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Breast milk is superior and it is the biological norm for nourishing infants. Both early and more recent studies confirm that, exclusive breast fed infants are less likely to suffer from diarrhoea, malnutrition and acute respiratory infection. Early weaning is highly associated with morbidity and...

Micronutrient malnutrition has been identified to be a public health problem affecting a wide range of the population in the world. Almost all African countries have been affected by it. Zambia has equally not been spared. In Zambia efforts have been made to fortify various foods. Despite these...

Objective: To determine the factors associated with staffing of doctors and nurses in rural Health Institutions in Zambia.Design: This was a cross-sectional study using a structured self-administered closed and open-ended questionnaire.Setting: The study was undertaken at the University Of Zambia...

The Health and Nutritional Status of young Zambian children aged 0-5 years and residing on a sugar estate in rural Zambia was studied over a period of three months from April to June 1995. The study design was cross-sectional and descriptive. The main out-come measures were: anthropometric...

In Zambia, diarrhoea has been and remains a public health problem. Z.D.H.S, (2002) indicated that in Zambia, the prevalence of diarrhoea in children under five years was 21 percent. A child with diarrhoea dies from dehydration through loss of fluids and electrolytes. Use of Oral Rehydration...

Malnutrition contributes 53% of under-five mortality.Under-five children of Sub Saharan Africa are the group most affected by both malnutrition and malaria. Malaria is a major public health problem in Zambia. The disease burden is higher in children under-five causing 45% of hospitalisation and...

This is a cross sectional study which focused on establishing the extent to which pre-service trainee nurses apply knowledge and competencies on HIV and AIDS in the utilisation of VCT services in Zambia. A number of studies on HIV and AIDS and utilization of VCT services have been done on women...