Motorbike project 'helping HIV patients in Zambia'
12/02/2010
One group of social entrepreneurs in Africa is helping people receive treatment for diseases such as HIV more quickly with the use of motorbikes.
Entitled Riders for Health, the initiative has most recently been operating in the Chadiza district of Zambia.
According to the BBC, the rural village is 30 km away from the nearest town with a hospital, which takes an hour and a half to get to by car and even longer on foot or bicycle.
The new scheme will help more people get medical supplies faster, as well as things like test results, which need to be timely for potential HIV carriers.
"It's all about transportation," Joseph Sakala, who is a nurse working the area, told the news provider.
In other news, the ecosystem of Zambia is coming under threat from interest in the country's vast natural resources, it has been claimed.
AllAfrica.com recently reported that logging and poaching of Zambia's most sought-after raw materials are taking away revenue from its tourism industry and residents who rely on it for income.
Written by Clare Devlin 
