According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), despite youths constituting over one-third of Zambia’s 17.8 million population and being an essential part of Zambia’s economic progress, they instead continue to …
Birth registration is a fundamental human right and a critical instrument to ensure the protection of a child’s right to an identity that would assure future equity in accessing services meant for citizens. Despite the advantages associated with childbirth …
We live in a world that continuously gravitates heavily towards digital technologies. While the globe transforms into this digital space, only some people are fortunate enough to have access to these technologies. The CIDRZ USAID-funded Controlling HIV …
In Zambia, like many other countries, health outcomes among men are substantially worse than in women due to poor health-seeking behaviours. This gender-based discrepancy in health requires concerted efforts to ensure that men willingly access health care …
The opening of the first-ever Non-Communicable Diseases and Injuries (NCDI) clinics at Matero and Mwachisompola level one hospitals by the Ministry of Health (MOH), with support from the Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Zambia (CIDRZ)’s PEN-PLUS …
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Voluntary Male Medical Circumcision (VMMC) remains a significant pillar of combination HIV prevention intervention in high HIV burden settings. ( …
The Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Zambia (CIDRZ) congratulates its Director for the Tuberculosis programmes, Dr Monde Muyoyeta, for scooping the 2023 HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN) and COVID Prevention Network (COVPN Mentoring Award at the …
Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) is recognized as one of the key methods that help to reduce the risk of heterosexual transmission of HIV from women to men by 60 per cent. For over ten years, the Center for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia ( …
The Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ), in collaboration with the University of Zambia (UNZA) and Washington University in St. Louis, working with the Ministry of Health in Zambia, has hosted the first-ever Implementation Science (IS) …
The Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ) joined the global community to celebrate the World Health Day National commemorations held at the Mulungushi International Conference Centre in Lusaka. On 7 April 2023, the World Health …
The Permanent Secretary – Technical Services, Professor Lackson Kasonka, has commended the Centre for Infectious Diseases Research Zambia (CIDRZ) for supporting the rollout of the PEN Plus clinics at both Matero and Mwachisompola level one hospital. …
CIDRZ’s USAID-funded Controlling HIV Epidemic for Key and Underserved Populations (CHEKUP I), through the Determined, Resilient, Empowered AIDS-free, Mentored and Schooled (DREAMS) program, implemented the Anakazi (women) digital literacy program at 37 …
The Ministry of Health with support from CIDRZ’s USAID TBLON project working with CITAM Plus hosted media professionals from different media houses in Lusaka for an engagement on tuberculosis (TB) as part of this year’s activities towards the World TB Day …
The Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ) has supported the Zambia Correctional Service (ZCS) with 172 industrial electric fans worth more than half a million Kwacha in a bid to improve ventilation in Correctional Facilities. The fans …
The Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MoH) through the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Programme (NTLP), is accelerating the TB response to move Zambia to achieve the global target to …
The Center for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ) has been applauded by the Mongu district mayor, Mr Nyambe Muyumbana, for its continued contributions to the improvement of access to health services in Mongu. “I would like to commend CIDRZ for …
The Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ) participated in the Directorates of Quality and Performance Improvement Stakeholders Meeting organized by the Ministry of Health (MOH) to discuss the integration of performance improvement and …
The Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ) with funding from Estee Launder Group of Companies formally known as MAC cosmetics has launched a one-year project aimed at enhancing sexual reproductive health and menstrual hygiene Services to …
The Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ) through the Strengthening Quality Improvement – Person Centered Care Approaches Project (SQI-PCC) participated in the 15th annual conference on the science of Dissemination and Implementation (D…
Working with the Ministry of Health through the Lusaka Health Office (LPHO) with financial support from PEPFAR and the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ) has supported the …
