outbreak-zambia-situation-deteriorates-rapidly-capital-city "The outbreak is spreading in the peri-urban areas characterized by severe overcrowding and almost non-existent water and sanitation facilities to the south of the city. Our next step will be to assess conditions there," said Jon Irwin, MEDSF head of mission in Zambia. Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000 550563a0-dce3-4cf3-bca4-e6a198b4766e https://www.medsf.org/crafting-programs-zambia-limited-resources Interview with Christopher Warren, Logistics Coordinator for almost three years in Kapiri M'poshi, Zambia. He was also interim Head of Mission during his final four months in Zambia. Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000 ca65e371-515c-4531-b988-09ae92b01906