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The ability to determine when or even whether to have children is an extraordinarily important human right that benefits not only the individual woman, who is able to control her fertility, but also others. Family planning helps women protect themselves from unwanted pregnancies. Food and other...

Malaria is a disease of great public health importance in Zambia. It is a major cause of morbidity and mortality and is endemic in all nine provinces. The malaria transmission paradigms may be higher in urban populations than in peri-urban and rural population and peri-urban areas tend to become...

Blood sampler- from children with malaria, were used to set up iri_ vitro cultures of Plasmodium falciparam using fresh human serum to enrich the culture medium. A number of investigation:-; airafid at improving the i_n vitro cultivation t e c h n i q u e ware carried out. Changing culture;...

This report is a result of a study whose main objective was to evaluate some of the communication strategies and techniques used by Society for Family Health (SFH) in the fight against malaria in Luangwa District. In pursuing this objective, the study found out how much people knew about malaria...

Malaria infection during pregnancy is a major public health problem in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Pregnant women in developing countries are the worst affected. Malaria in pregnancy has serious consequences both to the mother and her baby. It leads to abortion,...

The problem of low utilization of natural family planning is worldwide. There is low utilization of natural family planning in all parts of Zambia including Chilonga. Natural family planning rank least among the family planning methods used in Zambia.The study sought to determine factors...

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...

In this study, it has been pointed out that throughout the colonial period, there was a prevalent assumption held by the colonial state, missionaries and indeed Europeans (in general) that estern scientific medicine provided the most appropriate means of coping with human disease, Because of...