According to the Ministry of Health, Zambia has an estimated 1.

“My name is Aaron Sitima from Chipata.

As the world marked the International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week 2025 between 19 and 25 October 2025, we continue reflecting on the ongoing challenge of lead contamination — and the determined community action working to protect children from its harmful effects.

On Friday, October 17, sports lovers in Ndola came to cheer youths under the DAPP Youth in Action as the project hosted its 2025 Annual Youth Sports Gala at Mapalo Grounds under the theme; “The Power of Sports: Transforming Lives, Empowering Youths.

“My name is Tamara Ruth Kaparu.

A towering billboard near parliament features a smiling young construction worker holding a pill box with a simple message: “Take a pill a day to prevent HIV.

Grace Namwinga, an HIV Prevention Officer for DAPP OVC in Eastern and Western provinces, has encountered many children facing real challenges as they grow up.

“Many caregivers did not know much about HIV or ARVs, and some treated children who were on ARVs differently in a bad way.

At 21, Hellen Manda travels the world speaking at high-level health meetings, hosts a weekly radio show and encourages adolescents confronting HIV every day.