Dando Mweetwa, Author at Women's eNews

Zambia Women Walk Long Way for Maternal Shelters

By Dando Mweetwa ● Health & Science ● July 5, 2012

Zambia’s effort to lower maternal mortality includes maternity shelters outside hospitals where rural women can wait for delivery. But as women in one shelter attest, the walks are long and the waiting is hard. Many still skip regular checkups.

At 14%, Zambia’s Political Women Stir Controversy

By Dando Mweetwa ● Employment ● July 20, 2011

Zambia’s 14-percent female parliament makes it a regional laggard and leaves women in politics struggling against social disapproval, including by other women.

Zambia Confronts TB Among Women With HIV

By Dando Mweetwa ● Health & Science ● June 21, 2011

People living with HIV face an additional risk of getting tuberculosis because of weakened immune systems, poverty and malnutrition. HIV-positive women are especially susceptible because they care for TB patients here.

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Zambia Women Walk Long Way for Maternal Shelters

At 14%, Zambia’s Political Women Stir Controversy

Zambia Confronts TB Among Women With HIV