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Some Zambian statistics to think about: Childbearing begins early in Zambia, with more than one-third of women giving birth by age 18 and more than half giving birth by age 20. Zambia’s fertility rate currently stands at 5.3 births per woman…on average each woman is likely to have 5 children. Zambian men marry on average five years later than women. The median age at first marriage among women currently aged 25-49 is 18.4 years, and the median age among men now aged 25- 49 is 23.9 years. Forty (40%) percent of children under age 5 are stunted, 6 percent are wasted, and 15 percent are underweight. Ten (10%) percent of women aged 15-49 are underweight and twenty-three (23%) percent of women are overweight or obese.

Entry #: 12 (8th March, 2017; 02:37hrs) Most days, if not all, I am usually learning from the misfortune of others so I can one day help other people too. Today is different from all other nights I have spent here...Its 01:42hrs in the morning. Thirty minutes later, its 01:43hrs. I feel bad when patients/ caregivers are treated with attitude, not attended to on time and well perhaps given suboptimal treatment. With the exception of the good rec eption from the nurses today, I still had to wait in line for 3 hours before the medical officer came through to admit dad. Yes 3 hours and the old man was in pain, still in pain. I feel bad when people skip the line in the name of staff/ white coat priviledge....my conscience wouldn't let me....there were a couple of people ahead who came in at 13hrs and hadn't been seen yet by 20hrs. Too bad the other guy brought in by the Police passed on whilst on the queue. Mosquitoes are the new flies here. Cockroaches roam the floor with author