ZAMBIA n = 20 Yes No Partial s 1. Does this website contain up to date information? Additional Information The only recent information is the commemoration of World Tobacco Day in 2014 2. Does the website contain the following: a) A description of its powers, as well as data on the organisational structure, the functions, and the responsibilities of the administration? s b) A list of laws, Acts etc. issued within the scope of its powers? s c) Reports, policies, programs? s d) Budget and expenditure? s e) Information about procurement procedures, signed contracts? s s f) Vacancy and employment procedures? s g) The name and address, telephone number, and the working hours of the respective institution? s h) The contact details of public officials? i) A mechanism to request and receive a response to electronic messages and requests for information? s Total Score: 7/20 CATEGORY 2: REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION The following requests for information were sent to the Ministry of Health: 1. Has the Ministry ever embarked on any awareness raising on non-discrimination for patients with mental health? If so when and what were the outcomes and results? 2. People with epilepsy are shunned in most cases. How much awareness has been created around this? 3. What percentage of the main budget is allocated to the Ministry of Health? 4. I’m aware that the Ministry has been involved in a campaign on male circumcision, what is the target and what are the current figures standing at? How many males have been reached so far? n = 20 Yes No Additional Information 1. Is there an official designated to take and respond to information requests? (Please state title of officials in ‘Additional Information’) s 2. Did the institution reply within 21 days? (If less than 7 please state in ‘Additional Information’) s 3. Did the Institution respond to a request for information? s 4. Does the authority publish their procedures for dealing with information requests? s 5. Did the institution provide all of the information requested? (If partially please mark ‘No’, indicate in ‘Additional Information’ how much of the information requested was supplied) s 6. Did the institution provide written reasons for the refusal of information? (If information was not refused, please contact institution to find out what the policy is in this regard – if they supply written reasons for refusal mark ‘Yes’) s 7. Did the institution disclose information about its operations, budgets, structure etc. s 8. Did the authority provide information without questioning the aims and motivations of the applicant? s 9. Did the institution acknowledge your request for information within 7 days? 10. Was the information received clear and understandable? There is a person designated to receive mails, but not necessarily to deal with information requests They acknowledged the request but referred the researcher to its sister Ministry, the Ministry of Community Development and Mother and Child Health s s Total Score: 2/20 113