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> Date: July 3, 2014 at 12:52:46 PM EDT
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> Subject: FW: Pool report 4 Zambia- Dr Biden wraps up her Zambian visit
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> From: perpetual sichikwenkwe [mailto:persichi@gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 12:36 PM
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> Subject: Pool report 4 Zambia- Dr Biden wraps up her Zambian visit
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> Pool report 4 Zambia- Dr Biden wraps up her Zambian visit
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> By Perpetual Sichikwenkwe (Times of Zambia)
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> U.S. vice president Joe Biden's wife, Jill has wrap up her tour to Zambia where she visited a community school, health centre and participated at an entrepreneur discussion to promote girls' education and health services for women.
> Dr Biden who is in the company of Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Rajiv Shah, U.S.
> Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women Issues, Catherine Russell and other officials took off from Kenneth Kaunda International Airport at
> 14: 47 heading for the Democratic Republic of Congo for her continued mission.
> She emerged with a smile few minutes after she entered the US Military Aircraft to waive "goodbye" to the U.S. Zambia mission officials, Zambian Government officials and journalists that were giving her delegation a send off as she continues her three-country trip to Africa.
> Dr Biden headed for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR) and would later fly to Sierra Leone to undertake a similar mission of championing girls and women's rights in areas of education, governance and health among others.
> Earlier in the day, Dr Biden and Zambia's second lady, Charlotte Scott for more than an hour undertook interact with patients and survivors of gender based violence (GBV) at Ng'ombe health clinic located in one of the highly density township in Lusaka, Zambia's capital city.
> The two second ladies with their delegations were welcomed by the clinic staff who was excited about the visit and the fact that the U.S. government has continued to fund projects in Zambia for the plight of girls and women.
> Dr Biden's first interaction was with pregnant women who were receiving talks on how to take care of themselves during pregnancy.
> She listened with passion as a nurse at the clinic, explained the various lessons given to the expecting women among them HIV and AIDS.
> Dr Biden and Dr Scott were also explained to by Cervical Cancer Training and Prevention program in Zambia co-director Dr. Sharon Kapambwe on the cancer screening services offered at the clinic using a simple method to detect the disease and that more women are now accessing the services.
> The U.S. and Zambian delegation later moved to the GBV One Stop Center to meet survivors of GBV and listen to the challenges and scores witnessed by the center that was opened in April this year.
> The U.S. and U.K. governments have pumped in US$10.2 million to the enter which provides prompt and comprehensive services to survivors of GBV to the women of Ng'ombe and surrounding townships.
> Coordinator of the center, Derrick Chila told Dr Biden "It may be a small place but it is a life changing facility" as GBV survivors listened on.
> Dr Shah and Ms Russell later gave an interview to the media and said they were proud with the partnership that existed between two countries and committed continued support from the Obama administration.
> Dr Scott in an interview with local journalists shortly after the tour said Dr Biden was impressed with happenings at the clinic and urged more women to access the cancer screening services and take advantage of the One Stop Center for their GBV problems.
> Dr Biden and her delegation later left for the airport took off for DRC aboard a U.S. Military Aircraft.
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