ON THE GROUND IN ZAMBIA
 
In Zambia PHAMSA is rolling out the Project Model in both the commercial agriculture and mining sectors. 

Commercial Agriculture in Zambia

In 2000, agriculture accounted for 85% of total employment (formal and informal) (U.S. Department of State. (2002) Zambia: Background Note.) Zambia has a long history of men migrating to work in large agricultural estates in rural Lusaka Province and sugar estates in the Southern Province. On sugar estates, for example, men leave their families to work as cane cutters from March to November (Zambian National HIV/AIDS/STD/TB Council. Strategic Framework 2001-2003. Lusaka: Zambia)
 

Mining Sector in Zambia

Zambia's economy is heavily dependent on mining copper, cobalt, zinc, silver and gold. Mining constituted 9.1% of GDP in 2006. (Revised estimates of GDP 2006, National Accounts Branch, Economic Statistics Division. March 9, 2007)  In 2001 an anonymous unlinked prevalence survey was carried out in the Konkola Copper Mines, a mining company in the Copperbelt region. In total, 9,024 employees were surveyed, representing 55% to 88% of employees in the various company divisions. Findings indicated that HIV prevalence in the various sites ranged from 18.1% to 20.1% among permanent employees and 14.4% to 15.2% among contract employees (Evian CR, Van Wyk P, Slotow SJ, et al, 2002).

PHAMSA Pilot Project in Zambia

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