Fifty six (56) out of sixty 2012/2013 final year students (93% response rate) participated in a study that sought to determine how Undergraduate Medical Students of the University Of Zambia (UNZA) acquired competency in clinical practical procedures, their levels of knowledge on selected set of...
Download PDF ↓Background: Hepatitis B virus (HBV), Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and HIV are well reported in numerous studies from Europe and America, but there are few data on the prevalence of co-infection in African populations including Zambia. Methods: In this cross-section study, we screened HIV positive...
Download PDF ↓Title: Serum levels of Lipoprotein(a) in HIV positive patients on HAART at Livingstone General Hospital, Livingstone, Southern Province, Zambia. Background: Lipoprotein(a) (Lp(a)) is a highly atherogenic independent risk marker for Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and current studies have shown that...
Download PDF ↓Introduction: The Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) results in an improvement in immunologic function. Studies on kinetics of CD4+ cell count response post-HAART indicate that CD4+ cell count increases rapidly during the first 3-6 months, in part due to release of memory T-cells from...
Background: Between 2013 and 2014, Zambia‟s maternal mortality ratio was estimated at 398 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. Successful aversion of deaths is dependent on effective use of signal functions-a clinical intervention- to treat direct obstetric complications. Staff must be...
Download PDF ↓Despite and increase in health promotion and Education programmes on HIV and AIDS, there is still lack of information on HIV and AIDS and communication for persons with visual impairment. The underlying factors that create information communication gaps have not been explored in detail in Zambia....
Background: Treatment outcome of patients on antiretroviral therapy (ART) differ. Some patients default and restart ART. Family Health International (FHI360) in collaboration with Ministry of Health, has been supporting implementation of a program on HIV prevention, care and treatment (ART)...
Download PDF ↓Background: In most neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), including the NICU at University Teaching Hospital (UTH), Lusaka, initiation of enteral feeds in very low birth weight (VLBW) neonates, is predominantly delayed for forty-eight to seventy-two hours, whilst they are commenced on...
Download PDF ↓BACKGROUND: Nephrotic syndrome (NS) and glomerulonephritis are the commonest glomerular diseases seen at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH), Lusaka, in the department of Paediatrics and Child Health. [1] Nephrotic syndrome commonly presents with hypoalbuminaemia, oedema and hyperlipidaemia....
Download PDF ↓Background The iris is the coloured part around the black pupil. It is a flat structure and each iris is unique in its colour, patterns and texture. Its colour varies in different individuals, ethnic groups and is largely affected by geographical factors. The colour of the iris in the Zambian...
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