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This descriptive research design study documented and established the influence of the School Health and Nutrition (SHN) program on the nutritional practices of the schools and the surrounding communities. Both probability and non-probability sampling techniques were used to collect data which...

Brucellosis is one of the top seven neglected zoonoses endemic in livestock and humans in developing countries including Zambia. A cross-sectional study was conducted between May 2017 and August 2021 in Zambia in the Southern province in Choma, Monze and Namwala and in the Western province in...

Student mental health is a critical component of the university experience and an important factor in student quality of life. There has been a rising demand for mental health services at universities, particularly among first-year students who are experiencing transitional difficulties. As the...

Any disability in the school environment is bound to create a climate of insecurity and fear and impacts on the core educational purpose of schools. Accordingly the need to have deliberate strategies for the management of school safety and security is to create a sense of commitment and greater...

Introduction: Substance use is a global public health problem affecting adolescents and young adults especially in developing countries (Gotsang etal, 2017). Globally, 450,000 people died as a result of substance use, of those deaths, 167,750 were directly associated with drug use disorders...

Background: This study focuses on utilisation of family Planning services by female adolescents of Kawama East compound in Mufulira District, Zambia. Utilisation of family Planning by female adolescents is vital because it can save lives of babies and their mother. Objective: The main objective...

The management of femur shaft fractures has evolved from the historical non-operative methods to the most recent intramedullary nail fixation. Interlocking nails have broadened the roles for closed intramedullary nailing of femur fractures. Early ambulation after fractures of the femur shaft has...

Tibial shaft fractures are a common presentation following high energy trauma such as road traffic accidents. The gold standard for the treatment of such injuries is by Intramedullary nailing, but in a resource-limited setting, the casting of such injuries is considered as appropriate. At the...

The central theme of this study is to reconstruct the history of Chitokoloki Mission Hospital in Zambezi District of the North-Western Province and determine its significance in the history of mission hospitals in Zambia. While the Zambian medical history has tended to focus on the role of...

Background: Some 4,200 caesarean sections were done at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH), Lusaka between September 2015 to September 2016. A 2007 study cited pain was as one of the complications. However, the incidence and possible associated factors to pain after a caesarean section was not...