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Introduction: Amputation of a limb is always distressing and the consequence of the loss can be devastating. While it is true that people with diabetes have a higher statistical risk of amputation, it is largely a preventable fate. Almost 75% of diabetic-foot related amputations are preventable....

Parenting has long been acknowledged to be a process that fosters and initiates socialization in the child. This relationship has been explored extensively but very little is known in the African setting. Parenting studies in this part of the world are limited even though very necessary in...

Many studies on missionary medicine ignore the functions that African medical auxiliaries performed in colonial mission hospitals and clinics. These studies do not also examine the conditions of service under which auxiliaries lived and worked. This is because studies on missionary medicine in...

BACKGROUND – Measles remains the leading cause of vaccine preventable disease that contributes to under 5 mortality rate despite the availability of a safe and effective vaccine. During the 2010-2011 measles outbreak, infants aged 0-8 months constituted 39% of the total population of children...

In 2010, the government of Zambia stopped training traditional birth attendants (TBAs) and forbade them from conducting home deliveries because they were viewed to contribute to maternal mortality. Since then, there has been no study done to get the perspectives of the TBAs after the policy ban...

Background: HIV1&2, HBsAg, anti-HCV and syphilis antibody are mandatory disease marker tests of Transfusion Transmissible Infections (TTIs) conducted on every donated unit of blood in Zambia. Blood is donated by first time voluntary donors and repeat/regular donors of different ages. Both...

The aim of this study was to determine factors associated with road traffic deaths and trends in traffic deaths among motorists in Lusaka from 2010 to 2013. RTAs are one of the main causes of injuries and deaths in the world today. It is a concern for public health. Third world countries such as...

Background: The trypanocides isometamidium (ISM) and diminazene aceturate (DA) play an important role in the control of tsetse transmitted African animal trypanosomiasis (AAT) now and in the near future. The drugs are mostly administered by farmers without any veterinary supervision leading to...

Background: Typhoid fever remains one of the causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Developing countries are the most affected, due to poor water supply and sanitation delivery services provision. In Zambia, the resurgence of typhoid started in 2008, since then the infection has been in...

This study aimed to investigate unsafe abortion, which is more prevalent in most third world countries and contributes significantly to maternal morbidity and mortality. Majority of patients treated for induced abortion are adolescents, yet their knowledge and perceptions on unsafe abortion are...