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Cervical, breast and prostate cancers represent 51% cancer mortality and morbidity in Zambia. This study aimed to show their prevalence, incidence trends, describe associated typical patient socio-demographic characteristics and survival factors using the Zambia National Cancer Registry (ZNCR)...

The Zambian government faces great problems in the provision of good health care services to its people. To respond to this Zambia has been in the process of an ambitious program of health sector decentralization by adopting successive policies in past years. For example, the ―National Health...

The aim of the study was to explore the factors affecting the effectiveness of remedial work policy in selected secondary schools in Kasempa District of North western Province of Zambia. Despite the existence of localised remedial work policy in schools and the emphasis on the need for sustained...

Entrepreneurship is one of the most important factors for stimulating economic growth and development in any economy and several countries have put entrepreneurship awareness programs as part of their education system. Malawi also incorporated entrepreneurship education in the curriculum for...

In Zambia, approximately 7.2% of sexually active girls, aged 15-19, reported having had a sexual partner. The National Health Strategic Plan 2017-2021 highlighted the high adolescent birth rate which was at 141 per 1000 live births between the year’s 2013 and 2014. According to the laws of...

The hazardous effects of tobacco smoking on health have been re-echoed world all over for over half a century now. Nearly, 80 % of the world’s tobacco-related deaths occur in low and middle income countries. Zambia, a middle income country and a signed party to the World Health Organization...

Trial of labour after one previous caesarean section is safe in appropriately selected women with the addition of adequate intrapartum monitoring and ready access to theatre when emergency caesarean section is indicated. The primary objective of this study was to explore the major obstetric...

Male involvement in antenatal care services refers to various ways in which men are involved in women’s health during pregnancy from a very early stage, which includes provision of finances, nutrition, physical and emotional support. Having men at the centre of women’s health is an essential...

Male partner involvement is critical in programs for the Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV (EMTCT) in curbing paediatric HIV infections. However, the level of male involvement in EMTCT and associated factors are not well known in Lukulu. The aim of this study was to investigate...

Benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH) is a disease affecting the elderly men, which can be treated either medically ( alpha blockers or 5 alpha reductase inhibitors) or surgically. The aim of this study was to identify pre treatment factors that would predict or influence response to medical...