Here are ten facts that shed light on the hunger situation in Zambia. Taken from allAfrica – click here.
1. 60 percent of people in Zambia live below the poverty line and 42 percent are considered to be extremely poor.
2. The prevalence of HIV among adults is 14.3 percent.
3. The number of HIV/AIDS orphans is estimated at 1.5 million which means that 1 in 5 children in the country is an orphan.
4. The prevalence of stunting in children – low growth for age – is 40 percent.
5. The prevalence of anemia is 53 percent among children under five years of age and 30 percent among women of child-bearing age.
6. 15 percent of children in Zambia are underweight.
7. More than 350,000 people in the country are food insecure, i.e. they do not have access to a regular supply of healthy food.
8. The mortality rate among under-fives is 75/1000 live births (a decline in recent years but still high in rural areas).
9. The infant mortality rate is 45/1000 live births (a decline in recent years but still high in rural areas).
10. In both rural and urban households, poverty levels are highest amongst female-headed households with extreme poverty levels of more than 60 percent in rural areas and 15 percent in urban areas.
Derek and Kristin Dearth 