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Disclosure of HIV status by caregivers of HIV infected children at the University Teaching Hospital pediatric ART clinic.
(2013-11-29)The study sought to determine caregivers' knowledge of HIV infection, knowledge of HIV status disclosure, their attitude towards HIV status disclosure and level of HIV status disclosure among caregivers of HIV infected ... -
Disclosure of HIV status to Adolescents aged 10-15 years living with HIV in Kafue District of Lusaka Province in Zambia
(2015-04-13)Background: Disclosure of HIV status by caregivers to adolescents is low. This affects access to HIV care and treatment by adolescents living with HIV. While studies have been done to understand disclosure patterns, limited ... -
Disease burden of Congenital Rubella Syndrome at four referral hospital in Zambia
(The University of Zambia, 2016)Background: Congenital Rubella Syndrome (CRS) characterised by heart, eye and hearing defects usually affects an unborn baby when the mother is infected with Rubella virus in the first trimester of pregnancy. It is vaccine ... -
Disseminated Cryptococcosis
(Medical Journal of Zambia., 1969-01)Infection with C. neoformans, a yeast-like fungus is being recognised more frequently than hitherto. The clinical diagnosis of Cryptococcosis is difficult. Symptoms of meningo-encephalitis are the ... -
Disseminated Lymehadenopathic Kaposi's Sarcoma in Zambian Children
(Medical Journal of Zambia., 1980-06)Kaposi's Sarcoma with skin involvement is a common tumour in adult Zambian and African population living South of the Sahara (Naik, 1977). However, it is uncommon amongst Zambian children and constitutes ... -
The distance factor in the use of psychiatric facilities
(Medical Journal of Zambia., 1980-12)When the Zambian mental health service was being established it was realized that an effort ought to be made to establish general hospital units serving local populations. However, distances are great and the ... -
Distribution of Animal Rabies in Zambia and its Potential Danger to the Human Population
(University of Zambia, Medical Library, 1976-12)The incidence and distribution of animal rabies in Zambia during the period 1914-1975 has been outlined. At present rabies is present in all provinces of Zambia and most prevalent in the Central, ... -
Distribution of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Zambia, 2008-2011
(The University of Zambia, 2015)Background: Mycobacterium tuberculosis is treated with four drugs: Isoniazid (INH), Rifampicin (RIF), Pyrazinamide (PZA) and Ethambutol (E). The emergence of drug resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis threatens ... -
Doctors and Nurses Knowledge and use of pain assessment tools: A case study of two tertially Hospitals
(2011-07-08)This study was necessitated by many gaps in pain research in Zambia. The percentage of doctors and nurses that assess pain using any indicator and what doctors and nurses do to treat pain. Therefore this study sought to ... -
Doctors and Nurses Knowledge and Use of Pain Assessment Tools: A Case Study of Two Tertiary Hospitals
(2011-07-01)This study was necessitated by many gaps in pain research in Zambia. The percentage of doctors and nurses that assess pain using any indicator and what doctors and nurses do to treat pain. Therefore this study sought to ... -
Does circumcision influence risky sexual behaviour among circumcised sexually active men in Zambia?
(Zambia National Public Health Institute, 2017)Low circumcision and high rates of heterosexual acquired HIV infections are among factors that have “influenced” Zambia to adopt, encourage and spearhead Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) as a preventive tool ... -
Does the registered nursing curriculum prepare graduates for rural nursing?Nurses and their supervisors' views.
(2015-01-29)The main aim of the study was to determine factors that would better prepare the graduate nurse for rural nursing. At the same time conditions which make the nurse indifferent to rural areas were identified. Factors or ... -
Drug related problems associated with anti-retroviral therapy of HIV/AIDS patients at Ndola Central Hospital
(The University of Zambia, 2017)Background: Antiretroviral therapy has posed multiple risks and challenges particularly in resource constrained African countries. This is due to the chronic nature of HIV/AIDS disease and hence its therapy, the use of ... -
e-Health Strategy 2017-2021
(University of Zambia, Medical Library, 2017)The Government of the Republic of Zambia through its ongoing health sector reforms aims to improve health outcomes. As a part of these reforms the Ministry of Health had developed, among other strategies, the National ... -
Early neonatal deaths among preterm and term Neonates: A comparative study at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka
(2016)Background: Globally, 15 million babies are born preterm (<37 weeks gestation) each year, and more than 1 million of those do not survive their first month of life. (Lawn, 2006). Preterm birth accounts for 75% of all ... -
Early outcome of Ponseti Management of Idiopathic Clubfoot at the University Teaching Hospital Lusaka, Zambia
(2012-01-17)Ponseti technique as a management method of Congenital Talipes equinovarus had not been evaluated as a treatment tool for the clubfoot in Zambia.The study set out to look at the early clinical outcome of Ponseti management ... -
Early Tenotomy of Tibialis Posterior and Achilles Tendons in the management of congenital Talipes equinovarus (CTEV)
(2012-07-18)This is a prospective study carried out in the Orthopaedic Unit of the Department of Surgery at the University Teaching Hospital.The aim was to determine the effects of tenotomy of the tendons of tibialis posterior and ... -
Echoviruses diagnosed in two children presenting with acute flaccid paralysis (AFP)
(University of Zambia, Medical Library, 2016)The Enteric Cytopathic Human Orphan virus commonly referred to by the acronym ECHO virus has been known to cause acute flaccid paralysis (AFP). Zambia has since 1993 run a national AFP surveillance program to primarily ... -
Eclampsia in Lusaka
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 1981-08)A method of management of 46 cases of Eclampsia has been presented. Use of Diazepam (Valium)as a sedative and an anticonvulsant along with the approach of less conservatism, in the sense employment of caesarean section ...