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According to the 2003 Zambia Central Board of Health (CBoH) report, the total number of people affected by HIV and AIDS within the working population is large and growing, the report further approximates that 1.6 million adult Zambians are currently living with HIV (UNAIDS: 2006). The report...

Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) was recently reported in Zambia’s neighbouring countries of Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Angola. This situation presents a threat of illegal and legal trade-related incursions of the disease into Zambia. To determine the likelihood of this...

The presence of byssinosis among workers in cotton ginneries has been well documented in studies from several countries.However, no studies had been performed among cotton workers in the Eastern Province of Zambia. In view of this, a cross sectional study design with 151 sample elements, drawn...

Malaria remains one of the treatable and preventable infectious diseases, and yet still claims more than 660,000 lives every year worldwide. Malaria diagnosis in some health facilities is based on falciparum rapid diagnostic test and hence missed the other species. Furthermore, there is no data...

Objective: The objective of the study was to explore the effects of PTB as a co-morbid condition in HIV+ adults on neurocognitive functions.Rationale: The study will help in understanding the impact and effects of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) on the HIV+ Zambian adults and how far it affects the...

Introduction :Counterfeiting affects all medical products, from medicines and pharmaceutical ingredients to medical devices and diagnostics. Counterfeit drugs including overt forgeries, pharmaceutically-sound close imitations, substandard generic medications, gray pharmaceuticals, and repackaged...

Background:Retaining in care for patients initiated on HAART is a challenge for health care facilities where patients are being lost at different points in the continuum of care. General Objective:To determine the extent of retention in care for patients receiving highly active antiretroviral...

Retrenchment of the Public Service was part of the restructuring that took place during the Public Services Reform Programme (PSRP) of 1993. Among others, the aims of government through the PSRP were: to restructure to make the Public Service leaner through a targeted retrenchment programme so...

Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is an economically and highly contagious viral disease that affects cloven-hoofed domestic and wild animals. Although adult animals generally recover, the morbidity rate is high in naïve populations, and significant pain occurs in other species. A cross sectional...

This report is based Clinic of Kapiri Mposhi District: A case on the result of the authors‟ attachment to Mukonchi Rural Health study of Zambian Compound of Mukonchi. The overall objective was to find out the effectiveness of Munkonchi Rural Health Centre in providing reproductive health...