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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...

The main objectives of this study are to explore the seroprevalence of co-infection of Human immunodeficiency virus and Herpes Simplex Virus-2 in clients attending voluntary counselling and testing (VCT), seroprevalence of HSV-2 among HIV negative and HIV positive and to determine associations...

Toxoplasma gondii is an intracellular protozoan parasite, and causes zoonotic infection. It is estimated that more than one billion people world wide are affected by the parasite. Toxoplasma encephalitis has become one of the most frequent opportunistic infection in HIV infected patients. The...

An institutional data set at Munali Boys and Munali Girls High Schools was showing an unknown gravity of HIV and sexual behaviours among the visually and hearing impaired pupils. Lack of information on the prevalence and factors associated with HIV/AIDS infection among the disabled had led to...

In the University Teaching Hospital, fractures of the ankle joint are common and like in most developing countries the majority of ankle fractures are treated non-operatively. This is because of the shortage of resources and also that of the required expertise. Results of the outcome of...