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Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a growing global problem. In Zambia, CSA was found to be a significant concern in Lusaka and to be associated with a high risk of HIV infection. CSA provides an increasing but highly unfortunate avenue of paediatric HIV infections among Zambian children. OBJECTIVE The...

Introduction and background: Maternal Mortality (MM) is defined as those deaths that occur due to complications of pregnancy or child birth and in women dying within 42 days after delivery. The 5th millennium development goal (MDG5) was fashioned to mitigate the burden due to Maternal Deaths....

Background: There have been gaps in research on the level of access and use of Safe Motherhood (SM) and Reproductive Health Service (RHS) by adolescents in Lusaka. Purpose: To establish the factors that influence access and utilization of Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Health Services by...

Quality documentation of medication histories at the time of hospital admission with regard to accuracy and completeness is not documented at UTH. A medication history is a detailed, accurate and complete account of all prescribed and non-prescribed medications that a patient had taken or is...

Introduction Adherence to ART is a challenge among pregnant women living with HIV/AIDS. This has an effect on the health of the mother and the unborn child. While studies have been done, it has shown that adherence during pregnancy is a challenge. Ensuring adherence to the prescribed ART...

Objectives: Adolescent pregnancy is a major public health problem throughout the world. It has been associated with adverse obstetric outcomes. In Zambia, Luapula province has the highest rate of adolescent pregnancy. The aim of this study was to investigate the maternal and perinatal outcomes...

Although neonatal sepsis occurs in approximately 15% of neonatal admissions in Sub-Saharan Africa, there is minimal data on its causes and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) that might guide policy and practice. Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Group B streptococcus...

This study was undertaken in order to analyses the implementation process of the Community-based Therapeutic Care Programme at Chaisa, Mandevu and Garden Health Centres. A descriptive survey design was used in the study because it involved asking the respondents for information using a...

The quality of nursing care offered to critically ill patients and their survival greatly depend on nurses’ critical care nursing competence. Critical care nursing competence is emerging to be useful in early identification of deteriorating clinical condition in critically ill patients. The...

Background: Malaria is an important health problem, and pregnant women and the foetus are not immune from its effects. There are numerous complications of malaria in pregnancy. However, steps to mitigate its effects like use of sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine in pregnancy have been implemented and...