Embassy of the United States

U.S. Ambassador Visits Livingstone Clinics
As part of her visit to Livingstone, the U.S. Ambassador to Zambia, Carmen Martinez, visited Livingstone General Hospital and the Maramba and Dambwa Urban Health Centers on Thursday, February 22, 2007. The Ambassador will met with the staff and clients of the new Livingstone District laboratory at Maramba Urban Clinic and VCT centre. The VCT centre is a collaborative effort between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). DoD invested $102,000 to construct the centre, and CDC provided $98,000 worth of furniture and laboratory equipment. The equipment and training provided by CDC will enable the centre to ensure the ready availability of laboratory results and save patients a trip to Livingstone General Hospital for tests. The Maramba Clinic has been a recipient of CDC and USAID support for the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) since 2002. This program provides routine HIV testing for all consenting mothers and promotes optional infant and young child breast feeding.(complete text)

United States Holds Trade and Investment Talks with Largest African Regional Economic Group
Washington DC – U.S. trade and development officials held in-depth discussions today with a delegation from the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA). The half-day meeting was the latest high-level consultation between the two parties under the terms of the United States-COMESA Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA).(complete text)

Zambia HIV/AIDS Film ‘Road To Hope’ Wins Award At New York Festivals
BALTIMORE – The Zambia documentary Road to Hope won a Silver World Medal at the 2007 New York Festivals International Film and Video Competition. The Film and Video Awards have recognized the best work in informational, educational, and industrial film productions and corporate video for nearly 50 years.(complete text)

U.S. Government Awards Almost 2.5 Billion Kwacha To Eight Zambian Civil Society Organizations To Fight HIV/AIDS
LUSAKA, Zambia – The U.S. Government, through its AWATCH Project managed by PACT Zambia, awarded nearly 2.5 billion kwacha (US $623,366) to eight civil society organizations in support of their efforts to fight against HIV/AIDS in Zambia. Funding was made available through the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and was implemented by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).(complete text)

Zambia Joins President’s Bush Malaria Initiative
Lusaka, Zambia – Minister of Health, Honorable Angela Cifire, and U.S. Ambassador to Zambia, Her Excellency Carmen Martinez, on Friday, December 15 announced that Zambia has been selected as a focus country under U.S. President Bush’s Malaria Initiative (PMI). The initiative, announced in 2005, is a five-year, $1.2 billion commitment from the U.S. government that aims to cut malaria-related deaths by 50 percent in 15 focus countries in Africa. Zambia now joins Tanzania, Angola, Uganda, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Senegal and seven other newly selected countries.(complete text)

Change In U.S. Visa Application Procedures
The United States has announced a worldwide change in visa application procedures. Beginning on November 1, 2006, all applicants for American non-immigrant visas must complete the required visa application form on the internet using the “Electronic Visa Application Form” (EVAF).(complete text)