Macha, Choma District, Southern Province, Zambia

Because the Macha community is a culturally conservative area, women are expected to wear dresses/skirts when working in the hospital  (knee covering) and are generally not seen in public with short skirts or shorts. Women do wear slacks in the evenings and in their houses, and sometimes around the hospital and research institute campus, but generally not in local villages. Men wear shorts usually only for sports, outdoor work and sightseeing at tourist locations, not for hospital or laboratory work.