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Malaria illness places a severe burden on Zambia’s health sector and the country’s economic development. Despite being curable when treatment is sought appropriately, utilization of professional health care services amongst people suffering from malaria illness generally continues to be low in...

Background: Malaria is still one of the leading causes of mortality among under-five year’s children in sub-Saharan Africa despite efforts to control it. It affects mostly pregnant women and children under the age of five years in Africa. In 2010, an estimated 216 million cases of malaria were...

Background:Severe anaemia due to infection with complicated falciparum malaria remains a significant cause of morbidity in children under the age of 5 years, especially in endemic areas. Severe malarial anaemia increases the risk cognitive impairment and functioning, retarded growth and death....

Malaria remains a public health problem in Zambia and in the world as a whole. The use of Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs), has been proven to be effective in the prevention against malaria. ITN use is the intended health behavior to affect the greatest impact on malaria burden, However, ITNs use...

Zambia is ranked second to Guinea in the world in terms of cervical cancer prevalence. The disease is very fatal if detection and treatment are delayed. Therefore, the purpose of the study was to investigate adult education teaching techniques used in the sensitization of the public regarding...

Introduction:Malaria is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in Zambia. It is believed that malaria is responsible for up to approximately 47% of the overall disease burden for pregnant women. In Zambia it is accountable for 20% of maternal mortality. The effects of malaria in...

Background: Abortion is the loss of the pregnancy before the age of viability. It can be spontaneous or induced. It is the leading cases of admission to gynaecology emergency ward at UTH 30%-50%. The contraceptive knowledge is 97% but lack of uptake may contribute to the high prevalence of...

Background: Between 2013 and 2014, Zambia‟s maternal mortality ratio was estimated at 398 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. Successful aversion of deaths is dependent on effective use of signal functions-a clinical intervention- to treat direct obstetric complications. Staff must be...

In 2007, 4.3 million cases of malaria (confirmed and unconfirmed) were reported by the Ministry of Health countrywide with 6,149 deaths. The annual malaria incidence was estimated at 358 cases per 1,000 population in 2007, a drop from 412 cases per 1,000 population in 2006, (Zambia Health...

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...