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BACKGROUND: Just 28 percent of Zambian adults aged 15-49 know their HIV status. Those who do not know they are infected with HIV can spread the virus to many others before they become ill, and without early diagnosis may not get the treatment and care they require. In spite of all efforts put in...

This study was carried out in order to determine factors that may influence anti-retroviral therapy (ART) adherence. The main objective was to identify factors that can be used to predict adherence in patients taking ARVs. Specific objectives were to identify associations between patients'...

Thirty two (32) patients with AIDS or ARC who were sputum negative for mycobacteriura tuberculosis and non productive pulmonary infiltrates underwent one of the two diagnostic evaluation. It underwent bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage and 15 nebulized saline induced sputum. Three specimens...

The commonest causes of admission to University Teaching Hospital - Children wing are gastroenteritis, respiratory infections, anaemia, malnutrition and malaria. Twenty-eight percent of these admissions are seropositive for HIV-1. Since 1990 respiratory infections have constituted 28% of the...

Objective: To determine the factors contributing to anaemia in pregnancy at Arakan Camp Hospital.Design: A cross-sectional study of pregnant women attending antenatal clinic at Arakan Camp Hospital between March 1999 and July 1999.Setting: Arakan Camp Hospital is situated in Arakan Barracks. It...

Objective: To determine the various clinical and epidemiological factors associated with peptic ulcer perforation in adults at UTH.A pilot study for an impending broader controlled study. Design: A hospital-based cross-sectional study Participants: 35 adult patients all of whom were diagnosed at...

Chronic diarrhea results in salt and water loss resulting in blood volume depletion which may lead to hypovolaemia, postural hypotension and deterioration in quality of life. These may be compounded by metabolic derangements and malnutrition so that these patients suffer from a persistent...

During the last decade there has been an increase in notification rates of tuberculosis in many developing countries the world over. Epidemiological evidence has linked this increase to the HIV epidemic in many of these countries, the mechanism of which is thought to be either reactivation of a...

Zambia's Perinatal mortality rate (PNMR) ranks amongst the highest in the world and the need to reduce it is well recognized. Just well over 50% of this mortality is attributed to stillbirths and reduction of stillbirth would inevitably lead to a decrease in Perinatal Mortality (PNM). Despite...

Background. Informed consent consists of availing information to the patient in an understandable manner without coercion to allow the patient to make an informed decision about their health care. In the case of informed consent for caesarean section, this information must include the name,...