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Background This cross-sectional study described factors affecting access to antiretroviral therapy among HIV-positive children (0-15 years) out of the comprehensive HIV Care program using informal caregivers in Chipata district, Eastern Province of Zambia. Methods Data was collected between...

1.0 Abstract Introduction The effectiveness of anti-retroviral therapy (ART) relies on a strict adherence to it. To achieve optimum therapeutic levels and reduce drug resistance requires levels ≥95% adherence. As such, identifying factors to adherence is essential. We sought to determine factors...

Objectives: Infertility is a public health problem which in Africa south of the Sahara affects up to 40 percent of women. As such, infertility has devastating psychosocial consequences on affected couples. The World Health Organization estimates that there are 60-80 million infertile couples...

Background Factors associated with maternal death are important to understand because they are an essential measure of women’s health and indicative of the performance of health care systems in any community globally. This study aimed to analyse the risk factors for maternal death in Lundazi...

ABSTRACT This study focused on women’s utilization of labour and delivery health services in Lusaka urban district health facilities. Utilization of labour and delivery health services can ensure that women are attended to by skilled personnel and link them to referral system in case of any...

Introduction:Birth preparedness is when a woman and her family prepare for normal birth and for complications that may arise during pregnancy and childbirth (MoH, 2004). Birth Preparedness and Complication readiness (BPCR) strategy was introduced in order to help pregnant women receive care from...

Background: The latent phase of labour is poorly understood and duration of this phase is significantly difficult to measure. Prolonged latent phase (PLP) accounts for abnormalities in both nulliparous and multiparous mothers and is associated with increased risks of obstetric interventions and...

Background: Breech presentation occurs when the fetus presents with buttocks or feet first. Globally, the incidence of breech is 3-4% at term. The safest mode of delivery for most breeches at term is still controversial despite extensive research. The aim of this study was to determine the...

Functional outcomes in patients with diaphyseal femoral fractures have been found to vary with the severity of the injury. Measuring outcomes is an important component of a physical therapists practice as it is important in the direct management of individual patients and also in comparing and...

Non-tuberculosis Mycobacteria (NTM) are increasingly recognized as human pathogens especially with the emergence of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Similarity of clinical symptoms with TB, coupled with limited diagnostic capacities in tuberculosis (TB)- endemic areas has led to...