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...striving to overcome malaria
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Locations:
Zambian Community
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The hospital's primary catchment area is considered to be a radius
of approximately 35 kilometers around the hospital, with an estimated
population of 80,000 in 1998. The hospital also serves as a referral
hospital for a number of smaller hospitals and rural health centers
in an 80 kilometer radius. Overall population density in this area is
25 per square kilometer and 50% of the population is under 12 years
of age. Other specific data for the local population are not reliable,
but countrywide, the crude birth rate is 49.5 per 1,000 population with
an infant mortality of 107 per 1,000 live births. Average life expectancy
at birth is 48.3 years. Click on the links below for more information regarding:
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The
hospital is surrounded by relatively flat land at an average altitude
of 900 meters, occupied by traditional villagers with no commercial
farmers or industries in this area. The population of the area is primarily
all of the Batonga tribe, living in small scattered homesteads consisting
of usually one extended family, with the primary livelihood being one
of subsistence farming. Maize is the main crop grown and is the staple
diet eaten as cooked maize-meal, supplemented with peanuts, sweet potatoes
and other leafy green vegetables as a relish. While much of the population
is stable, there is a fair amount of movement of younger adults to and
from the urban areas of the country.