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Incomplete abortion is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among women that experience an abortion. The treatment for incomplete abortion at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) is currently manual vacuum aspiration (MVA). Misoprostol, a prostaglandin E1 analogue, is a medical alternative...

Adolescence is one group which has been identified as a risk group. According to World Health Organisation adolescence is a period from 10 to 20 years of age. This study focussed on the basic and secondary school-going adolescents, whose ages were from 13 to 20 years. The 10 to 12 years age group...

As we enter the third decade of the AIDS pandemic the temptation is great to assume that the epidemic of stigma has ended. Most countries have introduced legislation protecting People Living With HIV/AIDS [PLWHA] against discriminations. Educational messages have been delivered and knowledge base...

Birth asphyxia is a significant contributor to newborn morbidity and mortality as well as long term neurological deficits. It has remained a common problem in the developing world. Labour related problems for example, prolonged labour, intrapartum accidents, abnormal fetal presentation, fetal...

This study was designed to determine the knowledge and attitudes of the mothers at Kasama Urban clinic about postnatal care. It was prompted by the fact that there is low utilisation of postnatal care services, despite the fact that this service is provided freely in Zambia.It was a descriptive...

Infection Control is a major problem in UTH, Lusaka. It was important to see if a similar problem occurred in urban maternity units.TITLE OF STUDY: A study on the knowledge, attitude, and practice of midwives on Infection Control in Maternity Units in Lusaka Clinics.OBJECTIVES: To determine the...

This study was done between April 1, 1993 to December 31/ 1993. It was done to compare antemortem and post mortem diagnosis. Full autopsy was performed on 30 subjects out of 888 patients who died under the care of Unit I in the department of Medicine during the period of the study. The study...

Background: According to Steencamp et al (1997), urethral stricture disease is one of the oldest known urological diseases and remains a common problem with a high morbidity despite earlier predictions to the contrary. In many third world countries with limited medical resources male urethral...

Spinal cord injuries are a serious problem and a major case of disability in Africa. A lot of individual have accidents that cause these injuries each year and many of these patients are cared for in the home setting, by family caregivers. The care giving experience is often stressful and can...

The aim of this study was to determine community knowledge and perception towards trained TBAs in Siavonga District.The literature reviews of relevant studies revealed that TBAs have little or no impact on maternal and newborn mortality rate. A lot of births in developing countries, especially in...