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Effect of early iron supplementation on the occurrence of anaemia in low birth weight newborns admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at University Teaching Hospital. Background: Iron deficiency is the most common single nutrient disorder in the world. As with all nutrients, the requirement...

Studies in non-Western societies (China, India, Uganda, and Ethiopia) have reported differential performance on neuropsychological tests by HIV+ and HIV- groups. However, the impact of HIV on cognitive functioning has rarely been studied among individuals with low literacy, even though these...

Against a background of a high HIV prevalence among pregnant women and an absence of interventions to curb HIV transmission to children associated with high HIV infant and childhood mortality and morbidity in Africa, this study was undertaken to determine the social factors that influence infant...

Statement of the problem: Both the medical and psychological literature has indicated that stress impacts people’s wellbeing. HIV positive individuals are among the most heavily stressed people. Stress comes from various sources such as relationships, lack of acceptance by family and friends, as...

One of the major causes of low crop yield in smallholder farming systems in Zambia is poor soil nutrients. In order to address this problem, the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) introduced an input subsidy program aimed at making inorganic fertilizers and improved maize seed cheaply...

This study sought to establish the Emergent Literacy Skills and Practices among children of 2 to 6 years in Mwense district of Zambia. The purpose of the study was to establish the presence or absence of literacy skills and practices among children who had not begun formal schooling in selected...

Corporate governance as a discipline is in its own right is a relatively new and extremely dynamic and emergent subject. It has taken prominence after the notorious collapse of several international high profile companies such as Lehman Brothers, Enron and WorldCom. One important element of...

Background: Preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM) is the main cause of preterm delivery and is associated worldwide with increased rates of neonatal and maternal morbidity and mortality (Parry et al 1998, Joseph et al 1998). The aim of this study was to determine the epidemiology of...

Taenia solium (T. solium) infections are of public health concern in most developing countries where diagnosis of the diseases is still a major challenge. This is due to the high cost and technique nature of most of the reliable diagnostic tools that are commercially available. In this study,...

Gender violence threatens and shapes every woman's life even if she herself is not a victim. You see this in the choices women make: where they choose or are allowed to work, what events they feel safe attending, and where they walk on the street (Bunch,1992). Gender Based Violence is one of the...