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This paper aims at contributing towards the study of Communication strategies taken by the Churches Health Association of Zambia - (CHAZ) - in its efforts to facilitate people's health and development. Results show that CHAZ is doing everything possible to reach out to the country side. In order...

This report is based on the writer's experience with the breastfeeding project which is being funded by the National Food and Nutrition Commission (NFNC) and implemented by the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) wing of the Chainama Hills Hospital in Kaunda Square Stage n and the Natural Resources...

Zambia's mental health services date back to 1962 when Chainama Hills Hospital was opened. Before this period, Psychiatric services in this country were primarily part of the prisons service. However, nearly 26 years later the mental health service has only achieved about 15% coverage of the...

Health care delivery policy and strategies in Zambia could be said to have evolved through four significant phases. First, the pre-independence era whose health policies and strategies were based on the racial segregation ideology. Secondly, the immediate post-independence era whose health care...

Zambia's health policy and strategies can be said to have evolved through four significant phases. First, was the pre-independence period whose health policies were influenced by the colour-segregation ideology. Secondly, immediately after independence health policies and strategies were...

User fees are generally used in government institutions as a means of alleviating pressure on constrained budgets. In 2006, the Zambian Government abolished user fees in all rural areas except urban areas and municipalities like Solwezi. The Government took this position because of the...

The aim of the study was to determine patterns of sexual practice, use and knowledge of contraceptive methods among adolescents in Lusaka urban Zambia. A cross sectional study was conducted in 10 secondary schools in Lusaka urban. Stratified sampling method was used to come up with a sample size...

This report is a result of the attachment and study of the sexual and reproductive health services provided to young people in Kabushi Township of Ndola by the Ndola District Health Management Team. It is a culmination of an attachment to such services in partial fulfillment of the requirements...

A descriptive, retrospective survey of home births and health centre births was conducted in three compounds of Lusaka urban from October to December, 1995.A total of 164 women were interviewed. All these were women who had delivered a baby in the period from 1st August, 1994 to 31st August,...

This study sought to investigate the effectiveness of Psychosocial Life Skills Education, an HIV and AIDS intervention strategy, employed by the Ministry of Education to change the attitude and sexual behaviour of pupils. The study also sought to find out whether there was any link between the...