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In this study, 32 patients with tuberculosis of the spine who presented to the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) in Lusaka, Zambia and who satisfied specific inclusion criteria for the study were followed up for a period of six months. The group comprised 18 male (56%) and 14 female (44%)...

The objective of the study was to assess the efficacy of a single dose pre-operative antibiotic prophylaxis as compared to post-operative antibiotics in prevention of surgical site infection in elective abdominal surgery at the University Teaching Hospital Lusaka It was a prospective randomized...

User fees in Lusaka, Zambia, were introduced in government health care facilities, in August 1993, with the overall aim of providing Zambians with equity of access to cost effective quality health care as close to the family as possible. The introduction of user fees was based on the assumption...

It has been estimated that 53% of women in Zambia deliver outside the modern health care facilities. These deliveries were attended by either friends/neighbours, relatives and traditional birth attendants (TBAs), some of whom were trained. The training was intended to equip them with basic skills...

The advent of the HIV/AIDS pandemic has raised important questions for policy makers, practitioners and researchers on finding appropriate strategies to mitigate its impact on society, particularly on the youth, who form a very important potential resource for future development. It has long been...

Over the last decade, young peoples' health has become a subject of increasing concern throughout the World (Senderwitz, 1995). The needs of the young people are complex, diverse and demand urgent attention. This is all due to the changing patterns of behavior, combined with changing living...

The study reported in this dissertation assesses and determines the prevalence of sickness and injury in the Zambian industry from a micro level by taking Nakambala Sugar Estate as a case study. The study was a cross-sectional survey which targeted three main sources of data: firstly, the...

Zambia, like many other countries is experiencing the crisis of the Human Immune Deficiency Virus/ Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) epidemic with a prevalence rate of 14.7%. Community home based care (CHBC) is one of the ways of responding to the crisis. No known study in Zambia to...

The main objectives of this study are to estimate the levels of patron satisfaction with community pharmacy care, to describe those with low satisfaction scores and to determine the reasons for purchase of drugs. This was a cross sectional questionnaire based study that was conducted in Lusaka...