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Fever, which is a feature of many childhood illnesses, is the commonest presentation of falciparum malaria, a common and potentially serious disease.To determine the prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum infection in febrile children, it's clinical presentation and outcome, a study was conducted at...

Malaria continues to be a major public health problem in many endemic countries of sub-Saharan African of morbidity affecting all age groups. Malaria incidence rates have tripled over the past 23 years from 1976 to 1999 (National Malaria situation analysis - Zambia 2000). As if this is not bad...

The Siavonga District in the Southern Province has one of the highest prevalence of schistosomiasis in Zambia. The objective of this community based cross-sectional study was to determine the prevalence of liver disease due to Schistosoma mansoni infection amongst the population of Game Village,...

Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is a chronic incurable genetic blood disorder that affects the Haemoglobin (Hb) within the Red Blood Cell (RBC).The disease affects millions of people throughout the world and is one of the most prevalent and costly genetic disorder. It is also found in people of African...

Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is a chronic incurable genetic blood disorder that affects the Haemoglobin (Hb) within the Red Blood Cell (RBC).The disease affects millions of people throughout the world and is one of the most prevalent and costly genetic disorder. It is also found in people of African...

A hospital based descriptive, prospective study on the profile of acute bacterial meningitis in children aged between 1 and 59 months admitted to the paediatric wards at the UTH, Lusaka was carried out in the Department of Paediatrics and Child health, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka from 1...

To determine the incidence, common indications,appropriateness and outcome of blood transfusions and blood products among adult in-patients admitted to the University teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia. Prospective observational study over a period of 90 days.The university Teaching Hospital and...

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...