HBV infection is a serious infection affecting the liver and causes significant morbidity and mortality in sub-Sahara Africa. While most patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection are asymptomatic, the infection acquired during infancy or childhood accounts for a disproportionately large...
Download PDF ↓Title: The Effect of HIV Infection on the Duration of the Stabilization Phase in Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia. Background: Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) is a major cause of under 5 mortality in developing countries. The prevalence...
Download PDF ↓Zambia national guidelines on the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) recommend that all pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers must have HIV tests every 3 months. However, less than 10% of pregnant women in Lusaka District get retested. Repeat HIV testing identifies women who...
Download PDF ↓Exclusive Breast Feeding practice which is the best feeding practice for infants aged from birth to six (6) months, has been facing a lot of challenges. Although information on exclusive breast feeding was being given to mothers during Antenatal, Postnatal and children’s clinic, the practice...
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