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Zambia
Population: 18.38m (2020)
Area: 752,617 sqkm
Diarrhoea deaths: 3,754 (2019)
ORS coverage: 67% (2019)
ORS + Zinc coverage: 34% (2019)
National EML download: Zambia – Essential-Medicines-List-2020 (2020)
Note that neither Zinc nor co-packaged ORS and Zinc are on the latest printed edition of the NEML. However, both are purchased by the government (as budgets allow) and distributed free of charge at health centres. Distribution of co-packs started on a trial basis in 2015. Government purchases began in 2018.
National policy
✅ ORS+Zinc in National Clinical Guidelines
✅ ORS included in the National Essential Medicines List
❓ Zinc included in the National Essential Medicines List
✅ Co-packaged ORS & Zinc included in the National Essential Medicines List (see note above)
Zinc availability
✅ Zinc available “over the counter”
✅ Any retailer can sell Zinc (no licence required)
Outlets for Zinc tablets:
✅ Pharmacies
✅ Drug stores/shops
✅ Supermarkets
✅ General retail outlets
❌ Community Health Workers
✅ Door-to-door sales people
✅ Government hospitals/clinics
✅ Private hospitals/clinics
❓ Child Health Days/Special Campaigns
❓ Other
Co-pack availability
✅ Co-packaged ORS and Zinc available
Outlets for co-packaged ORS and Zinc tablets:
✅ Pharmacies
✅ Drug stores/shops
✅ Supermarkets
✅ General retail outlets
❌ Community Health Workers
✅ Door-to-door sales people
✅ Government hospitals/clinics
✅ Private hospitals/clinics
❓ Campaigns and outreach
❓ Other
Co-packaged ORS and Zinc brands (may not be exhaustive)
GRZ ORS/Zinc Co-pack (public sector), Kit Yamoyo (private sector), OraZinc (imported, private sector)
Kit Yamoyo (Commercial format) and GRZ ORS/Zinc Co-pack (right).
Both have the same contents but a different instruction leaflet that carries the branding. Click on the image to view it full size on Flickr.
Orazinc is an imported brand manufactured by Shelys Pharmaceuticals (Tanzania)
Co-packaged ORS and Zinc manufacturers (may not be exhaustive)
Pharmanova (Zambia) Ltd
Co-pack costs
Typical cost of a ORS/Zinc co-pack in the PUBLIC sector
Free of charge
Typical cost of a ORS/Zinc co-pack in the PRIVATE sector
ZMW 13.99 (USD 0.77 Mar-22)
Kit Yamoyo on Shoprite (supermarket) shelves 11-Mar-2022
❓ Diarrhoea programmes currently on-going
| Name | Organisation | Funder | Diarrhoea specific | Target area |
Additional information
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