HIV and AIDS is having a widespread impact on many parts of African society Zambia inclusive. Zambia, in southern Africa, has one of the world’s most devastating HIV and AIDS epidemics. More than one in every seven adults in the country is living with HIV and life expectancy has fallen to just 39...
Download PDF ↓In Zambia, one in ten children dies before the first birthday, and one in five before their fifth birthday. To reduce this unacceptable high under five mortality the IMCI strategy was introduced in Zambia in 1995 by the Central Board of Health (CBOH) in collaboration with other cooperating...
Download PDF ↓Treatment of HIV related diarrhoea has been a problem due to lack of effective chemotherapeutic agents against the different organisms responsible for the problem. Following the promising results of a double blind randomised placebo controlled study at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka ,...
Download PDF ↓The purpose of this study was to determine the missed diagnosis of potentially treatable intracranial lesions in patients who died of head injury. Two hundred and fifty three patients were admitted to the University Teaching Hospital with head injury in 1996,of these eighty (31.6%) died. Fifty...
Download PDF ↓In Zambia, maternal mortality rate is estimated at 649 women per 100, 000 per live births. Such deaths are not only deeply rooted in the provision of poor quality health services, but also gender in relations between men and women. Both men and women make important contributions to the production...
Download PDF ↓Zambia similar to other sub Saharan countries has high sero prevalence rates of HIV. In spite of several campaigns and strategies to improve HIV/AIDS awareness, paediatric HIV/AIDS cases in Zambia continue to rise. Despite the now available ARV's, few children are brought forward to access care....
Download PDF ↓Title: Knowledge and acceptability of the new malaria treatment policy. Introduction: The study was done to find out the communities knowledge and acceptability of the new malaria treatment policy. The World Health Organization recommends among other things that acceptability of the community...
Download PDF ↓Pregnancy is usually an exciting time in the life of a family. It is a joyous event for most families as they anticipate bringing new life on earth. Sometimes a pregnant woman may experience signs and symptoms which signal danger. Danger signs in pregnancy are those signs that a pregnant woman...
Download PDF ↓In Zambia, diarrhoea has been and remains a public health problem. Z.D.H.S, (2002) indicated that in Zambia, the prevalence of diarrhoea in children under five years was 21 percent. A child with diarrhoea dies from dehydration through loss of fluids and electrolytes. Use of Oral Rehydration...
Download PDF ↓Background: In most developed countries HIV testing, use of antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) and modification of feeding practices have greatly reduced the rate of mother to child transmission (MTCT) of HIV-1 though this is not the case in many African countries. In Zambia, prevention of mother to...