The sexual transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HV) continues at an alarming rate in Sub-Saharan Africa despite high knowledge levels of HIV. Some factors such as socioeconomic, culture, conmiunication skills and perception of risk to HIV may be responsible for engaging in risky sexual...
Download PDF ↓Objective: To determine the factors associated with staffing of doctors and nurses in rural Health Institutions in Zambia.Design: This was a cross-sectional study using a structured self-administered closed and open-ended questionnaire.Setting: The study was undertaken at the University Of Zambia...
Download PDF ↓Mother-to-Child Transmission (MTCT) is by far the largest source of HIV infection in children below the age of 15 years. Children who acquire the virus through Mother-to-Child Transmission do so before birth, during birth, or through breastfeeding. In the absence of any intervention, the...
Download PDF ↓The research contained in this document was done in order to determine the factors contributing to a high number of home deliveries in Mufulira urban. The identified factors were subjected to tests in order to establish whether the association observed was significant or not.Maternal health is...
Download PDF ↓Rapid and accurate diagnosis is fundamental to effective management and control of malaria. In Zambia the Integrated Technical Guidelines (ITG) for Frontline Heath Workers and the National Integrated Management of Child Illnesses (IMCI) framework stipulate how malaria should be managed....
Download PDF ↓This study examined factors that lead to high incidence of HIV/AIDS infection among women in order to establish determinants that influence women' s protection from contracting HIV/AIDS infection. The exercise was done by investigating the subjects' level of awareness of the existence and...
Download PDF ↓During the last decade there has been an increase, notifications of rates of tuberculosis world over and rate has been higher In developing countries. This upswing is attributed to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) as the predisposing factor to pulmonary tuberculosis. However, it should...
Download PDF ↓Faecal egg counts, differential larval counts and post mortem total worm counts were done on seventy traditional cattle from Southern province of Zambia between February and September 1997 to establish the relationship between faecal egg counts and total worm burden and to determine the...
Download PDF ↓The study focused only on children who had lost one or both parents in a household and (1) examined the gender differences in livelihood coping strategies of children affected by HIV and AIDS related deaths of a parent(s) in a household (2) investigated the emotional coping strategies employed by...
Download PDF ↓The Health and Nutritional Status of young Zambian children aged 0-5 years and residing on a sugar estate in rural Zambia was studied over a period of three months from April to June 1995. The study design was cross-sectional and descriptive. The main out-come measures were: anthropometric...
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