According to the latest IPC figures, over 23% of the for millions of people across the country (FEWS NET 08/11/2023 and 12/03/2024). [...] Livelihoods and economic growth The continuing drought coincides with Zambia’s efforts to address the worst cholera Changing climate patterns affect Zambia’s economic performance, primarily because of the outbreak in southern Africa, alongside another dry spell and lingering impacts of the flooding country’s heavy dependence on sectors particularly sensitive to climate conditions, such as in Janua. [...] On 12 current drought has devastated nearly half of Zambia’s maize crops, a crucial staple food, February, the Ministry of Education reopened schools after the cholera outbreak forced a five- threatening both food availability and the incomes of a large proportion of the population (AJ week closure, marking the end of learning disruption for nearly 4.3 million children across the 29/02/2024). [...] As at 12 March, in areas of In the peak of the 2024–2025 lean season in early 2025, food assistance requirements high production, such as Choma in Southern province and Chipata in Eastern province, maize are projected to escalate beyond the levels seen in the first quarter of 2024. [...] The worldwide shortage of oral cholera vaccines has of the highest multidimensional poverty rates), poor infrastructure, and limited healthcare also led to the prolonged active spread of the disease.
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