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Chirundu is a town in Zambia near the border with Zimbabwe. It is the site of one of the five bridges across the Zambezi river. A log bridge A bridge is a structure built to span a gorge, valley, road, railroad track, river, body of water, or any other physical obstacle. ... The Zambezi and its river basin The Zambezi (also spelled Zambesi) is the fourth longest river in Africa, and the largest of those flowing eastwards to the Indian Ocean. ...


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CHIRUNDU, Zambia, July 24, 2002 — Fans of the Wild West would be forgiven for thinking that they had entered a modern-day frontier trading post when arriving at Chirundu, in southern Zambia on the border with Zimbabwe.
Chirundu is a very good example of how HIV is spreading rapidly throughout the country and how the Society for Family Health (SFH), PSI's affiliate in Zambia, is working to stop it.
Chirundu, together with Livingstone on the border of Zimbabwe in the south and Nakonde on the border of Tanzania in the north, were chosen to be funded as part of a Southern African Regional Initiative that covers seven countries.
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