Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in Chobe, Botswana, play a vital role in responding to a variety of emergencies in a region characterized by unique geographical and socio-economic challenges. The growing conflict between the expanding human population and wildlife, along with organizational and...
Download PDF ↓Background: Adolescent girls have a high prevalence of unintended pregnancies. Adolescent reproductive health is an area of major public health challenge, in which unintended pregnancies and maternal mortality due to pregnancy are the top causes of death among adolescent girls globally. Despite...
Download PDF ↓Gender-Based Violence can have a devastating impact on the health of women and girls, depriving them of the opportunity to live a safe and secure life, restricting their access to land, education, and other productive resources. This creates a power imbalance that prevents women and girls from...
Download PDF ↓Background: Records at the Victim Support Unit (VSU) of the Zambia Police Service show that reported GBV cases annually from 2012 indicate an upward increase from 12,924 cases in 2012 to 18,080 in 2015, and 22,073 cases in 2018, to 25,121 cases in 2019, while in 2020 cases shot to 26,370 before...
Download PDF ↓10 to 20% of children around the world have mental health problems. When left unattended, these problems impair the child’s development therefore interfering with their potential to live productive lives. Depression is among the top 10 leading causes of illness and disability in adolescent while...
Download PDF ↓Teenage pregnancy is a public health problem not only in Zambia but world over. Pregnant or parenting teenagers at this point are at their critical developmental time in their lives and in most instances do not have the necessary skills and knowledge to handle their pregnancy or new-born, in this...
This study investigated the approaches to learning and influence of a metacognitive educational intervention on deep learning among undergraduate pharmacy students. The study was necessitated by contextually relevant recurring concerns about attrition rates due to poor academic performance that...
Download PDF ↓Identification of victims of gender based violence and reporting GBV to legal authorities are key steps in management of gender based violence. The purpose of the study was to examine the knowledge, screening and reporting practices of Health Professionals towards gender based violence in the...
Download PDF ↓Identification of victims of gender based violence and reporting GBV to legal authorities are key steps in management of gender based violence. The purpose of the study was to examine the knowledge, screening and reporting practices of Health Professionals towards gender based violence in the...
Download PDF ↓Background: There is a large literature that has documented inequalities in utilization of healthcare in Zambia, and the rest of sub-Saharan Africa. However, there is little or no literature that is focussing on inequalities in utilization of family planning services and decomposition of the...
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