Search

In order to improve service delivery, the Zambian Government embarked on a programme to reform its public service in 1993. The implementation of the reforms has been going on for the last thirteen years. It is therefore expected that the implementation of the public service reforms has resulted...

A prospective study of pyomyositis and HIV infection was conducted at the emergency admission ward of the University Teaching Hospital.One hundred and three(103) patients were included in the study. The age range was between 15 and 51 years (Mean=29). The objectives of the study were :To...

Pyrexia is seen in 93 percent of all children with burns admitted to the University Teaching Hospital, Department of Surgery, Lusaka, Zambia. Sixty five percent of these had fever on the first day of admission. The cause could not be determined with certainty.Pyrexia was a common feature in...

Reported here are findings of the RPR results tested by nurses and laboratory technicians. The involvement of nurses in testing for RPR was aimed at increasing the coverage for women attending antenatal clinics during the outreach programs. There were no laboratory facilities in such places...

A descriptive, retrospective survey of home births and health centre births was conducted in three compounds of Lusaka urban from October to December, 1995.A total of 164 women were interviewed. All these were women who had delivered a baby in the period from 1st August, 1994 to 31st August,...

The unripe cervix sometimes presents a real problem when induction of labour is indicated.The efficacy and safety of the balloon catheter in preinduction cervical ripening is evaluated in the study. The balloon catheter was used in 66 patients at term with a mean pre-catheter Bishop Score of 2.8...

The risk of silicosis depends on a number of factors which include among others; the nature of the dust, the intensity and duration of exposure as well as individual susceptibility. The association of these factors with silicosis vary from country to country and between regions being influenced...

A study of this nature has not been done before either in Kitwe or Zambia at large and hence the need to carry it out now. The main objective of this study was to identify risk factors for abortion among women in Kitwe. It was a case-control study conducted at Kitwe Central Hospital (KCH) in...

A study of this nature has not been done before either on the Copperbelt Province or in Zambia, hence the need to carry it out now. The main objective of the study was to identify risk factors for childhood hearing impairment among children in special education units in primary schools on the...

Neurological complications of HIV disease secondary to opportunistic infections are significantly common. At least one third of patients with advanced HIV disease will present with neurological complications possibly secondary to opportunistic Infections such as Cerebral Toxoplasmosis. In...