Additional Context: According to the World Health Organization, or WHO, these programmatic efficiency interventions include integrating services, deploying multiskilled community volunteers, strengthening targeted screening, scaling up newer and cheaper diagnostic tests, and adopting shorter treatment regimens for children and drug-resistant tuberculosis patients.

Devex Researcher Note: Zambia’s 2026 national budget includes an increase in health spending at K26.2 billion ($950 million), with a 12% increase in allocations for primary health care. Yet the U.N. warns that a financing gap of K21 billion ($760 million) remains to meet international commitments.

Source: WHO