This study was carried out to study the efficacy and short term outcome of sclerotherapy with phenol, to study its complications and compare it to hydrocoelectomy for the treatment of hydroceles at the UTH. The study was carried out over a period of 12 months starting in August 2003.The details...
Download PDF ↓Maize is a major staple food crop widely grown in Zambia. Low soil fertility and high cost of chemical fertilizers are some of the major factors limiting maize productivity. The use and integration of legume green manure species in the cropping system is an important alternative to inorganic...
Download PDF ↓Beans are an important crop in Tanzania grown by a wide range of farming communities. Its production, however, is very low due to various factors of which drought is becoming very important due to its frequency in the recent past. Provision of bean varieties that would withstand drought is...
Download PDF ↓A cross sectional study was carried out by microscopy and Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP), a novel molecular technique that amplifies target DNA under isothermal conditions, to determine the epidemiology of the re-emerging trypanosomosis in the Choma-Kalomo block, an important...
Download PDF ↓Induced abortion poses a great public health concern especially when performed by unskilled health care providers. The study is comparing characteristics of women seeking termination of pregnancy (TOP) and those admitted for incomplete abortion. Understanding these characteristics of women in two...
Download PDF ↓Tuberculosis has emerged as the most serious infectious disease in terms of morbidity and mortality in Sub-saharan Africa. The disease can be prevented from spreading and those who get infected can be cured if they are diagnosed and treatment is commenced early and taken for a sufficient length...
Download PDF ↓Tuberculosis has emerged as the most serious infectious disease in terms of morbidity and mortality in Sub-saharan Africa. The disease can be prevented from spreading and those who get infected can be cured if they are diagnosed and treatment is commenced early and taken for a sufficient length...
Download PDF ↓This descriptive study aimed at determining the common complications among hypertensive patients at the University teaching Hospital was conducted over a period of six months. Two hundred and fifty patients were prospectively evaluated for complications of hypertension clinically and by...
Download PDF ↓The use of computers in developing countries is growing rapidly in recent years, particularly as a result of recent advances in computer technology. An understanding of the ways in which computers are used in developing countries, and of the impact which their widespread use will have on...
Download PDF ↓In Zambia, mining of minerals is concentrated in the Copperbelt province. This and other industries of the area has brought about environmental degradation through release of possible unwanted toxic substances. The purpose of this study was to obtain the concentration of heavy metal pollutants,...