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Background: Children infected with HIV are at risk of developing TB, this may be attributed to the fact that HIV infected children are immune compromised. ART has been linked to improved immune responses to TB. With the scaling up of ART in Zambia, more children will have access to treatment. The...

A bed census was carried out on 16th June 1998 in the University Teaching Hospital (UTH)wards to look into appropriate use of hospital beds. The main objectives of the study were to determine the extent of appropriate (Medically necessary) and inappropriate bed use and levels of care to patients...

Infection with HIV ultimately results in profound immunodeficiency, in which patients may present with various AIDS – defining clinical conditions.The CD4+T-cell count is an important parameter to understand HIV-related opportunistic infections. In poor countries and populations with limited...

Introduction There is a shortage of systematically collected data on gastric cancer in Zambia. An audit carried out as preliminary work showed that there was a change in the epidemiology of gastric cancer since the early 1980s, and it was hypothesised that this change was linked to HIV infection....

Disclosure of a positive Human Immunodeficiency Virus result to a partner is an important step towards prevention of infection, early diagnosis and optimum care especially in the context of Prevention of Mother To Child Transmission. Little is known about the disclosure patterns of postnatal...

In malaria diagnosis, peripheral parasitaemia is used as an indicator of malaria severity. However, this does not quantify central sequestration, which is important in the pathogenesis of severe malaria. Intraleukocytic malaria pigment or haemozoin, recognizable within the cytoplasm of phagocytic...

The study looked at the associations of limestone dust and occurrence of respiratory conditions among the stone crushers in Lusaka, Zambia. There have been some reports that inhalation of limestone dust might cause respiratory conditions such as cough, phlegm production, breathlessness and chest...

Lumbar puncture (LP) acceptability is a problem at Arthur Davison Hospital, Ndola Central and Kitwe Central Hospitals, evident by a growing trend of lumbar puncture refusals over a four year period (2003-2006). Obtaining Cerebral Spinal Fluid by LP for microscopic examination is essential in the...

Neonatal meningitis is a devastating disease, and its mortality and morbidity is high. At the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) in Lusaka, however, no study has looked specifically at the disease, and controversy exist on whether neonates admitted to the General Paediatric Wards should be...

The aim of the study was to explore barriers experienced by adult Pulmonary Tuberculosis patients in accessing Directly Observed Therapy Short course in Ndola Urban district. A randomized cross section study of 198 patients on the TB register was conducted in Ndola urban. Data was collected using...