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The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), a retrovirus that attacks the immune system results in a continuous immunodeficiency that predisposes the infected to opportunistic infections, came to the fore in 1981. In the absence of a potent antiretroviral treatment, immunodeficiency is often in due...

The emergence of drug resistance among Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) patients poses a significant challenge to the success of antiretroviral therapy (ART) programs globally. In Malawi, where HIV prevalence remains a major public health concern, the incorporation of Dolutegravir (DTG) into...

Rabies is a neurological disease caused by a lyssavirus belonging to the family rhabdoviridae. The causative agent has a global distribution (except Antarctica) resulting in an estimated 59,000 human deaths worldwide. The true disease burden and public health impact due to rabies remain...

Rabies is one of the most feared Zoonoses, nearly always resulting in fatal acute encephalitis. In humans, the incubation period of rabies is highly variable, ranging from days to years, with an average of 2–3 months. At the moment, rabies is underreported in humans at a rate of 1:60, and this...

Since 2006, low-to medium-income countries in Sub Saharan Africa have been adopting molecular methods for testing for Early Infant Diagnosis (EID) of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in infants. Such molecular methods require a number of inputs such as; airconditioned laboratories, training of...

Globally, truckers have been reported to have an important role in the spread of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Evidence on uptake of HIV testing among this key population is not well established. We examined factors associated with HIV testing...

The study was done to investigate the factors that influence acceptability of routine Human Immuno deficiency Virus testing by pregnant women in Lusaka District clinics. Each year around 1.5 million women living with Human Immuno deficiency Virus(HIV) become pregnant, and without antiretroviral...

Background: - Cardiovascular diseases are among the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The association between HIV and CVD has been established in many studies. However, information is still lacking on subclinical disease as well as its associated risk factors in this population....

INTRODUCTION: There has been a substantial and significant increase in patients hospitalized for ischaemic stroke with co-existing HIV infection. Little is known about the mechanism of stroke in these HIV+ve patients as no studies had been done in our region. Elsewhere, attributed mechanisms...

Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a growing global problem. In Zambia, CSA was found to be a significant concern in Lusaka and to be associated with a high risk of HIV infection. CSA provides an increasing but highly unfortunate avenue of paediatric HIV infections among Zambian children. OBJECTIVE The...