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African Eggplant (Solanum macrocarpon) is a minor vegetable crop in most African countries which is currently receiving interest. Given the effects of climate change and decreasing crop water availability, there is need to consider the efficiency of use of the available water. The high dependence...

In sertions and revisions of ventriculo-peritoneal shunts (VPS) are common procedures done at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) in Lusaka, Zambia. However, the actual incidence rate of revisions and the causes were not properly documented. A retrospective study of the Incidence and Causes of...

BACKGROUND: Just 28 percent of Zambian adults aged 15-49 know their HIV status. Those who do not know they are infected with HIV can spread the virus to many others before they become ill, and without early diagnosis may not get the treatment and care they require. In spite of all efforts put in...

Infections caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) constitute the greatest global public health challenge today, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), which has been worst hit by the pandemic. This has created pressure on the capacity for health care institutions and health workers...

Thirty two (32) patients with AIDS or ARC who were sputum negative for mycobacteriura tuberculosis and non productive pulmonary infiltrates underwent one of the two diagnostic evaluation. It underwent bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage and 15 nebulized saline induced sputum. Three specimens...

The commonest causes of admission to University Teaching Hospital - Children wing are gastroenteritis, respiratory infections, anaemia, malnutrition and malaria. Twenty-eight percent of these admissions are seropositive for HIV-1. Since 1990 respiratory infections have constituted 28% of the...

Objective: To determine the factors contributing to anaemia in pregnancy at Arakan Camp Hospital.Design: A cross-sectional study of pregnant women attending antenatal clinic at Arakan Camp Hospital between March 1999 and July 1999.Setting: Arakan Camp Hospital is situated in Arakan Barracks. It...

Objective: To determine the various clinical and epidemiological factors associated with peptic ulcer perforation in adults at UTH.A pilot study for an impending broader controlled study. Design: A hospital-based cross-sectional study Participants: 35 adult patients all of whom were diagnosed at...

Justification of the Study: Road traffic accidents are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Zambia. Objective: The objective of this study was to identify major risk factors in road traffic accidents in Lusaka in the last three months of 1996. Study Design. The study was conducted in two...

The effect of microbial resistance to antibiotics is growing at a very fast rate all over the world. One of the main reasons for this is the frequency of use of drugs for the treatment of common ailments, some of which may not even require antibiotics. Therefore, there is selective pressure...