1. BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE IN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS CHEP’s Experience By: Kafusha C Mfula Information Systems Officer Copperbelt Health Education Project (CHEP)
18. ICTs Implementation process CHEP agreed with the teachers Share the Vision with Stakeholders Skills Audit Developed of Training Materials Training of teachers in computers and Taonga The school was empowered with resources to start IGAs
19. 7 teachers (3 Men & 4 Women)received ICTs training regularly to update their ability to integrate ICTs in teaching
Impacts of the Epidemic The impacts of the HIV epidemic on Zambian society have been dramatic. The most startling fact being that the average Zambian born today has a life expectancy of only 37 years.. The economic impacts have also been staggering as industry, agriculture, education and the health care sector itself suffer from a drop in productivity as well as a shortage of trained labor. The impact on health care costs have also been significant and estimates are that national expenditure on health care costs increased from US$ 3.4 million in 1989 to US$ 18.3 million in 2004 (MoH/CboH HIV/AIDS in Zambia, 1999).
Everyone always talks about the 1 in five- but it’s a misleading statistic because HIV is not evenly distributed in the population. HIV prevalence is much higher in urban (28%) than in rural (14%) areas, and Lusaka (27% prevalence) and the Copperbelt (26% prevalence) are the hardest hit regions with almost one in three adults of reproductive age estimated to be HIV positive.
Women are generally affected by the epidemic at an earlier age than men: peak prevalence among women occurs in the age group 20 – 29 years, while that for men is between 30 – 39 years of age. Girls 15 - 19 years of age are about 4 to 5 times more likely than peers of their own age to be HIV positive. High-risk groups in Zambia, such as commercial sex workers, have prevalence rates as high as 67%. Other recognized high-risk groups in Zambia include truckers, the military and uniformed personnel, clients of CSWs, fishermen and fish traders, prisoners, and refugees.
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