Background: Cancer does not only affect the patient alone but also affects the entire family in all dimensions. The number of men with cancer at the Cancer Diseases Hospital (CDH) has almost doubled from 581 (2015) to 1126 (2019). In general, their wives care for these men. The CDH offers free...
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2023·Master of Science·University of Zambia
2023·Master of Science Degree·University of Zambia
Introduction: The policy on multi dose vials allows certain vaccines that contain preservatives to be kept for up to 28 days after opening, as long as storage and proper handling conditions are met (WHO, 2015). This policy has reduced vaccine wastage and contamination in the countries and areas...
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2022·Master of Science·University of Zambia
Introduction: Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease that occurs either when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or when the body cannot effectively use the insulin it produces. It is “a group of metabolic diseases characterized by hyperglycemia resulting from defects in insulin...
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