Zambia: NANHRI Seeks to Bridge Gap in Policy, Implementation of SRHR

Access to sexual and reproductive health services has for long been generally difficult in many African countries, including Zambia.

Factors for this low accessibility by women and girls are numerous, resulting in escalating numbers of both teenage and unplanned pregnancies.

For rural and densely populated urban areas, the problem is even bigger because of few health facilities.

Sub-Saharan Africa has high fertility rates, early age at birth of first child, and high birth rates among adolescents.