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The study was conducted in Chipata District Health Centres and Chipata General Hospital as a secondary referral matremity care. The study included both rural and urban Centres. The purpose of the study was to determine the accessibility of women to secondary obstetric care in a rural district and...

A hospital based prospective study on Acute Bacterial Meningitis (ABM) in Zambian Children was done in the department of Paediatrics, University Teaching Hospital Lusaka over a period of six months in the hot dry season (1st August to the end of November) of the years 1992 and 1993. The aim and...

A study on the knowledge, beliefs and attitude of mothers concerning acute respiratory infections (ARI) was conducted in Kanyama, a Lusaka urban community. Six key informants, a male traditional healer, a female traditional healer who is also a traditional birth attendant and grandmother, a...

The influence of host bLood on midgut infection, maturation rates in Glossina species, transmission and virulence to mice of Trypanosoma congolense DNA types was investigated. The study was also coiKiucted to identify an optimum technique for isolating Nannomonas stocks from the field....

The present study investigated adaption to environ¬mental change among small scale businesses in the hair dressing industry. The hypotheses that (1) adaptation to environmental change among successful hair salons would take the form of buffering, leveling and forecasting, (2) organically...

A cross sectional study was undertaken in both Siavonga and Mazabuka Districts. The general objective of the study was to determine if Universal Precautions were adhered to, and the reason for non-adherence among midwives, nurses who perform deliveries in the health centres and trained...

Social Security entails the provision of incomes to individuals to enable them maintain a reasonable and socially acceptable standard of livelihood. Where social security is administered on a contributory basis individuals in paid employment save some of their money with private or public social...

Reproductive health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, in all matters relating to the reproductive system. Until now, many health aspects of reproduction were dealt with through public health approaches. The...

The purpose of the study was to investigate the problems of adult education for women in Bangladesh and its prospects for them.A descriptive survey design was used in conducting this research. Primary data was collected through questionnaires, checklists, and Focus Group Discussions to a sample...

This study was conducted in Sesheke district of Zambia to investigate the etio pathological changes that occur in fish species presenting with Epizootic Ulcerative Syndrome in the Zambezi River Basin. The disease is endemic in Asia, but it is being reported for the first time in Africa. A total...