Zambia: Lusaka can meet five of its MDGs

Zambia has the "potential" to meet five of its eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015, according to a new UN progress report. The country can provide all its children with access to primary education; potentially halt the spread of HIV/AIDS and malaria; reduce child mortality; and provide more of its population with safe drinking water and basic sanitation. However, the 2003 MDG annual report said Zambia was unlikely to meet three of its goals: halve hunger as well as poverty, and reduce the maternal mortality ratio by three-quarters.