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Statistics
Zambia’s rate of HIV currently stands at 17%.
Zambia is a country where malaria is rife yet only 7% of children are sleeping under a treated mosquito net.
Many of these combining factors have had consequential effects on children. This includes:
11% of children between the ages of 5 and 14 entering child labour.
20% of children underweight.
43% of children not attending primary school.
Almost one in every five children (18%) is dead before they are five years old.
Of the living children, half are nutritionally stunted and one in six are orphans.
This information is based on statistics provided by Unicef. Please see their website for further information