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Tuberculosis is a growing public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa, and indeed in Zambia. The high prevalence of TB since the mid 1980s, has been associated with HIV. This study sought to determine the level of awareness of the community on TB and its response to the disease. A descriptive...

The epidemiology of tuberculosis in Zambia is poorly understood. The study investigated the relative importance of transmission within the household and in the community among children aged 2 years to 12 years living in the shanty-townships lusaka, Zambia. The prevalence of Mycobacterium...

This report is based on the writer's experience with the breastfeeding project which is being funded by the National Food and Nutrition Commission (NFNC) and implemented by the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) wing of the Chainama Hills Hospital in Kaunda Square Stage n and the Natural Resources...

HIV and AIDS is one of the major problems facing the world today. The disease has brought untold misery in the world since its discovery in the early 1980's. Sub-Saharan Africa is said to be the hardest hit by the disease. Escalating numbers of HIV infected people are reported in this part of the...

This study was carried out to study the efficacy and short term outcome of sclerotherapy with phenol, to study its complications and compare it to hydrocoelectomy for the treatment of hydroceles at the UTH. The study was carried out over a period of 12 months starting in August 2003.The details...

Induced abortion poses a great public health concern especially when performed by unskilled health care providers. The study is comparing characteristics of women seeking termination of pregnancy (TOP) and those admitted for incomplete abortion. Understanding these characteristics of women in two...

Tuberculosis has emerged as the most serious infectious disease in terms of morbidity and mortality in Sub-saharan Africa. The disease can be prevented from spreading and those who get infected can be cured if they are diagnosed and treatment is commenced early and taken for a sufficient length...

This descriptive study aimed at determining the common complications among hypertensive patients at the University teaching Hospital was conducted over a period of six months. Two hundred and fifty patients were prospectively evaluated for complications of hypertension clinically and by...

This study was carried out over a period of 13 months. It is a prospective study on adult patients admitted to the general surgical wards at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, with fractures of the femur. The aim was to study the pattern of fractures in these patients, document the trend...

Zambia's mental health services date back to 1962 when Chainama Hills Hospital was opened. Before this period, Psychiatric services in this country were primarily part of the prisons service. However, nearly 26 years later the mental health service has only achieved about 15% coverage of the...