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The importance of ensuring that girls are educated at the secondary level has been recognized as critical to the national development of any country. Worldwide 62 million adolescents are estimated to have dropped out of school due to poverty. Many unmarried adolescent girls in low income...

In 2013, Zambia accepted the immediate operationalization of Option B+, a policy used to try and eliminate mother to child transmission. This policy requires all HIV-positive pregnant and breastfeeding women to initiate antiretroviral treatment for life regardless of CD4 count. However, not all...

In an evolving health care environment, hospitals need managers with high levels of technical and professional expertise who do not only concentrate on patient care, but also go further to demonstrate good leadership practices. In Zambia, the health sector’s mission is “to provide equity of...

Male latex condoms are 80–95 percent effective in preventing HIV and most STIs when used consistently and correctly. HIV/AIDS is the most dramatic epidemic of the century that has claimed more than 3 million deaths over two decades. Sub-Saharan Africa is heavily affected and accounts for nearly...

Zambia is one of the countries with a very high maternal mortality rate. Since the focus on attaining the Millennium Development Goals begun, the Ministry of Health has been implementing a series of strategies and interventions aimed at reducing maternal mortality with varying success. The...

Lead poisoning has been a constant public health concern because children absorb more lead compared to adults. The resulting health effects are irreversible and include decreased cognitive functions development and death. Lead exposure to children is in various ways and one of the ways is use of...

Lead poisoning has been a constant public health concern because children absorb more lead compared to adults. The resulting health effects are irreversible and include decreased cognitive functions development and death. Lead exposure to children is in various ways and one of the ways is use of...

Community Health Workers (CHWs) are an important human resource in improving community malaria intervention coverages and success in reducing malaria incidence has been attributed to them. However, despite this attribution, malaria resurgence cases have been reported in various countries...

Community Health Workers (CHWs) are an important human resource in improving community malaria intervention coverages and success in reducing malaria incidence has been attributed to them. However, despite this attribution, malaria resurgence cases have been reported in various countries...

Understanding the factors that are associated with contraceptive use among female and male youths in Zambia is essential to decision making in public health related issues such as reduction in unintended pregnancies, unsafe abortions and disability such as fistula. There is low contraceptive use...