Zambia

In Zambia, we apply a user-centered approach to our programs, especially for HIV prevention, sexual and reproductive health and Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMCs) programs, ensuring that our services are not only desirable but sustainable.

SFH Zambia

Society for Family Health
PLOT NO. 549, ITUNA ROAD
RIDGEWAY, LUSAKA
ZAMBIA

Phone: 011-260-211-257-407
info@sfh.org.zm

Our Presence in
Zambia

PSI Zambia

Established in 1992, Society for Family Health Zambia complements the efforts of the Government of Zambia in the priority health areas of sexual and reproductive health, water purification and treatment, HIV testing and HIV preventive measures such as Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision. With its user-centered approach, SFH catalyzes innovative, sustainable, accessible and quality health solutions to improve the lives of vulnerable Zambians.

How we
work

Consumer
Led

Market Development

Program
Design

Social
Enterprise

Our
Impact

In 2018, PSI saved almost 100,000 lives with its products and services, which include:

40,875

voluntary male medical circumcisions

74,042

bottles of water purification sold

43,975

HIV self-testing kits distributed

343,369

visits to reproductive health clinics

Practice Areas
We Focus On

Contraception for all Zambians

SFH aims to increase the modern contraceptive prevalence rate in Zambia by 2% annually. To accomplish this, SFH’s SARAI program strengthens health systems to provide increased access to and improved quality of sexual and reproductive health services, enhances services offered at health facilities and promotes community engagement. An emphasis is placed on providing sexual and reproductive health services for adolescents (10 to 19-year-olds) and other vulnerable populations, including young mothers and orphans and vulnerable children.

Circumventing HIV

SFH promotes voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) to decrease the incidence of HIV among military personnel, their families and surrounding communities. VMMC programs are carried out in five provinces with high HIV prevalence rates—Central, Copperbelt, Eastern, Lusaka, and Southern provinces—at 41 health facilities to reach uncircumcised men ages 15 to 29 years old.

Proof of the HIVST concept

SFH is working to prove the scalability of HIV self-testing (HIVST) in public sector settings and the Zambian community at large as part of the multi-country HIV Self-Testing Africa (STAR) Project.

Featured Projects

Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision – DOD

Donor: PEPFAR Department of Defense

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Support for International Family Planning Organizations (SIFPO2)

Donor: USAID

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PMI Impact Malaria

Donor: US President’s Malaria Initiative

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PMI VectorLink

Donor: US President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI)

Project Lead: Abt Associates

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Sexual and Reproductive Health for All Initiative (SARAI)

Donor: USAID

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Expanding Effective Contraceptive Options (EECO)

Donor: USAID

Project Lead: WCG Cares

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Our
Leadership

Gina Smith

Acting Country Representative SFH Zambia (Independent Network Member of PSI)

Latest
Updates

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A Rising STAR

March 2019 – The largest global HIV self-testing initiative, known as the Self-Testing Africa (STAR) Initiative, has produced strong evidence that the approach is an

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Here’s What We’re Learning at the ASBC Conference

The second day of the 1st Africa Social and Behaviour Change (ASBC) Conference, hosted by PSI network member Population Services Kenya, has just wrapped up

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Why Aren’t Female Condom Markets Working?

by Danielle Harris, WCG, and Ashley Jackson, PSI Gloria dreams of a contraceptive and HIV prevention method that she can control. As a university student

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How to Interest Providers and Retailers in Female Condoms

By Danielle Harris, WCG, and Ashley Jackson, PSI Clara took a chance and bought 15 units of Whisper, a new female condom, to sell in her small

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Knowledge of HIV Status is Power

By Dr. Karin Hatzold, Director HIV Self-Testing Africa (STAR) Initiative, and Shawn Malone, Project Director, Testing and Treatment for Men December 1st marks the 30th

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