University of Zambia ADHL Node: Recent submissions
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Infant mortality in the Gwembe Valley
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 1974)The Gwembe Valley lies in the Southern Province of Zambia and has been the subject of intense sociological and anthropological study (Colson 1967,Scudder 1968). The site of this survey was the upper Gwembe Valley, a ... -
Abdominal actinomycosis
(Medical jornal of zambia, 1981-11)Actinomycosis is an uncommon chronic suppurative disease with a worldwide distribution. The causative organism, Actinomyces Israeli, presently classified as a gram +ve bacteria (Muir, 1975) is ... -
Bacterial Throat Flora in Children with Sickle Cell Anaemia (Hbss)
(Medical Journal of Zambia., 1983-10)ln 181 cases of sickle cell anaemia (Hbs.S) bacterial throat flora was studied. The commonest organisms' isolated in all age groups were alphahaemolytic streptococci of the viridans group ... -
Antihypertensive therapy with diureties without potassium supplement
(Medical Journal of Zambia., 1981-11)Compliance is a major problem in maintaining optimum anti-hypertensive therapy, particularly in a asymptomatic mild hypertensives. Drugs with side dose regimen and minimum of side effects have the maximum chance ... -
Granulomatous aortitis and pulmonary trunk arthritis: a case report.
(Medical journal of zambia, 1983-10)A case of granulomatous inflammation of aorta and pulmonary trunk in a 14 year old African female is presented. She also had bilateral tuberculous` bronchopneumonia and extensive tuberculosis of ileum. ... -
Using e-learning for skills transfer, motivation and retention of health workers in Zambia.
(Medical Journal of Zambia., 2016)Health system strengthening continues to be a moving target for developing countries with the human resource factor the most critical bottleneck towards universal health coverage. The human resource management cycle revolves ... -
A retrospective study of CT findings of intracranial Tuberculosis in patients with AIDS in University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia
(Medical Journal of Zambia., 2008-01)To study the computed tomography (CT) findings of intracranialtuberculosis(T.B)inpatients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome(AIDS). CT findings of intracranial T.B in 40 patients with AIDS were retrospectively analyzed. ... -
Determining how the knowledge of anatomy may Influence success or failure in clinical practice
(Medical journal of zambia, 2007-10)Doctors' clinical experience can be an important source of information for content selection in developing clinically oriented anatomy courses. Although expert opinion and personal preference have been the principal ... -
Putting Men's Reproductive Health on the Agenda A vital ingredient for Successful implementation for Reproductive Health Programs?
(Medical Journal of Zambia., 2003-01)Taken within the framework of the World Health Organisation {WHO} definition of health, reproductive health implies that individuals are able to have a responsible, satisfying and safe sex life; and that they can ... -
Partnership for effective reproductive health services
(Medical Journal of Zambia., 2003-01)lt was only until recently that Zambia Health institutions started providing inter grated Reproductive Services. Until 1995 reproductive health in Zambia meant the provision of Family Planning Services, Antenatal, ... -
The Stable Bubble Test
(Medical Journal of Zambia., 1977-04)Idiopathic Respiratory Distress syndrome (I.R.D.S.) occurs mainly in preterm babies (Halliday and Mcclure,1976). The cause of the condition is a deficiency of surfactant in the fetal lung. ... -
Keep our future generation alive: Reinforcing routine HIV testing and treatment among children in Zambia
(Health Press Zambia Bull., 2017)Only 3% of children visiting clinics are tested for HIV, despite Ministry of Health recommendations to test and treat ALL children. If unidentified and left untreated, 75% of HIV positive children die by the age of 5 ... -
The solidarity model: Zambia public health insurance scheme
(Policy Monitoring and Research Centre, 2018)The structure and financing system of health insurance is a key component of a nation’s health system. The Solidarity Model of public health financing is a concept widely utilized by many countries to reduce costs and ... -
A "Pull-Out" Technique for ``Cut down" Operations.
(Medical Journal of Zambia., 1977-06)lt is a common experience that some patients continue to attend outpatient departments with their cut-down wounds long after their primary disease is cured. This is so because a cut-down is done usually in an ... -
Concentration of lead in imported plastic toys, safety to children and associated factors in Lusaka city, Zambia
(The University of Zambia, 2017)Lead poisoning has been a constant public health concern because children absorb more lead compared to adults. The resulting health effects are irreversible and include decreased cognitive functions development and death. ... -
Biliary lipids and the paucity of cholesterol gallstone disease in Zambia
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 1974)The concept that cholesterol gallstone formation is the result of precipitation of cholesterol from super-saturated bile has been confirmed by the demonstration that gallstone-containing bladder bile had a concentration ... -
A comparison of the effects of salbutamol, fenoterol, and placebo aerosols on airway resistance in asthmatics
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 1976-12)The reduction in airways resistance, assessed by measurements of forced expiratory volume in one second, vital capacity and peak expiratory flow rate was estimated before and after inhalation of ... -
Plasmatic vasculosls resulting from dysoria : a modern confirmation of Aschoff's holistic view on vascular diseases
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 1970-01)In his writings, Aschoff (1924) mentions "the invading stream of plasma" and this he suspected must normally be traversing arterial walls outwards from the lumen, basing his concept in part at least on the observation that ... -
Differential solubility test for haemoglobin S
(Bhushan, V. Chintu, C. Masona, J., (1980). Differential solubility test for haemoglobin S. Medical Journal of Zambia. Volume 15 (1), 1980-12)Two hundred and seventy-eight blood specimens were examined, both by the Sickle-quik solubility test and haemoglobin electrophoresis on paper. Two hundred and sixty specimens (96.04%) were correctly identified ... -
Teaching and teacher education for health professionals: perspectives on quality and outlook of health professionals education in Zambia
(Medical Journal of Zambia, 2008-04)To measure students' perspectives on the teaching quality of the school of medicine at University of Zambia and concurrently measure health professionals educators perspectives on the need for teaching courses ...
