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Breast milk is superior and it is the biological norm for nourishing infants. Both early and more recent studies confirm that, exclusive breast fed infants are less likely to suffer from diarrhoea, malnutrition and acute respiratory infection. Early weaning is highly associated with morbidity and...

Micronutrient malnutrition has been identified to be a public health problem affecting a wide range of the population in the world. Almost all African countries have been affected by it. Zambia has equally not been spared. In Zambia efforts have been made to fortify various foods. Despite these...

The Health and Nutritional Status of young Zambian children aged 0-5 years and residing on a sugar estate in rural Zambia was studied over a period of three months from April to June 1995. The study design was cross-sectional and descriptive. The main out-come measures were: anthropometric...

In Zambia, diarrhoea has been and remains a public health problem. Z.D.H.S, (2002) indicated that in Zambia, the prevalence of diarrhoea in children under five years was 21 percent. A child with diarrhoea dies from dehydration through loss of fluids and electrolytes. Use of Oral Rehydration...

Malnutrition contributes 53% of under-five mortality.Under-five children of Sub Saharan Africa are the group most affected by both malnutrition and malaria. Malaria is a major public health problem in Zambia. The disease burden is higher in children under-five causing 45% of hospitalisation and...