Donor: USAID
Overview
The USAID Zambia Integrated HIV and Health (USAID ZIH) project is dedicated to improving health outcomes in Zambia by delivering integrated, high-quality health services. Focused on reducing mortality, morbidity, and HIV transmission, the project targets communities in the North-Western, Copperbelt, and Central Provinces.
Led by Pact, USAID ZIH collaborates with local organisations like CIDRZ, Circle of Hope, Copper Rose Zambia, and the Zambia Network of Young People Living with HIV, supported by regional and global partners Mothers2Mothers and Viamo. CRZ plays a key role in raising awareness and demand for HIV self-testing and integrated healthcare among adolescents and young people through educational materials, community outreach, school programs, digital engagement, and advocacy efforts.
Objectives
To enhance the health of Zambians by providing accessible, high-quality HIV, TB/HIV, MNCH, and FP/RH services, and to strengthen service integration, ensuring holistic care.
Impact
- Reached 118,302 people through awareness and sensitization campaigns.
- Held 143 anti-GBV dialogue sessions for 6,556 adolescents.
- Conducted 244 peer education sessions for 10,626 young people.
- Organised 138 community dialogues, engaging 1,497 adolescents.
- Supported 42 PrEP groups with 312 members.
- Provided 4,353 voluntary medical male circumcision referrals and engaged 1,983 for PrEP.
- Distributed 10,231 HIV self-test kits and referred 46,966 individuals for facility-based HIV testing.
Time frame: April 2023 – April 2028
Thematic area: Health and Wellbeing/Gender Equity
