Adolescent pregnancy does not only come with obstetric complications but is also associated with several social issues: poverty, low education levels, and the lack of awareness about sex and pregnancy prevention. This study on the „life histories of adolescent girls with early pregnancies‟...
Download PDF ↓Zambia is one of the countries with a very high maternal mortality rate. Since the focus on attaining the Millennium Development Goals begun, the Ministry of Health has been implementing a series of strategies and interventions aimed at reducing maternal mortality with varying success. The...
Zambia adopted Community Led Total Sanitation approach with the aim of ending open defecation and to reduce sanitation related diseases in the rural parts of the country. About 74.2 percent of households in rural areas have no pit-latrines as a result most of them either use the surrounding bush...
Download PDF ↓The number of people living with HIV and AIDS has continued to rise globally despite the significant effort and resources invested in prevention programmes worldwide. Epidemiologically, majority of new HIV infections in Asia occur in individuals who are at high risk. This is so in many other...
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