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The study assessed the prevalence of drug resistant malarial parasites in patients at Solwezi urban clinic in northwestern province of Zambia in February 2004, using the in-vivo and molecular methods. In the in-vivo method each patient was monitored for signs and symptoms of the disease following...

Despite the high prevalence of breastfeeding (98%) in Zambia, the majority of infants are not fed in compliance with WHO/UNICEF recommendation. The recommendation calls for a period of exclusive breastfeeding for six months and introduction of complementary foods between six and nine months while...

The main purpose of the study was to present a history of leprosy in pre and colonial Zambia (1893 – 1964). Leprosy was a widespread disease whose victims were highly stigmatised, socially discriminated against and isolated. The study focused on approaches by missionaries and government towards...

Perinatal transmission of Human Immunodeflency Virus (HIV) from mother to her new born can be prevented in most cases using a combination of Antiretroviral drugs reducing the risk to less than one percent(l%). However despite the beneficial effects of these drugs, maternal-fetal transfer of these...

Research relating to factors responsible for adherence in Zambia has been limited. Clinic records at Choma show that the defaulter rate is at 9.9% (CIDRZ, 2007). This cross sectional study looked at common adherence problems like: level of adherence, patient factors, treatment factors, substance...

The study to determine the prevalence of malaria in pregnancy, its associated factors, and its pattern of distribution (geographical) was carried out in thirteen (13) health facilities of Kaoma district, the largest of the seven districts in the Western province of Zambia.The district had...

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by There were 14.4 million individuals worldwide living with TB including half a million cases of Multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB in 2006. A most serious aspect of the problem has been the emergence of MDR-TB and extensively drug-resistant (XDR)...

This is a quantitative descriptive cross sectional study on knowledge, attitudes and practices of care takers towards prevention of malnutrition among the under five children in Kasempa District. The study was conducted in different communities of the district.The main objective of the study was...

In the last few years governments around the world have pledged to massively scale up the delivery of antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) to achieve universal access for all. However, recent reports of generic medicines including ARVs containing little or no active pharmaceutical ingredients are...

HIV/AIDS has been acutely experienced in the rural areas of Zambia. In fact the effect of HIV/AIDS on elderly women has changed their role from being looked after to looking after others especially grandchildren, after their parents have died of HIV/AIDS.Therefore the epidemic has slowly but...