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Background: Cigarette smoking causes changes in the cardiovascular system including changes resulting from alterations in peripheral resistance such as increase in blood pressure. Increase in Pulse Wave Velocity (PWV), suggesting an increased arterial stiffness has been demonstrated in white...

Background: Malaria is still one of the leading causes of mortality among under-five year’s children in sub-Saharan Africa despite efforts to control it. It affects mostly pregnant women and children under the age of five years in Africa. In 2010, an estimated 216 million cases of malaria were...

The barks of the tree known as Loozi Luna Kasiika (LLK) are widely used as a sexual stimulant for treatment of erectile dysfunction. The biochemical pathway responsible for the physiological response was unknown and the goal was to explore the possible signalling pathway that may be involved....

A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted in Sinazongwe district located in the Zambezi valley region in Southern Province of Zambia to determine the prevalence of HIV among TB patients, examine trends and patterns of tuberculosis progression from 2007 to 2012 and compared treatment...

Introduction:Chemical poisoning has been identified as a significant global public health problem resulting in over 350, 000 deaths due to unintentional poisoning. Each year nearly a million people die as a result of suicide, and chemicals account for a significant number of these deaths....

Context— Acute kidney injury (AKI) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) represent one of the important health problems with high morbidity and mortality in Zambia. Recognition of AKI allows prompt injury specific intervention that may avert permanent renal damage and progression of CKD to End Stage...

This study is hinged on the basis that tin addition to knowledge updates, the attitudes of health care professionals toward current concepts about diabetes care is just as critical. The core philosophy of modern diabetes care puts emphasis on patient autonomy and optimal utilization of health...

Background: Diabetes mellitus is one of the main growing public health concerns worldwide. There are two major types of diabetes mellitus. Type 1 diabetes mellitus which appears early in life and Type 2 diabetes mellitus which appears in adult life. It is important to regularly monitor the...

Introduction:Measles is highly infectious and potentially fatal mainly affecting children in most parts of the world. There is a resurgence of measles outbreaks despite the efforts of the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) through the Ministry of Health (MoH), Ministry of Community,...

Compliance to cotrimoxazole by HIV exposed infants can save lives of many HIV exposed infants. The general objective of the study was to determine factors associated with cotrimoxazole prophylaxis compliance by HIV exposed infants. The study was conducted at chikankata Mission hospital catchment...