Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is known to be associated with active tuberculosis (TB). Zambia remains a high TB burden country with reports of increasing DM amongst developing countries. However, to date, few relevant studies have originated from Zambia. The strength of the association remains...
Download PDF ↓Having pain relief is a basic human right. This thesis provides a descriptive profile of pain before and during the first 72 hrs after a laparotomy at University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia, from July 2014 to January, 2015. The objective was to identify independent risk factors associated...
Studies done on Mimbula ore have been on agitation leaching, high temperature and pressure leaching and treatment of refractory ore (TORCO) process. However these methods attracted significantly high capital investment leaving heap leaching as a more economically attractive method to be...
Download PDF ↓This study is a linguistic analysis of University of Zambia (UNZA) students’ sociolect. The aim of the study is to analyse the linguistic characteristics of UNZA students’ sociolect and how in turn with this sociolect, students construct various social identities as they express group solidarity....
Download PDF ↓Significant efforts have been made to fight HIV/AIDS epidemic using multimodal semiotic modes of communication such as billboards, posters and brochures carrying HIV/AIDS and other health related education messages. However, it is unclear as to how the packagings of these HIV/AIDS prevention...
Download PDF ↓ABSTRACT Background: Acute poisoning remains a common method employed for suicide worldwide. World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that about 0.3 million people die every year worldwide due to various poisoning agents. Methodology: The study was a cross-sectional descriptive study. A...
Download PDF ↓This study was designed to analyse the preparedness of teachers for retirement in Kabompo District of North-western Province in Zambia. The study was anchored on the ‘activity’ and the ‘continuity’ psychosocial theories which describe how people develop in old age. A mixed methods approach,...
Download PDF ↓Preoperative hypothermia is a recognized risk in surgery with adverse effects on patient outcome. Children are no exception and are more susceptible because of their anatomy and physiology. To determine the incidence of perioperative hypothermia and associated risk factors in pediatric patients...
Background: Chronic HIV infection is associated with renal complications including renal dysfunction. Risk factors found in literature for kidney disease in the HIV population include hypertension, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, low CD4 count, high viral load, hepatitis C virus...
Download PDF ↓At the University Teaching Hospital, Department of Surgery, Urology section, prostate carcinoma is number one cause of mortality among patients. All the cases of prostate carcinoma mortalities are patients who present to the hospital when their disease is advanced with evidence of metastasis. At...
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