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The levels of malnutrition in Zambia are some of the highest in Africa with 51.9% of children less than 5 years of age undernourished. The prevalence of the wasting form of malnutrition is 6%, with Eastern province having the third highest prevalence of stunting in the country, only better than...

Background:Prescribing patterns can greatly have a negative impact on patient care outcomes if not underpinned by use of ideal standards and evidence-based medicine. The overall aim of this clinical research was to determine the antibiotic prescribing patterns among physicians and compare...

The term, “heavy metals” (HMs) refers to a group of metals with atomic density greater than 4g/cm3. HM contamination is a major environmental problem worldwide today, especially in growing cities of developing countries mainly due to pollution. High levels of HMs can cause health problems in an...

This dissertation focused on assessing the legal a frame work and institutional efficacy in a bid to protect the rights of street children as enshrined in the Universal Declaration for Human Rights of 1948 and the African Charter of Human and Peoples Rights of 1981. The objective of this research...

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major global infectious disease health problem. It causes ill-health among millions of people each year. Tanzania, like other countries in Africa, shares the same TB burden with an estimated prevalence of 337 per 100,000 populations. Many people including Health Care...

Context - A number of biomarkers are implicated in the pathophysiology of hypertension. Low adiponectin levels have been associated with hypertension and this might be due to its effects on endothelial nitric oxide synthase levels. Aims - In this study we aimed to assess plasma adiponectin and...

Background Discharge is a period of transition from hospital to home that involves a transfer in responsibility from the inpatient health care providers or hospitalists to the patient and primary caregivers. The study was aimed at assessing Caregivers’ Knowledge about medications and medical...

thrombogenic marker d-dimer are strongly associated with a higher mortality risk in patients with HIV infection. Aims – The aim of the study was to determine if D-Dimer levels in conjunction with IL 6 levels, as markers of predisposition to thrombosis, are higher in HIV positive than in HIV...

Background: Malaria is a major public health problem and principal cause of morbidity and mortality in Zambia. We investigated key factors that may be associated with the utilisation of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) as a malaria prevention strategy among women of reproductive age (15–49) in...

Context— The transcriptional regulation of lipogenesis is a highly coordinated process that is controlled by insulin. Fatty acid synthase (FASN) plays a central role in de novo lipogenesis by converting acetyl-CoA and malonyl-CoA into the final end product, palmitate, which may subsequently be...