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[CDC Zambia @CDCinZambia]

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[CDC Global Health @CDCGlobal]

In Zambia, CDC through @PEPFAR helped expand lifesaving #TB preventive treatment from 8% ➡️ 90% of people living with #HIV, which contributed to a 78% decline in TB deaths.

Watch the full video here: https://t.co/216QY5EKjb | @CDCinZambia @usembassyzambia @mohzambia @cidrzinfo

[CDC Zambia @CDCinZambia]

Public health in action with private sector participation.
Last week CDC in partnership with @mohzambia , @AFENETAfrica , & @akros_global presented survey results on mobile phone data collection tools for community-level behavioral and social drivers of COVID-19 vaccination.

[CIDRZ NGO @cidrzinfo]

@mohzambia, with support from the US Government through @CDCGlobal and CIDRZ, will launch the National Multi-Pathogen Diagnostic Programme on 31st July 2024. This transformative programme will expand the diagnostic capacity of Public Health Laboratories across the country.

[Africa CDC @AfricaCDC]

Africa CDC brings together National Public Health Institute Directors & Ministries of Health representatives in Southern Africa to share progress update in establishing NPHIs, experiences & best practices. Angola, Mozambique & Zambia have fully functional NPHIs @GIZAfricanUnion

[CDC Zambia @CDCinZambia]

Watch! @HHSGov Deputy Secretary Andrea Palm visited #Zambia this week. She met @mohzambia Minister Sylvia Masebo & deliberated on the U.S.-Zambia strong & long partnership while also meeting @CDCgov & @NIH staff to see the @HHSGov investments at the University Teaching Hospital.

[CDC Global Health @CDCGlobal]

Gladys is a bridge in her community between #HIV prevention services & young people. Even where health services exist, fear & stigma can make them difficult to access.

Want to know how @CDCgov partners with young people to eliminate stigma? Click here: https://t.co/69kLo9U9Nt

[CDC Global Health @CDCGlobal]

Last week, CDC Principal Deputy Director, @nirav_uscdc, and agency leaders joined US Ambassador Gonzales & Zambia’s Health Minister at the 🇿🇲 World AIDS Day event. The theme was "Let Communities Lead".

CDC’s support to Zambia’s #HIV response places communities at the forefront.

[CDC Zambia @CDCinZambia]

Zambia Field Epidemiology Training Program was able to reunite with its three former CDC resident advisors — Drs. Kip Bagget (2014-2016), Ellen Yard (2016-2019), and Jonas Hines (2019-2023) — at the 8th African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET) conference in Mombasa, Kenya.

[CDC Emerging Infections @CDC_NCEZID]

CDC celebrates #GlobalHandwashingDay on October 15 as a reminder that handwashing with soap and water is one of the simplest actions we can take to avoid getting sick and spreading germs to others.

Get involved: https://t.co/qN0v5MgU4J

[CDC Global Health @CDCGlobal]

Today, @CDCgov joins the global community to recognize the #DayoftheGirl and celebrate progress in keeping girls safe, empowered, and free from #HIV. We must continue to invest in the livelihood of girls to end the HIV epidemic: https://t.co/IRYrCAoYY1.

[CIDRZ NGO @cidrzinfo]

CIDRZ, with support from @PEPFAR and @CDCinZambia,has been supporting the Men’s Clinic initiative in Lusaka Province since 2018. Recently, CIDRZ conducted several trainings for Clinical Health Care Providers in Lusaka, Chongwe, and Kafue districts.

[CDC Zambia @CDCinZambia]

Happy Youth Skills Day! Saving money is an essential skill for youth. USAID’s PEPFAR-supported #DREAMS program teaches young women in Zambia to save through its Women Organizing Resources Together initiative educating women about saving through community banking. #PEPFAR20

[CDC Zambia @CDCinZambia]

Did you know that Zambia's Community post model is recognized as a best practice innovation in identifying and linking people living with HIV to treatment? The Circle of Hope model has since been adopted by other countries like Zimbabwe with similar success.

[CDC Global Health @CDCGlobal]

CDC is proud to partner w/Zambia Ministry of Home Affairs to launch the country’s first DNA forensic lab. Learn more about this key step toward reducing sexual and gender-based violence in remarks by U.S. Ambassador Gonzales at the launch: https://t.co/ij10GKNyJw

[CDC Global Health @CDCGlobal]

Yesterday, CDC staff met with colleagues from @mohzambia during the 76th World Health Assembly in Geneva. Listen to their valuable discussion around HIV, cervical cancer, vaccine-preventable diseases, laboratory work, global health security, & more here: https://t.co/9H6ROhcol6

[VOA Africa @VOAAfrica]

LUSAKA — In an effort to address the increasing number of cases of gender and sexual violence, Zambia has launched the first-ever DNA forensic laboratory in the country at a cost of more than $600,000. https://t.co/lY6Dw0fD3Z

[Beatrice Mutali @MutaliBeatrice]

Delighted to attend the launch of the Government Forensic DNA laboratory aimed at ensuring corroboration of witness and survivor GBV-related statements with DNA evidence. Great support from USG thru' @usembassyzambia, as well as @IrelandinZambia & @SwedinZambia

[CDC HIV @CDC_HIV]

Providers: Oral PrEP is highly effective for preventing HIV when taken as prescribed.

Download CDC's Oral PrEP Clinicians' Quick Guide to make PrEP a part of your patient's HIV prevention plan: https://t.co/NgJ5r7eE4d

[CDC Zambia @CDCinZambia]

Happy Youth Day!
Stay Safe and Healthy.