The purpose of this study was to investigate the practices of early childhood teachers for managing early childhood behavioural problems in Zambian early childhood schools. The objective of the study was to identify the most common behavioural problems exhibited by pre-school children and...
Download PDF ↓The Surgical Apgar Score (SAS) is a very easy and objective tool for triaging patients postsurgery. It can be used as an assessment tool for performance of hospitals, units or individual surgeons. However, not much research has been done to assess its utility in resource limited settings like...
Download PDF ↓Following an observation of lack of statistics locally, a retrospective study to determine the presentation, management and short-term outcomes of extradural spinal tumours from 2013 to 2016 at the University Teaching Hospital was conducted after approval from the University of Zambia Biomedical...
Download PDF ↓Anaemia is a public health problem globally affecting 293.1 million children and 28.5% of these children are in the sub Saharan Africa. The study was to determine the prevalence of anaemia and the associated risk factors of anaemia in children aged 6 months to 15 years admitted to the University...
Gender based violence (GBV) is defined as an act of violence that results in physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to a person. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that one in five of the world‟s female population has been physically and sexually abused at some time in...
Download PDF ↓Bovine leukemia virus (BLV), the causative agent of enzootic bovine leucosis (EBL), is a member of the family Retroviridae, and genus Deltaretrovirus. Whilst BLV has been associated with considerable economic losses in the cattle industry worldwide, there is paucity of information on the...
Download PDF ↓Hypercoagulable states and immobilization are known risk factors in the development of DVT after major orthopaedic surgery. However, the added effect of HIV to major orthopaedic surgery in developing DVT is unknown. In addition the benefits of D-dimer screening of patients after major surgery is...
Download PDF ↓Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Hepatitis B virus (HBV) are a global public health problem which share common risk factors and modes of transmission. Perinatal transmission is the major route of HBV transmission in endemic areas. Without vaccination, the newborn infant has 10 - 20% risks...
The eye is an external organ, and so it is easy to injure. For this reason, eye injuries are common among people all over the world It is re ported that up to 20% of adult population has had ocular trauma at some point in their lives. The reason for conducting this study was to explore ocular...
Download PDF ↓Soil transmitted helminths (STH) are among the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) of Poverty. They are a common type of parasitic infections in the world, caused by three main species commonly known as roundworms, whipworms and hookworms. This study investigated the prevalence, intensity and...