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Objective: To determine the extent to which orphans and foster parents know and make use of services aimed at mitigating the impact of HIV/AIDS related orphanhood. Design: This was a population study involving randomly selected households with orphans in Kabwata constituency. Setting: the study...

There is increasing interest in assessing the medical manpower needs of Zambia. If doctors, who graduate in Zambia are to remain in the country they will need to have their career aspirations met.Objective: To assess the career aspirations of Zambian Medical Graduates and the training needs for...

Purpose/Aim of study: Assessing emotional and behavioral function in children and adolescents who are HIV+ may help predict and explaining adherence in future. The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between caregiver-child attachment classification styles and adherence to...

Caesarean section rates and their indications vary all over the world. Audit of indications and factors affecting infant and maternal outcome remain an important activity in rationalising the use of this major procedure in obstetric practice. Over a period of one year in 1998, 1,880 caesarean...

This prospective study carried out in the Casualty Unit of the Department of Surgery at the University Teaching Hospital is an effort to document the role of alcohol in road traffic accidents. It examines the presence of alcohol in blood samples of one hundred consenting road traffic accident...

The plant ' ntutula ' ( AristolochIa petersiana klotz) native to Zambia has been used in Zambian folk-lore medicine as an abortifacient. This work presents the Physiological and Chemical studies on this plant.Preliminary experiments confirmed the abortifacient activity of A petersiana klotz in...

Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top 10 reasons for admission in the University Teaching Hospital(UTH), Department of Paediatrics, accounting for 4 -8 % of all admissions. The relative incidence of tuberculous meningitis (TBM) in developing countries has been reported to range from...

Introduction:Sickle cell anaemia is an important cause of morbidity and mortality among Zambian children, with a carrier frequency ranging from 6% – 27%. Infections are the most common cause of mortality among sickle cell children aged between one to five years, accounting for about 30% of the...

This paper aims at contributing towards the study of Communication strategies taken by the Churches Health Association of Zambia - (CHAZ) - in its efforts to facilitate people's health and development. Results show that CHAZ is doing everything possible to reach out to the country side. In order...

This report provides an account of the experiences and observations made during the practical attachment carried out by the researcher ending December 2004. The aim of the attachment was to gain experience in the communication strategies used to combat and prevent malnutrition at Chainama Hills...