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 primary aim of this policy is to provide guidelines for the coordination, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of workplace programmes in the transport sector. The policy provides the framework through which employers, workers and their organisations will design, implement, and monitor HIV policies and programmes at sub‐sector, institution, and company level.

The function of this policy is to assist pharmacy department in the development and review of policies, rules, and regulations regarding the use of medicines in the hospital and to evaluate, approve, or reject medicines proposed for inclusion in or deletion from the hospital Formulary.

This document highlights the function of the committee to develop a formulary of medicines accepted for use in the hospital and provide for its constant revision.

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.

The national M&E plan provides background information, defines what the M&E systems will measure (indicators linked to the objectives and results framework of the NASF and national operational plan). Furthermore, it explains how the system will operate to enable these measurements to take place.

The Zambia 2013 HIV Consolidated Guidelines provide guidance on the diagnosis of HIV infection, care of people living with HIV, and use of antiretroviral drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection.

The purpose of the NOP is to provide a simplified guide for the implementation of the National HIV & AIDS Strategic Framework (NASF) 2011-2013. It enables stakeholders to identify and utilize their comparative advantage to contribute to NASF collectively implementation. It identifies key strategies and sufficient activities that will enable Zambia to achieve the intended output, outcome, and impact results.

The National Health Strategic Plan 2017-2021 has a transformative agenda that focuses on building robust and resilient health systems. The plan focuses on delivering quality health services across the continuum of care which includes promotive, preventive, curative, rehabilitative and palliative care. provided as close to the family settings as possible.

The National AIDS Strategic Framework (NASF) 2017 – 2021 is designed to provide adequate space and opportunities for communities, civil society, private sector, development partners (bilateral and multilateral agencies) and Government institutions to actively participate in the implementation of evidence-based HIV and AIDS programmes, depending on their mandates and comparative advantages.

This strategic plan provides a roadmap and gives confidence to cooperating partners (CPs) and implements their alignment to national aspirations. It assists in identifying areas of possible duplication and gaps thus, allowing redirection of resources and intervention and paving the way to improved laboratory services.

The Minimum Packages of Services for Female Sex Workers in Zambia serves as an operational guide document for all partners involved in HIV prevention programming and co-ordination for key population; to improve the design, implementation and management of programs.

This document, which is the health national adaptation plan (HNAP) for Zambia, presents the results of a national consultative process to identify climate risks and adaptation measures relevant to the health sector and also sets out the road map to the implementation of the HNAP.