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Intermittent presumptive treatment of malaria in pregnancy (IPTp) is one of the recommended interventions by World Health Organization to mitigate the impact of malaria in pregnancy in malaria stable transmission zones such as Sub Saharan regions so as to ensure the best outcome for both the...

Pneumonia, which is defined as an acute or chronic infection of the alveolar spaces of the lung parenchyma (Sacharin1986), is among the top five causes of morbidity and mortality in under five children in Livingstone district. Since the age group mostly affected is dependant on guardians who are...

Chingola District Health Man^ement Team (DHMT) implemented the Community Based Growth Monitoring and Promotion in 2003. Since implementation the programme has not been evaluated and this study sought to investigate the performance of the programme.Descriptive research design was used in order to...

Zambia is one of the countries that have embarked on improved and accurate diagnosis of malaria in order to optimize the out come of malaria management. This has led to a change of policy, which emphasized the importance of accurate malaria diagnosis as one of the key interventions in malaria...

Background: Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is a kidney disease that is a complication of diabetes. Pathogenesis of DN involves damage to the tiniest blood vessels which is followed by increased concentration of blood urea / creatinine and urine albumin excretion. DN is the leading cause of morbidity...

Prompt and effective malaria treatment is a key malaria control strategy in Zambia, which has helped to reduce the incidence of malaria and consequently, reduce the infant mortality rate. However, studies done in Zambia show that as low as 19 percent of children under five years of age are...

Background: Mid trimester abortion constitutes 10-15% of all induced abortions worldwide and accounts for the majority of complications. In Africa, studies demonstrating the proportion of second trimester abortions are few. However to appropriately intervene with a view to reducing the morbidity...

The study investigated the determinants of emergency contraception use among young women (15-24 years old) as a preventive measure of unintended pregnancies and unsafe abortions. The research employed a quantitative method were a descriptive cross sectional study design was used. The study was...

Background: The use of Insecticide-Treated Nets (ITNs) is recognised as an important method in the prevention of malaria. The universal access policy has led to high levels of ITN ownership across different socio-economic groups. Despite this, recent surveys show that the age group 5-19 year olds...

Background: Malaria remains a major public health challenge globally. In Zambia it is responsible for over 40% hospital admissions. Pregnant women and children less than 5 years old remain the most affected. There has been an up-scale of interventions to reduce the prevalence of malaria in...