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This is a clinical trial which was carried out at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka from the 1st of July to the 31st of December,1994. It involved treatment of burns in forty children using gamma irradiated amniotic membrane produced at the hospital.The results showed that it is feasible...

Knowledge is the foundation for practice. Most nutrition education programmes operate on the premise that nutritional knowledge of mothers can have an impact on the nutritional status of their children. Literature review revealed that most mothers who had access to the nutrition education...

Background and Objective: There is paucity of data on the outcome of combined VPS insertion and myelomeningocoele repair, and whether this will reduce morbidity and mortality. This study was designed to address this research question. Method: Prospective descriptive interventional study was used...

As the level of competition in soccer is increasing, the prevalence of injuries also has increased. This calls for more rehabilitation facilities to be employed by the football clubs. The main role of physiotherapy in football is injury treatment and prevention, education, rehabilitation,...

Background: Making a diagnosis of HIV infection in children aged less than 18 months remains a challenge in low resource set ups like Zambia due to scarcity of DNA PCR testing equipment which is the gold standard. Clinicians in rural areas have to depend on HIV ELISA tests and clinical diagnosis...

A prospective study to evaluate the effectiveness of topical steroid as a treatment option for phimosis and its economical benefits compared to circumcision has been conducted from December 2003 to February 2005 at The University Teaching Hospital. A total of 365 patients with phimosis were...

Sida cordifolia, family Malvaceae, was suspected to have caused toxicity in small ruminants (sheep and goats) at one of the farms around Lusaka. To verify the suspicion the present study was planned and undertaken. The study included (a) experimental feeding of female goats with Sida cordifolia...

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...