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In 2014 alone, over 3 million women aged ≥15 years were at risk of being diagnosed with cervical cancer in Zambia. Our study aimed at examining trends and factors associated with cervical cancer morbidity and mortality, among cases presented at the Cancer Diseases Hospital (CDH), in Lusaka,...

Intestinal Schistosomiasis (SCH) and Soil Transmitted Helminithiasis (STH) are among the major public health problems in the world, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. About 2 billion people are affected and that 300 million are ill as a result of these infections, the majority being children. In...

Bacteria of the genus Salmonella may cause disease in many host species (including humans). Consumption of infected beef products has been linked to zoonotic transmission of diseases in humans. The aim was to quantitatively assess the risk of developing salmonellosis through consumption of beef...

This study sought to analyze the effect of community sensitization on the outcome of indoor residual spraying program against mosquitoes in Mpika district of Zambia. Indoor residual spray using carbamate insecticide was carried out in two phases: phase one march to April, phase two October to...

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...

Theileria parva is a tick-transmitted protozoan parasite that causes an economically important disease of cattle called East Coast fever (ECF), in East, Central, and Southern Africa, including Zambia. Immunization against ECF by the infection and treatment method using the T. Parva chitongo...

Marburgvirus and Ebolavirus are among the most virulent pathogens for humans and non-human primates (NHPs) causing outbreaks of fulminant hemorrhagic fever. In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), outbreaks caused by Marburgvirus have occurred exclusively in Oriental Province. This region...

A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted in Sinazongwe district located in the Zambezi valley region in Southern Province of Zambia to determine the prevalence of HIV among TB patients, examine trends and patterns of tuberculosis progression from 2007 to 2012 and compared treatment...

Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) is a highly infectious epizootic disease of small ruminants that cause high mortality and has become an increasingly important trans-boundary disease following the eradication of Rinderpest. PPR is endemic in Africa, Middle East and Asian countries and is a major...

This study was carried out to evaluate the hygienic and compositional quality of raw milk produced by smallholder dairy farmers (SHDFs) in Lusaka province of Zambia. It was conducted during the months of January and February 2014. The hygienic and compositional quality of raw milk was determined...