BACKGROUND Globally about 34 million people are living with HIV/AIDS, and annually 2.5 million new infections and 1.7 million deaths related to AIDS occur. Zambia in particular is experiencing a generalized HIV/AIDS epidemic, with a national HIV prevalence rate of 14.3 percent among adults aged...
Download PDF ↓Taenia Solium cysticercosis is a zoonotic infection endemic in many developing countries. It occurs mainly in rural communities and is associated with poverty, poor sanitation and free-range pig management. Humans act as the definitive host (taeniasis) and pigs and humans as the intermediate...
Download PDF ↓Background: The trypanocides isometamidium (ISM) and diminazene aceturate (DA) play an important role in the control of tsetse transmitted African animal trypanosomiasis (AAT) now and in the near future. The drugs are mostly administered by farmers without any veterinary supervision leading to...
Download PDF ↓Background:Of the estimated 130 million infants born each year worldwide, 4 million die in the first 28 days of life illustrating how neonatal mortality accounts for almost 40 percent of under-five child mortality, globally. The continued loss of infants within the first month of life results...
Download PDF ↓HIV and AIDS has significantly contributed to the rise of under-five morbidity and mortality in Africa. This threatens recent gains in infant and child survival and health. In Malawi, as in most other southern African countries, the care of HIV exposed children is mostly constrained due to the...
Download PDF ↓Objective: The main objective of this study was to assess the reproductive choices for Women Living with HIV on ART in the urban health centres within Lusaka. Methods: Nine hundred and fifty six HIV-positive women receiving care in the zoned health centres were randomly sampled and 12 health care...
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