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Escherichia coli exposure pathways in some unplanned settlements in Lusaka District, Zambia: A case of food safety
(University of Zambia, 2020)Poor sanitation has been characteristic of most peri-urban areas in Zambia resulting in environmental contamination with pathogens such as Escherichia coli consequently leading to high morbidity of enteric diseases. Foodborne ... -
Establishment and Evaluation of serological diagnostic tests for Human Cysticercosis
(2014-02-05)Taenia solium (T. solium) infections are of public health concern in most developing countries where diagnosis of the diseases is still a major challenge. This is due to the high cost and technique nature of most of the ... -
Estimation of Kidney injury molecule-1 and microalbuminuria levels in hypertensive patients at the University Teaching Hospital,Lusaka
(2015-11-24)Context— Acute kidney injury (AKI) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) represent one of the important health problems with high morbidity and mortality in Zambia. Recognition of AKI allows prompt injury specific intervention ... -
Evaluating community health workers performance in the prevention and control of malaria in Livingstone District,Zambia: a bottle neck analysis
(The University of Zambia, 2017)Community Health Workers (CHWs) are an important human resource in improving community malaria intervention coverages and success in reducing malaria incidence has been attributed to them. However, despite this attribution, ... -
Evaluating community health workers performance in the prevention and control of malaria in Livingstone District,Zambia: a bottle neck analysis
(The University of Zambia, 2017)Community Health Workers (CHWs) are an important human resource in improving community malaria intervention coverages and success in reducing malaria incidence has been attributed to them. However, despite this attribution, ... -
Evaluating the effectiveness of patient counselling services in the delivery of pharmaceutical care to patients at uth.
(2015-10-05)The main objective of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of patient counselling services in the delivery of pharmaceutical care to patients at UTH. The study was beneficial as it aimed at improving pharmaceutical ... -
Evaluating the knowledge and attitude of Community Pharmacists towards type II Diabetes in Lusaka, Zambia
(2015-02-17)This study is hinged on the basis that tin addition to knowledge updates, the attitudes of health care professionals toward current concepts about diabetes care is just as critical. The core philosophy of modern diabetes ... -
Evaluation of antibiotic prescribing patterns for empirical therapy of neonatal sepsis at women and new born hospital, Lusaka, Zambia.
(The University of Zambia, 2020)Antibiotics are the most commonly prescribed and used drugs in the treatment of neonatal sepsis. Inappropriate use of antibiotics is associated with increased microbial resistance and neonatal mortality. Therefore, this ... -
An evaluation of Cervical Cytological Screening in the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka
(University of Zambia, Medical Library, 1977-08)Carcinoma of the cervix was the commonest type of female cancer recorded over a four year period 1968-1972, in the Zambia Southern Cancer Registry. Due to lack of knowledge of the disease ... -
The evaluation of Community led total sanitation as an intervention measure for the control of Porcine Cysticerosis in Katete District in the Eastern Province of Zambia
(2015-02-23)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 ... -
An evaluation of critical care nursing competence level among nurses working in critical care units at the University teaching hospital,lusaka
(The University of Zambia, 2015)The quality of nursing care offered to critically ill patients and their survival greatly depend on nurses’ critical care nursing competence. Critical care nursing competence is emerging to be useful in early identification ... -
Evaluation of Factors that Affect Antiretroviral Adherence in Siavonga District, Zambia
(2012-08-01)Zambia is among the countries with high prevalence of HIV in the world, estimated at 16% among the adult population (ZDHS 2002). Noting the importance of adherence in HIV/AIDS treatment a case controlled study was conducted ... -
Evaluation of hepcidin as a potential biomaker for the differential diagnosis of iron deficiency anaemia and anaemia of chronic disease at Ndola central hospital,Zambia
(The University of Zambia, 2017)Anaemia affects approximately 1.62 billion people globally corresponding to 24.8% of the world’s population. Iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) and anaemia of chronic disease (ACD) are the most common forms of anaemia. A hormone ... -
An Evaluation of HIV and Aids mainstreaming in line ministries
(2011-11-04)HIV mainstreaming is increasingly being seen as one of the strategies for an effective national response. With an estimated HIV prevalence of 14.3 percent in the 15 to 49 years age group, Zambia has adopted a multi-sectoral ... -
Evaluation of implementation determinants shaping the appropriateness of a trachoma mass drug administration program in Livingstone district, Zambia
(The University of Zambia, 2017)Mass Drug Administration (MDA) is the most effective way of interrupting disease transmission in trachoma endemic countries including Zambia. Active community participation is necessary coverage goals and global trachoma ... -
Evaluation of In door Residual houseHold spraying:Challenges faced by Ndola Urban District
(2012-08-09)The study aimed at determining challenges associated with implementation of IRHS in Ndola urban district, Zambia. A cross sectional study was conducted at Ndola city council and public health offices along Broadway. All ... -
An evaluation of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria during pregnancy in four Health Centres in Lusaka District
(2015-04-13)Background: Malaria is an important health problem, and pregnant women and the foetus are not immune from its effects. There are numerous complications of malaria in pregnancy. However, steps to mitigate its effects like ... -
Evaluation of Mortality among HIV patients on HAART in Lusaka, Zambia : An observational study
(2012-08-09)To evaluate mortality and determine the causes of death in HIV patients initiating HAART in Lusaka District clinics . Mortality was assessed in first patients enrolled between May, 2004 and May, 2005 in the Lusaka District ... -
An Evaluation of Norplant at the University Teaching Hospital
(2012-07-25)A nine year review of NORPLANT was conducted at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) in Lusaka to evaluate NORPLANT as a method of fertility control in Zambian women. The study was designed to investigate acceptability, ... -
Evaluation of the blood cross matches practices for peri operative patients at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka,Zambia
(2017)Blood cross-matching for peri-operative patients is an important component in the management of surgical patients undergoing major operations. Depending on the efficiency of the laboratory, blood bank and delivery system ...