37th CFS Plenary Session, 17-22 October 2011, Rome
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20 July 2010 – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) are this week helping authorities in Zambia as they try to immunize more than 1.6 million children following a deadly outbreak of measles in the Southern African nation.
A national campaign began yesterday in Lusaka, the capital, and will continue until Friday, according to a press release issued by UNICEF, which said the vaccinators are targeting children aged between nine months and 47 months.
At least 78 people have been killed and nearly 3,000 cases recorded during the current outbreak of measles, with the area in and around the capital the worst affected.
Press Release No.10/260
25 June 2010 - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed its fourth review of Zambia’s economic performance under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement. Completion of the review allows Zambia to draw an amount equivalent to SDR 18.395 million (US$27.1 million) immediately, bringing total disbursements under the arrangement to the equivalent of SDR 183.305 million (US$270.5 million). In completing the review, the Executive Board granted a waiver of non-observance of the performance criterion concerning the non-concessional debt ceiling at end-December 2009.
LUSAKA, April 21, 2010 -- There is less malaria in Zambia today than there was only a few years ago, thanks to large-scale efforts such as distributing insecticide-treated bed nets. But even with these major advances in prevention, the disease remains endemic and is still a leading cause of death in the country, especially of children.
Recognizing that access to proper treatment needed to be stepped up, the World Bank, the UK’s Department for International Development, and USAID joined forces to try out new drug distribution methods in 16 districts in Zambia. The results from this pilot are exceptionally encouraging.
Press Release No. 10/69
March 3, 2010
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission visited Lusaka February 17–March 2, 2010 to conduct discussions for the fourth review under the Extended Credit Facility (formerly the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility). The mission had fruitful discussions with Hon. Situmbeko Musokotwane, Minister of Finance and National Planning; Dr. Caleb Fundanga, Governor of the Bank of Zambia; and other senior officials, as well as with representatives of the business community, civil society, and Zambia’s cooperating partners.
At the conclusion of the mission in Lusaka, Mr. George Tsibouris, mission chief for Zambia, released the following statement:
Location: Lusaka, Zambia
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Rome, 20 January 2010 – A US$20 million loan to the Republic of Zambia from IFAD will directly benefit 30,000 small-scale farming households, many headed by women.
The loan agreement for the Smallholder Agribusiness Promotion Programme was signed today in Rome by Lucy Mungoma, Ambassador to Italy for the Republic of Zambia, and Kanayo F. Nwanze, President of IFAD.
The spike in food prices of last year (2008) underscored what experts have been telling us for many years: the world's food systems are in crisis