Luangwa District is one of Zambia’s 114 Districts located in the eastern part of Lusaka Province, bordering Rufunsa District in the west and two countries Mozambique and Zimbabwe to the east and south respectively. The District administration is situated approximately 350 kilometres from Lusaka the capital city of Zambia.

Luangwa District has a population of 30,506 inhabitants and covers an area of 3,471 sq. km, which gives the District a density of 8.78 person pr. sq. km (Luangwa District Health Office, 2018). The population is concentrated along the two rivers and is primarily a rural population depending on subsistence agriculture, small scale fishing, mat making from reeds, and forest products.