The Medical Journal of Zambia is an open access peer-reviewed medical journal that publishes papers in all aspects of healthcare science and policy. It is published quarterly by the Zambia Medical Association. Its editor-in-chief is John S. Kachimba, a medical superintendent and consultant urologist at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka. It is abbreviated as Med. J. Zambia. This journal is part of the African Journal Partnership Project supported by Thomson Reuters. The journal is part of a broader UNESCO-supported initiative to promote Open Access publication in Zambia and improve the visibility of Zambian science.