The National Health Care Waste Management Plan (NHCWP) for 2015 to 2019 is a roadmap that aims at putting in place a sustainable Health Care Waste Management (HCWM) system in Zambia. The plan recommends safe, efficient, sustainable, affordable and culturally acceptable methods for the treatment and disposal of healthcare waste (HCW), both within and outside healthcare facilities.

The Revised National HIV and AIDS Strategic Framework (R-NASF) is a three-year framework covering the period 2014 – 2016. It is intended to guide and inform the implementation of the national HIV multi-sectoral response in Zambia. The purpose of the framework is to provide an overall strategy for the planning, coordination and implementation of the multi-sectoral national response based on available evidence.

This document guides the process of pretesting health communication materials; and guides the process of evaluating communication materials.

The Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Framework recognises the aspirations prescribed in the NHSP 2017-21. These aspirations are sector-specific mechanisms culminating from international and national level instruments that provide guidance on priorities, specific interventions and strategic focus.

The purpose of these guidelines is to help all stakeholders to have an evidence based approach to planning for HIV and AIDS activities in the road sector.

The nine sections of this document outline the referral process, direct referrals from BEmONC sites or 1st level to 2nd level hospitals, antenatal referrals from BEmONC sites to 1st level hospitals, referrals from BEmONC sites to 1st level hospitals during labour, referrals from BEmONC sites to 1st level hospitals in postpartum, pre-referral management, newborn referral criteria, pre-referral management of common neonatal conditions, and communication and transfer.

This version of the Zambia Consolidated Guidelines for Treatment and Prevention of HIV Infection provides guidance on the Zambia’s transition plan, the continued approach that positively affects the continuum of HIV care while adding to innovative methods that will reduce transmission rates and increase life span for patients.

This plan is targeted towards all government institutions, the private sector, civil society organisations and members of the general public. The Policy Implementation Plan (PIP) describes broad actions which government, together with its stakeholders, intends to undertake in order to address key issues related to alcohol production, storage, distribution, retailing and consumption on one hand and the management of people who suffer illness and harm in whatever form as a result of alcohol misuse.

This document discusses the requirements for Essential Newborn Care (ENC), basic care of the newborn immediately after birth, Postnatal Care (PNC), danger signs in the newborn, and special care of a newborn with problems,

The purpose of the HIV Testing and Counselling Implementation Plan is to provide a simplified guide for the implementation of the HTC in 2014-2015. It enables stakeholders to identify and utilize their comparative advantage to contribute to HTC implementation collectively.

This strategy document provides a roadmap for the Zambian government, in collaboration with donors and implementing partners, to consider a paradigm shift in HIV prevention. The intent of the HIV prevention strategy is fourfold: to identify the key drivers of the epidemic; outline current prevention efforts, scope, effectiveness and coverage; describe existing gaps and challenges, and offer recommendations on the key priority areas for HIV prevention.

These provide some insights on the critical challenge, suggested strategies to achieve the set target in each indicator listed in this document.

The Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Framework recognises the aspirations prescribed in the NHSP 2017-21 and binds all players to one set of indicators for tracking progress, measuring performance. it is expected to reduce duplications in data handling and consequently spur the culture of information use at all levels health services delivery and management.

This policy document presents a detailed epidemiological situation analysis of the HIV epidemic and the responses to date, highlights opportunities and challenges for actualization of the Fast Track, highlights critical considerations for the Fast Track such as leadership, sustainable financing, and innovative approaches to monitoring and evaluation.

The National Mobile HIV Services Guidelines outline among other approaches, the establishment of mobile Counselling and Testing (CT), Prevention of Mother To Child Transmission (PMTCT) and Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) services and enhancing linkages with other health within the framework of a continuum of care for HIV positive people.

This policy details on HIV testing services, HIV prevention, management of HIV exposed infants and HIV infected populations.

This policy provides a broad framework within which communication and advocacy should serve as
strategic inputs into the implementation of the NASF. Its implementation is also harmonious with the NASF, which runs for the period 2011–2015.

This communication and advocacy strategy outline the sixteen guiding principles for planning, designing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating social and behaviour change communication interventions for reproductive maternal, newborn, child, adolescent health, and nutrition programme. Some of the principles include advocacy-related, client-centred, culturally appropriate, benefit-oriented, amongst others.

The purpose of the National Strategic Framework for HIV and AIDS is to provide an overall strategy for the planning, coordination and implementation of the multisectoral national response based on available evidence and emerging social and epidemiological issues.

The three sections of this document details the terms of reference for national health promotion technical working group, the terms of reference for HIV/AIDS IEC/BCC technical working group, and the terms of reference for malaria IEC/BCC technical working Group. It defines a technical working group (TWG) as an entity or group brought together by a common purpose and interest to work on specific activities or programmes. It provides for the functions of the National Health Promotion TWG, the criterion/guidelines to guide the process of selecting members to serve on the National Health Promotion TWG.