Prompt and effective malaria treatment is a key malaria control strategy in Zambia, which has helped to reduce the incidence of malaria and consequently, reduce the infant mortality rate. However, studies done in Zambia show that as low as 19 percent of children under five years of age are...
Download PDF ↓Dominant human malaria vectors in Chongwe district, Zambia, were identified and impacts of indoor Residual House Spraying (IRHS) on their diversity, abundance and distribution assessed. A case-control type of study design was used in which Chishiko village in the district was the case in point,...
Download PDF ↓Zambia is one of the countries that have embarked on improved and accurate diagnosis of malaria in order to optimize the out come of malaria management. This has led to a change of policy, which emphasized the importance of accurate malaria diagnosis as one of the key interventions in malaria...
Download PDF ↓Background: Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is a kidney disease that is a complication of diabetes. Pathogenesis of DN involves damage to the tiniest blood vessels which is followed by increased concentration of blood urea / creatinine and urine albumin excretion. DN is the leading cause of morbidity...
Download PDF ↓Background: Women and girls continue to be disproportionally affected by HIV in sub- Sahara Africa. In Zambia for instance, the epidemic now has taken a ‘female face’ with the prevalence rate of 14.3% among women aged between 15 – 49 years (UNAIDS, 2007). Gender Based Violence (GBV) and...
Download PDF ↓Prompt and effective malaria treatment is a key malaria control strategy in Zambia, which has helped to reduce the incidence of malaria and consequently, reduce the infant mortality rate. However, studies done in Zambia show that as low as 19 percent of children under five years of age are...
Download PDF ↓This study aimed at identifying which topics pupils perceived as difficult to learn in high school biology based on high schools in Kasama and Mungwi districts. It also examined the reasons for these difficulties and came up with recommendations on how to overcome the difficulties. Eleven heads...
Download PDF ↓Post harvest losses caused by the maize weevil (Sitophilus zeamais, Motschulsky) in maize aggravate food insecurity among small scale farmers. Maize weevil resistant genotypes are desirable for overcoming storage difficulties and also avoid the use of chemical pesticides hence considered to be...
Download PDF ↓Two types of learning systems have been used at the University of Zambia (UNZA) since its founding in 1966. These were the annual system in the first 30 years, and the semester system that was introduced later in the academic year 1995/96. The semester system is the one being followed up to now....
Challenges faced by hospitals in providing surgical care are many and important to public health. These challenges have long been neglected hence posing a lot of threat to the very existence and development of surgical work in Zambia. These challenges arise from shortage of human resources,...
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