Background: Radiation therapy has the potential to improve the cure rates and provide palliative relief for cervical cancer patients. Despite adherence to radiation therapy being a key treatment modality, patients rarely follow prescriptions. Poor adherence to radiation therapy is associated with...
Download PDF ↓Introduction Under-nutrition is the principal perpetrator for long hospital stay of children under the age of five years in Zambia, with a tremendous impact on both the institutions of care and the family. Poor feeding of infants and young children, especially a lack of optimal breastfeeding and...
Download PDF ↓Cancer of the cervix is one of the commonest cancers among women seen at Cancer Diseases Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia. Pelvic Radiotherapy is the main treatment modality used on Cervical Cancer patients. Pelvic Radiotherapy causes vaginal stenosis in women, but this stenosis can be prevented by...
Download PDF ↓Adherence to combination antiretroviral therapy leads to restoration of the immune function and reduces HIV-related adverse outcomes. However non adherence to combination antiretroviral therapy has eroded this advantage leading to increased morbidity and compromised quality of life among HIV...
Download PDF ↓Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common non-communicable diseases and one of the leading cause of disability, morbidity and mortality globally (Jackson et al., 2014). The aim of the study was to assess adherence to treatment by type 2 Diabetes mellitus patients aged 20 years and above at...
Download PDF ↓Clinical learning is an integral part of nursing training and forms a foundation of competence development in nursing practice. In an attempt to produce competent and skilled registered nurses, more hours have been allocated for clinical learning practice than the theory in the new curriculum for...
Download PDF ↓Nurses are key health professionals involved in the frontline care of patients, including the elderly. The World Health Organization predicted that the proportion of people aged over 60 years will increase from 11% to 22% between 2000 and 2050. Aligned with this increase in the ageing population...
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