• Dealing with Zambia's Bilharzia Burden 

      Kachimba, J.S.; Mwansa, J.C.L. (Medical Journal of Zambia, 2007-10)
      In 1851 Tudor Bilharz, a German physician working in Kasr EI Aini, discovered the bilharzia worm while performing a postmortem on a young patient. The Egyptians realized, in 1911 that if this disease ...
    • Lessons learnt from the implementation of mass drug administration for schistosomiasis and soil- Transmitted Helminths in Lusaka Province, Zambia 

      Sokesi, T.; Malama, K.; Masaninga, F.; Vwalika, B.; Kachimba, J.S.; Mufunda, J.; Songolo, P. (Medical Journal of Zambia., 2016)
      Zambia is endemic for four of the global Preventive Chemotherapy Neglected Tropical Diseases (PC-NTD) targeted for elimination and control, namely schistosomiasis, trachoma, lymphatic filariasis (LF) and soil transmitted ...
    • A Male Circumcision Service at the University Teaching Hospital as a strategy to reduce HIV transmission in Lusaka 

      Bowa, K.; Lukobo, M.; Otolorin, D.; Like, K.; Labib, M.; Kachimba, J.S.; Manda, F. (Medical Journal of Zambia., 2007-01)
      The University Teaching Hospital Urology unit has been running a male circumcision and reproductive health service for almost 2 years. This is the only dedicated service site for Male Circumcision in the region. This service ...
    • Preparedness of response to deadly outbreaks 

      Zulu, A.; Sipangule, C.; Siboonde, M.; Musumali, M.; Chituta, F.; Kagulula, S.; Mazaba, M.L.; Masaninga, F.; Vwalika, B.; Kachimba, J.S.; Mufunda, J. (Medical Journal of Zambia, 2016)
      West Africa experienced the largest outbreak of Ebola in 2014 in history involving three Mano River States of Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. The World Health Organization (WHO) coordinated an emergency response from WHO ...